Aquila Saxonica :
sub qua imperatores Saxones ab Henrico Aucupe, vsquè ad Henricum Sanctum Occidentis imperatorem XV. elogiis, hieroglyphicis, numismatibus, insignibus, symbolis, imaginibus antiquis ad viuum exhibentur exculpti, & longa historiarum serie exarati : vt nihil relictum sit, quod prisci, vel hodierni habeant annales, sed diplomata, leges, indulta, genealogiae, donationes, priuilegia offeruntur congesta : accedit cuique Caesarum tractatus sacrolegalis & historicopoliticus ... /
auctore Ioanne Palatio ...

Description

Main Author

Palazzi, Giovanni, 1646-1703.

Related Names

Herz, Giovanni Giacomo.
Thiboust, Benoît, b. 1619.

Language(s)

Latin

Published

Venetiis : Apud Io. Iacobum Herz, M.DC.LXXIII. [1673]

Subjects

Holy Roman Empire > Holy Roman Empire / Kings and rulers > Holy Roman Empire / Kings and rulers / Early works to 1800.
Holy Roman Empire > Holy Roman Empire / History > Holy Roman Empire / History / Saxon House, 919-1024.
Woodcuts > Woodcuts / Italy > Woodcuts / Italy / 17th century.
Engravings > Engravings / Italy > Engravings / Italy / 17th century.
Emblems (allegorical pictures).
Emblem books > Emblem books / Italy > Emblem books / Italy / 17th century.

Note

Includes index.
Signatures: pi⁴ ²pi² A-2H⁴ 2I⁴(2I3+chi⁴) 2K-2R⁴. First work ends on I3v.
Full-page and in-text engraved ill., some signed by Benoît Thiboust. A few woodcut ill., p. 8 and 192-193. Engraved printer's device on t.p. Woodcut initials.
Part of Palazzi's series Monarchia Occidentalis. See p. [7] of preliminaries.
Not an emblem book according to Praz, but emblems appear on p. 37 & 41, with smaller examples beneath ports. on p. 18, 69, 96, 182.
Issued with: Aquila sancta, siue Bauarica / Giovanni Palazzi (Venice : G.G. Herz, 1674). The two works are signed continuously but paged separately.

Physical Description

[12], 254 p. : ill., coats of arms, geneal. tables, ports. ; 38 cm. (fol.)

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