Zodiacus Christianus, das ist Christelicher Himmelcirckel, oder, zwölff Zeichen bey welche[n] ein ieder Christ erkenne[n] vnd schliessen kan, ob er von Gott zum ewigen Leben fürsehen vnd erwölet oder nicht : sampt XII schöne[n] Figuren, durch welche bemelte Zeiche[n] für Augen gestelt werden /
von Hieremia Drexelio lateinisch beschriben ; nachmals von Thoma Kern verteutscht, beeden der Societet Iesu Priestern.

Description

Main Author

Drexel, Jeremias, 1581-1638

Related Names

Sadeler, Raphael, approximately 1560-approximately 1632
Kern, Thomas, active 1623.

Language(s)

German

Published

München : Bey Raphaël Sadeler, a.o 1624.

Subjects

Predestination
Predestination > Predestination / Early works to 1800.
Early works
Engravings (prints) > Engravings (prints) / Germany > Engravings (prints) / Germany / 17th century.
Emblem books > Emblem books / Germany > Emblem books / Germany / 17th century.
Emblems (allegorical pictures) > Emblems (allegorical pictures) / Germany > Emblems (allegorical pictures) / Germany / 17th century.

Note

Signatures: A-P¹² Q⁶.
Engraved t.p. incorporating 2 small emblematic ill. Fourteen larger emblematic ill. by Sadeler; cf. Landwehr, loc. cit. Sadeler's engraved device at colophon.
"Getruckt zu München durch Nicolaum Henricum, 1623"--Colophon.
Latin ed. first appeared in 1618, German ed. first in 1619 in a translation by Conrad Vetter. Cf. Landwehr, German emblem books, 229ff. (present ed. not listed).

Physical Description

[22], 348, [2] p. (the last blank) : ill. (engraving) ; 13 cm. (12mo)

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