Gryphus principalis, sive, Typus boni principis :
XII titulis repræsentatus et reverendissimo ... Ioanni Philippo, S.R.I. principi, episcopo Herbipolensi ... oblatus humillime /
à Ioanne Valentino Kirchgessner, I.C. vicariatus et consistorij Herbipolensis assessore, iudicij civici actuario.

Description

Main Author

Kirchgessner, Johannis Valentinus

Related Names

Greiffenklau, Johann Philipp von, d. 1719, dedicatee.
Giorgioli, Giovanni Pietro, ill.
Högler, Wolfgang, 1674-1754, ill.
Müller, El., engraver.
Salver, Johann, 1673-1738, engraver.

Language(s)

German

Published

[Würzburg : s.n.], Anno, æræ Christianæ, 1712.

Subjects

Griffins in art
Emblems
Emblem books.

Note

Imperfect: lacking all after p. 450.
Bookplate of Emil Mönnich.
Each emblem features a griffin, in reference to the Greiffenclau (or Greiffenklau) family, in whose honor the book was conceived.
With 53 engraved emblems, 11 signed by Johann Salver, 1 by Müller (p. 290) as engravers; illustrators include the author (p. 2), Wolfgang Högler (p. 26, 44, 52, 90) and Giovanni Pietro Giorgioli (p. 49). There are 9 blank spaces in the text for additional engravings.
Engraved title page signed: El Müller sc.
Signatures: pi1, A-4G² (4G2+'4G3') 4H-5X² ...
Date in imprint changed in ms. to 1713.

Physical Description

[2], 284, 283-302, [2], 303-450 + p. : ill. ; 32 cm. (fol.)

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