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Paraeneticorvm vetervm pars I : in qua producuntur scriptores VIII ...

Goldast, Melchior, 1578-1635, Rittershausen, Konrad, 1560-1613 · 1604 · Insvlae, ad Lacum Acronium [Lindau, Germany] ... : Ex officina typographica Ioannis Lvdovici Brem · 22 pictures

A 1604 Latin collection of ancient moral and exhortatory writings, edited by Melchior Goldast and Konrad Rittershausen and printed at Lindau by the Brem press for scholarly readers. The pictures are small woodcut printer's ornaments: a strapwork cartouche with a blank central oval, a shield-like device with a face, and two framed masks with floral scrollwork, offering a designer compact, symmetrical decorative units for borders and title pages.

German poetry · Civilization, Medieval, in literature

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