Petri Petiti, Philosophi, & Doct. Medici De Amazonibus Dissertatio: Quâ an verè extiterint, necne, variis ultro citroque conjecturis et argumentis disputatur. Multa etiam ad eam gentem pertinentia, ex antiquis monumentis eruuntur atque illustrantur
A 1687 Latin dissertation by the physician and philosopher Pierre Petit, printed for scholars, arguing whether the Amazons existed and assembling ancient coin engravings as evidence. Its pictures are small, crisp line engravings of coins showing standing figures, portrait busts, a lion, an altar and inscribed legends in Greek lettering, offering a designer ready-made classical emblem compositions with symmetrical framing within circular borders.
