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Selectae antiquitatis libri XII. : De gestis primaevis, item de origine gentium nationùmque migrationibus, atqua praecipuis nostratium dilocationibus, ex sacrae scripturae, aliorumque gravissimorum autorum monumentis collecti; indice quoque sufficiente adimpleti

Waldenfels, Christoph Philipp von, active 1662-1677 · 1677 · Norimbergae [Nuremberg] : Sumtibus Wolgangi Mauritii Endteri & Johannis Andreae Endteri, haeredum · 2 pictures

A Latin antiquarian treatise in twelve books on ancient origins and migrations of peoples, compiled by Christoph Philipp von Waldenfels and printed in Nuremberg in 1677 by the Endter heirs for a scholarly readership. Its two pictures are small woodcut ornaments: a heart-shaped scrolling cartouche with volutes and leafy knots, and a symmetrical floral panel of stylized blossoms and acanthus-like fronds, both useful for dense, balanced decorative framing.

Magalhães, Fernão de, -1521 · Columbus, Christopher · Drake, Francis, Sir, -1637 · Ethnology · Ethnology in the Bible · Indians of the West Indies · Jews · Ophir · Imprint 1677

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