Theatrum ethnico idololatrieum politico historicum, ethnicorum idololatrias, simulacra, templa, sacrificia & deos, illorum origines, ritus & caeremonias, quae in perficiendis sacris, fuerunt observata, quidque illis indicare voluerint, representans
A 1699 Latin mythology handbook printed at Mainz, compiled from Vincenzo Cartari's earlier work and edited by Paul Hachemberg for scholars and collectors of classical antiquity. Its plates are small engraved scenes of gods, personifications and ritual, each captioned with an 'Imago' number. A designer might take from them the crisp, hatched engraving line and the stock vocabulary of classical figures in flowing drapery, shields, torches and sacred animals.
