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Theatrum virtutis et honoris, augustis magnorum Caesarum filiis ab augustissimis parentibus ad imperium destinatis exstructum, et illustrissimis, perillustribus, reverendis, religiosis, praenobilibus, nobilibus, ac doctissimis DD. AA. LL. et philosophiae doctoribus

Plökner, Wolfgang, 1659-1713, Langgraff, Joan. Franck de, Sischowitz, Matthias, fl. 1688-1700 · 1697 · Viennae Austriae : Typis Matthiae Sischowitz, Universitatis typogr. · 8 pictures

A Latin emblem and theatre-scene book printed in Vienna in 1697 by Matthias Sischowitz, produced by Wolfgang Plökner and Joan Franck de Langgraff as a princely education text for the sons of the emperor. Its pictures are small black-and-white engravings of staged scenes with curtains, colonnades, walled courts and forest backdrops, showing figures in armour and classical scenes that a designer could adapt for theatrical or period-costume compositions.

Education of princes

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