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Thesaurus chronologiae : in quo universa temporum & historiarum series in omni vitae genere ponitur ob oculos

Alsted, Johann Heinrich, 1588-1638 · 1624 · Herbonae Nassoviorum : [s.n.] · 6 pictures

A 1624 Latin chronology text by Johann Heinrich Alsted, printed at Herborn in Nassau, aimed at scholars and students of history and time-reckoning. Its pictures are woodcut ornamental headpieces, a decorative strapwork band, and an engraved bookplate-style title cartouche with a figure seated among foliage, showing how early modern printers framed text with dense scrollwork, grotesque masks, and symmetrical arabesques that a designer could borrow for borders, headers, and emblem-like frames.

Chronology, Historical

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