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Divo Francisco Borgiæ è Duce Gandiæ tertio, Soc. Jesu generali, à Clemente X Pont. Max. sanctorum clitum fastis ad scripto, Encomia emblemate, prosa, versu in de salvatoris Soc. Iesv ad S. Clementem, publice affixa in perpetuum amoris monumentum re ac typis incidi fecerunt, dum philosophum eius auspicys cptam primâ laureâ coronarent

Firmus, Georgius, 1635-1683, Damperviel, J. G, Physici Pragenses · 1672 · [Prague : s.n.] · 29 pictures

A Jesuit commemorative volume printed at Prague in 1672 by philosophy students of the Clementinum, gathering emblems, prose and verse in honour of Francis Borgia on his canonization by Clement X. The plates run to woodcut headpieces and tailpieces — symmetrical acanthus sprays, pomegranates and grapes, strapwork cartouches with tasselled cords and a grinning mask — usable as vignettes, rules and page-furniture in relief-cut black line.

Borja, Francisco de, Saint, 1510-1572 · Emblems

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