Gryphus principalis, sive, Typus boni principis : XII titulis repræsentatus et reverendissimo ... Ioanni Philippo, S.R.I. principi, episcopo Herbipolensi ... oblatus humillime

Kirchgessner, Johannis Valentinus, Salver, Johann, 1673-1738, engraver, Müller, El., engraver, Högler, Wolfgang, 1674-1754, ill, Giorgioli, Giovanni Pietro, ill, Greiffenklau, Johann Philipp von, d. 1719, dedicatee · 1712 · [Würzburg : s.n.] · 87 pictures

An emblem book of 1712 printed at Würzburg, written by Johannis Valentinus Kirchgessner and engraved by Johann Salver and El. Müller after Wolfgang Högler, presented to Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp as a mirror for a good ruler. Eighty-nine circular copperplates set winged griffins against open landscapes with hill towns, rayed suns and faces in the sky, numbered and usable as roundels or spot devices.

Emblems · Griffins in art

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