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Homo et ejus partes figuratus & symbolicus, anatomicus, rationalis, moralis, mysticus, politicus, & legalis : collectus et explicatus cum figuris, symbolis, anatomiis, factis, emblematicus, moralibus, mysticis, proverbiis, hieroglyphicis, prodigiis, simulacris, statuis, historiis, ritibus, observationibus, moribus, numismatibus, dedicationibus, signaturis, significationibus literarum, epithetis, fabulis, miris, physiognomicis, & somniis ; reflexionibus et declarationibus tam ex sacris quàm profanis auctoribus desumptis

Scarlatini, Ottavio, 1623-1699, Honcamp, Matthias, fl. 1690, Heckenauer, Leonhard, d. 1704, engraver, Bencard, Johann Caspar, 1649-1720 or 21, printer · 1695 · Augustae Vindelicorum & Dilingae : Sumptibus Joannis Caspari Bencard, Bibliopolae · 63 pictures

A Latin emblem encyclopedia of the human body and its parts, compiled by Ottavio Scarlatini, translated by Matthias Honcamp and engraved by Leonhard Heckenauer, printed by Johann Caspar Bencard at Augsburg and Dillingen in 1695 for learned clergy and scholars. Oval emblem plates with motto banderoles and grotesque caryatid frames alternate with woodcut headpieces of masks, swags, and scrollwork.

Human anatomy · Human beings in art · Symbolism · Emblems · Emblem books, Latin

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