Magnus in ortu; maximus in meridie; major in occasu : semperque serenissimus principum sol Maximilianus Emanuel, utr. Bav. & Palat. Sup. Dux., Com. Pal. Rheni, S.R. Imp. Archidap. & Elector, Landr. Leucht. &c., seu, Apparatus funebris litterarius extremis honoribus ejusdem Serenmi. ac Potentissimi Princ. Electoris adornatus, cùm in Elect. Templo Cler. Reg. solennes exequiae eidem piissimè defuncto electori celebrarentur
A Latin funeral tribute to Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, printed in Munich in 1727 by the widow Maria Magdalena Riedl, with emblems drawn by Nikolaus Gottfried Stuber and engraved by Franz Xaver Joseph Spath for the court and clergy attending the obsequies. Alongside emblem plates and death imagery are woodcut headpiece bands of strapwork, scrolling foliage, sunflower rosettes and grotesque foliate masks, usable as rules, borders and repeating ornament strips.
