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<dl><dd>Date in imprint changed in ms. to 1713</dd>
<dd>Signatures: pi1, A-4G² (4G2+'4G3') 4H-5X² ..</dd>
<dd>Engraved title page signed: El Müller sc</dd>
<dd>With 53 engraved emblems, 11 signed by Johann Salver, 1 by Müller (p. 290) as engravers; illustrators include the author (p. 2), Wolfgang Högler (p. 26, 44, 52, 90) and Giovanni Pietro Giorgioli (p. 49). There are 9 blank spaces in the text for additional engravings</dd>
<dd>Each emblem features a griffin, in reference to the Greiffenclau (or Greiffenklau) family, in whose honor the book was conceived</dd>
<dd>Bookplate of Emil Mönnich</dd>
<dd>Imperfect: lacking all after p. 450</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Emblems; Griffins in art</div>
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<dl><dd>Kirchgessner, Johannis Valentinus</dd>
<dd>Salver, Johann, 1673-1738, engraver</dd>
<dd>Müller, El., engraver</dd>
<dd>Högler, Wolfgang, 1674-1754, ill</dd>
<dd>Giorgioli, Giovanni Pietro, ill</dd>
<dd>Greiffenklau, Johann Philipp von, d. 1719, dedicatee</dd></dl></div>
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