Bound with his Turris Babel ... Amstelodami, M DC LXXIX., Interpretation of the hieroglyphics traced on two "enveloppes de momies" brought from Egypt and preserved at the Château d'Ussé in Touraine. Another edition (with imprint : Romæ, ex typographia Vitalis Mascardi) published in the same year. cf. A. de Backer, Bibliothèque des écrivains de la Compagnie de Jésus, 1853, 1. sér., p. 431., Printer's device on the title page with motto: Vivitur ingenio., and Signatures: +-++4A-K4 (K4 blank).
A coat of arms divided into two halves, with three birds in each half. At the helm is a knight's helmet flanked by mantling; at the crest is a phoenix rising from flames. Below is the motto Perit ut Vivat.
Subject (Name):
Fenwick, Bedford
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Birds, Helmet, Physicians, Shield, and Wings
Belgium Catholicum seu decem provinciae Germaniae inferioris and Carte des Pais Bas catholiques où des X provinces de l'Allegmagne inférieure, etc. dessinée au juste selon les exactes observations astronomiques et opérations géometriques des Messur. Cass
Description:
"Avec privil. Imperial" above neat line., Includes 8 bar scales., Includes coats-of-arms of ten provinces., Relief shown pictorially., and Watermark. Manuscript number in upper right corner: 262[?]. From the Karpinski-von Wieser Map Collection.
Publisher:
Edentibus Homannianis heredib.,
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium--Maps--Early works to 1800. and Luxembourg--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Name):
Cassini, César-François, 1714-1784, Homann Erben (Firm), and Snellius, Willebrord, 1580-1626
[Atlas factice of 32 maps and 1 distance table, produced by the Homann Erben firm]
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
Belgium Catholicum seu decem provinciae Germaniae inferioris and Carte des Pais Bas catholiques ou des X provinces de l’Allegmagne inferieure, etc. dessinee au juste selon les exactes observations astronomiques et operations geometriques des Messur. Cassini, Snellius, Muschenbrok, etc. dressee par Sr. Tobias Maier, mathematicien; aux depens des Heritiers de Homann
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium --Maps --Early works to 1800 and Luxembourg --Maps --Early works to 1800
A coat of arms divided into two sections, with three bells within. Along the sides of the shield are flowers and grasses tied together. At the helm can be seen a garb. At the top of the plate is the motto Quid Utilius.