Aquilae Austriacae pars secunda, seu, Monarchiae occidentalis tomus octauus : in quo imperatores Austrii a Maximiliano II vsquè ad coronationem Leopoldi Primi Occidentis imperatorem LI elogijs, hieroglyphicis, numismatibus, insignibus, symbolis, imaginibus antiquis ad viuum exhibentur exculpti, & longa historiarum serie exarati : vt nihil relictum sit, quod prisci vel hodierni habeant annales, sed diplomata, leges, indulta, genealogiae, donationes, priuilegia offeruntur congesta : inseruntur et regum principumque imagines, nummi honorarij, castrenses, triumphales, votiui, missiles, &c. qui sanguine, foedere, bello imperatoribus iuncti, occurrunt in opere : subijcitur cuique caesarum appendix symbolica, sacrolegalis, & historicopolitica, in qua symbolis & hieroglyphicis, are affabrè exculptis, Caesares eorumq[ue] gesta pinguntur & explanantur

Palazzi, Giovanni, b. 1640?, Merlen, Cornelis van, d. 1723, Sikkelaer, Pieter van, Westerhout, Arnold van, 1651-1725, Poleti, Andreas, fl. 1720 · 1679 · Venetiis : Ex typographia Andreae Poleti, sumptibus auctoris, prostant sub signo Fortunae, & nauis, aliorumque · 69 pictures

A 1679 Venetian folio by Giovanni Palazzi, with engravings by Cornelis van Merlen and others, published for the author by Andrea Poletti, recording Habsburg emperors from Maximilian II to Leopold I through elogies, medals, and emblems. The pictures are engraved medallion portraits of rulers in oval and round frames, set among coins, seals, armorial shields, and emblematic scenes such as anchors, swords, and allegorical figures, with Latin inscriptions around their rims. A designer could draw on their dense, ordered layouts of framed roundels and on the mix of portrait, heraldry, and emblem motifs.

Habsburg, House of · Emperors

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