Johannis Petri Erici in ejusdem Principio philologico promissa Anthrōpoglōttogonia, sive, Humanae linguae genesis partis primae, tomus primus : ubi de particulis quibusdam, & imprimis de pronominibus tam Graecis, quàm Hebraicis & Latinis : nec non iis, quae his accidunt, agitur : tum diversorum etiam idiomatum glossemata non pauca, quae indagatorem hactenus desiderarunt, evidenti etymologiâ resolvuntur & dilucidantur
A 1697 Latin linguistics treatise on the origins of human language, printed in Venice by Francesco Tramontini and issued at the author's expense, aimed at scholars of Greek, Hebrew and Latin. Its pictures are small woodcut headpieces and tailpieces: a central mask flanked by scrolls, a winged cherub between garlands, and a courtyard fountain scene. A designer could draw on their symmetrical scrollwork and grotesque masks for ornamental borders and dividers.
