Opus polyhistoricum, dissertationibus XXV : De osculis, subnexisq; de Judae ingenio, vita & fine, sacris epiphyllidibus, absolutum : ob variarum gentium, per cuncta mundi climata usitatos ritus, historiarumq[ue] quibus refertum est, amoenitates, materiarumq[ue] ex sacrario theologiae, divae themidos cancellis, & salutaris medicinae theatro petitarum raritatem, maximè curiosum, ex omnium facultatem doctoribus, annalium conditoribus, & geographis, improbo labore, & indefesso studio concinnatum
Opus polyhistoricum is a 1680 Latin encyclopedic treatise on kissing, compiled by Martin von Kempen and printed in Frankfurt by Martin Hallervord and Johann Andreae for scholars and general readers. Its pictures are small printed typographic ornaments, the decorative headpieces and tailpieces of the period, with scrolls, cartouches, fleur-de-lis and foliate forms in black ink on cream paper, which a designer might borrow for historical borders, dividers or heading motifs.
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