Petri Petiti, philosophi, & Doct. medici De Amazonibus dissertatio, : quâ an verè extiterint, necne, variis ultro citroque conjecturis & argumentis disputatur. Multa etiam ad eam gentem pertinentia, ex antiquis monumentis eruuntur atque illustrantur
A Latin scholarly dissertation by the Paris physician and philosopher Pierre Petit, printed in Paris in 1685, arguing whether the Amazons really existed and gathering ancient coins and monuments as evidence. The pictures are small engraved reproductions of ancient coins showing profiles, standing female figures, handshakes, lions and inscriptions, useful to a designer for classical medallion borders, coin-style roundels and engraved emblem compositions.
