Theatrum virtutis et honoris, augustis magnorum Caesarum filiis ab augustissimis parentibus ad imperium destinatis exstructum, et illustrissimis, perillustribus, reverendis, religiosis, praenobilibus, nobilibus, ac doctissimis DD. AA. LL. et philosophiae doctoribus
A Latin emblem and theatre-scene book printed in Vienna in 1697 by Matthias Sischowitz, produced by Wolfgang Plökner and Joan Franck de Langgraff as a princely education text for the sons of the emperor. Its pictures are small black-and-white engravings of staged scenes with curtains, colonnades, walled courts and forest backdrops, showing figures in armour and classical scenes that a designer could adapt for theatrical or period-costume compositions.







