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Artis cabalisticæ scriptores: hoc est, reconditæ theologiæ et philosophiæ scriptorum: tomus I. In quo praeter Pauli Ricii theologicos et philosophicos libros sunt latini penè omnes et hebræi nonnulli præstantissimi scriptores, qui artem commentariis suis illustrarunt ... / Ex D. Ioanni Pistori Nidani ... bibliotheca.

Johann Pistorius the Younger, Ricius, Paul, active 1511-1532. De coelesti agricultura libri IV., Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla, Judah Leon Abravanel, Reuchlin, Johann, 1455-1522. De arte cabalistica, Johann Reuchlin, Arcangelo da Borgonuovo, -1571?. Interpretationes in Cabalistarum dogmata. · 1587 · Basileæ : per Sebastianum Henricipetri, 1587. · 6 pictures

A 1587 Basel edition printed by Sebastian Henricpetri, a scholarly collection of Latin and Hebrew Kabbalistic and philosophical texts gathered by Johann Pistorius the Younger for a learned readership. The pictures are type-set pages with large decorated initial letters, one containing a small figure of a putto or cherub, with dense black letterforms and ornate scrollwork that a designer could draw on for display capitals, border ornament, or a historical typographic texture.

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