01872cam a2200349Ia 4500 4769542 20080911235842.0 040722r17121713gw a 000 0 ger d (OCoLC)ocm55990917 UIU UIU UIU UIUU no Kirchgessner, Johannis Valentinus Gryphus principalis, sive, Typus boni principis : XII titulis repræsentatus et reverendissimo ... Ioanni Philippo, S.R.I. principi, episcopo Herbipolensi ... oblatus humillime / à Ioanne Valentino Kirchgessner, I.C. vicariatus et consistorij Herbipolensis assessore, iudicij civici actuario. Typus boni principis [Würzburg : s.n.], Anno, æræ Christianæ, 1712. [2], 284, 283-302, [2], 303-450 + p. : ill. ; 32 cm. (fol.) Date in imprint changed in ms. to 1713. Signatures: pi1, A-4G² (4G2+'4G3') 4H-5X² ... Engraved title page signed: El Müller sc. With 53 engraved emblems, 11 signed by Johann Salver, 1 by Müller (p. 290) as engravers; illustrators include the author (p. 2), Wolfgang Högler (p. 26, 44, 52, 90) and Giovanni Pietro Giorgioli (p. 49). There are 9 blank spaces in the text for additional engravings. Each emblem features a griffin, in reference to the Greiffenclau (or Greiffenklau) family, in whose honor the book was conceived. Bookplate of Emil Mönnich. IU Imperfect: lacking all after p. 450. IU Emblems Griffins in art Emblem books. rbgenr Salver, Johann, 1673-1738, engraver. Müller, El., engraver. Högler, Wolfgang, 1674-1754, ill. Giorgioli, Giovanni Pietro, ill. Greiffenklau, Johann Philipp von, d. 1719, dedicatee. 02 UIU