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Emblematic imagery - 18th Century Frontispiece engravings
Many books, during the 17th and 18th centuries, adopted a frontispiece engraving opposite the letterpress title page. This could be tipped into the letterpress book after printing and was less expensive and time consuming than printing an engraving on the title page. Often these frontispieces symbolically summarised the contents of the book.
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Microcosmische 1744


Siebenstern 1744


Keil - Medicinische 1748


Fictuld Azoth et Ignis 1749


Eberhard 1750


Flamel 1751


Hermaphroditisches 1752


Falscher und Wahrer 1752


Kiessling, 1752


Charas Pharmacopée 1753


Cohausen - Hermippus 1753

Jugel Hauptschlussel 1753


Schatzkammer 1756


Funff Tractatlein 1757


Blut der Natur 1757


Brunnen des Weisheit 1757


Monte Raphaim 1757


Hermetische Triumph 1765