Talpa literaria operi utili vacans et ter mille chronographicos exstruens
Subtitle: et exaltans acervos in pratis et in horto parnassi : J.R.C.D.S.E.A.S. et C.M.E.P labores : chronographici, qvos caecus inter tenebras fecit, luci exposuit et benevolentiae fautoris typô edidt
Publisher: Apud Franciscum Carolum Hladky, Archi-Episcopalem Typographum
Published: 1752
Place of publication: Vetero-Pragae in Aula-Regia
Language: lat
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Chronograms; Early works to 1800
Notes: Chronograms are used throughout title page and entire publication.

Title page: taLpa LIterarIa operI UtILI VaCans et ter MILLe ChronographICos eXstrUens : et eXaLtans aCerVos In pratIs et In horto parnassI : J.r.C.D.s.e.a.s. et C.M.e.p. labores : ChronographICI qVos CaeCUs Inter tenebras feCIt, LUCI eXposUIt et beneVoLentIae faUtorIs tYpô eDIDIt.

"Imprimatur Antonius Wenceslaus Wokaun, episcopus, vicarius generalis & officialis."--[A]2r

"PROTESTATIO qVae eXpono, eX toto, InteLLeCta, atqVe sUbJeCta VoLo sensUI sanCtae roManae eCCLesIae."--[A]2v

Signatures: [A]⁴-2S⁴; S4 blank.

Title woodcut of Chronos, final woodcut tailpiece of Mercury.

Chronograms throughout create dates ranging from 1749 to 1752.

326, [2] p.: ill. (woodcut) ; 21 cm (4to). Signatures: [A]⁴-2S⁴; S4 blank. Chronograms are used throughout title page and entire publication. George Peabody Library collection. Bound in contemporary brokatpapier over pasteboards, pattern of people and animals in foliage; blue speckled edges. Manuscript shelfmark label on spine.