Sapientiae pignus amabile philosophia universa in Coll. Flor. Soc. Iesu data anno 1647
Contributors: Massi, Amador, active 1636-1645, printer; Arrighi, Fabiano; Lazzarino, Lorenzo; Jesuits
Publisher: Typis Amatoris Massae Foroliuien.
Published: 1647
Place of publication: Florentiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: Science; Early works to 1800; Philosophy; Art and science
Other titles: Sapientiae pignus amabile philosophia vniversa in Coll. Flor. Soc. Iesu data anno 1647
Notes: Imprint from colophon.

Signatures: pi⁴ A⁴ ²A⁴ ³A⁴ D⁴ G⁴ A² F² G⁴ I² K² H⁴ L⁴.

Authorship attributed to Fabianus Arrighius or Laurentius Lazzarinus. Cf. BL Italian 17th cent.

Illustrated and etched title page (included in pagination).

The etchings are by Valerio Spada.

Pages 67-74 misnumbered 59-66.

Nagler calls for 12 plates, possibly including some of the variant states of the title page.

Dedication and dedicatee vary in each copy. The arms on the t.p. were apparently modified accordingly. The location of the prints in each copy varies as well. Cf. Massar.

Dedicated to Leopoldo de Medici by Franciscus Morinus.

Backer-Sommervogel III, col. 792

Massar, P.D.  The prints of Valerio Spada, Print quarterly v. III, p. 226-234

BL Italian, 17th century I, p. 51 & p. 472

Nagler, G.K.  Künstlerlexikon, 19:177

Binding: pasteboard with decorated paper spine and ink title.