Ova paschalia sacro emblemate
By: inscripta descriptaq[ue] á Georgio Stengelio Societatis Iesu theologo. Curae secundae
Contributors: Baldauf, knight, former owner; Storcker, Kaspar, former owner
Publisher: Apud Nicolam Henricum electoralem typographum
Published: 1635
Place of publication: Monachii [Munich]
Language: lat
Subjects: Emblems; Eggs; Indians of North America; Social life and customs
Notes: Part 2 has title page reading: Ovorvm paschaliuvm sacro emblemate inscriptorvm descriptorúmque, à Georgio Stengelio Societatis Jesv theologo. Pars altera.

Colophon in part 2 reads: Monachii, apud Nicolam Henricvm electoralem typographum.

Emblem XXIX, p. 164-169, has text reporting that Americans abstain from eating eggs.

Emblem XLII, p. 239-243, has text reporting that Native American women raise chickens. The emblem itself on p. 239 depicts Native Americans engaged in this activity.

Pagination: pt. 1: [36], 320 p.; pt . 2: [4], 321-604, [28] p.

Signatures: pt. 1: *-**⁸ ***² A-V⁸ (I3 missigned I5; Q2 missigned P2); pt. 2: chi² (chi1 verso blank) X-Z⁸ a-q⁸ r⁴

Includes indexes.

With two egg-shaped plates containing medallion portraits, and one hundred egg-shaped copperplates of emblems. Cf. Praz.

Engraved, illustrated title page; tail pieces.

Landwehr, J. German emblem books, 554.

Praz, M. Studies in 17th c. imagery, p. 158.

Backer-Sommervogel VII: col. 1554, no. 62.