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Magnus in ortu; maximus in meridie; major in occasu : semperque serenissimus principum sol Maximilianus Emanuel, utr. Bav. & Palat. Sup. Dux., Com. Pal. Rheni, S.R. Imp. Archidap. & Elector, Landr. Leucht. &c., seu, Apparatus funebris litterarius extremis honoribus ejusdem Serenmi. ac Potentissimi Princ. Electoris adornatus, cùm in Elect. Templo Cler. Reg. solennes exequiae eidem piissimè defuncto electori celebrarentur

by: Khuen, Joseph Cajetan; Spath, Franz Xaver Joseph, d. 1735, engraver; Stuber, Nikolaus Gottfried, 1688-1749, iilustrator

Publication date: 1727

Topics: Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, 1662-1726, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Emblems, Emblems, Latin, Emblems, German, Dance of death, Death in art

Publisher: Monachii : Typis Mariae Magdalenae Riedlin, viduae

Collection: emblem; americana

Contributor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Language: Latin; German

Praz, M. Emblem books (2nd ed.)

Landwehr, J. German emblem books

Prose and verse, in Latin and German

Added t.p. in German (leaf c2): Die Grosse in dem Aufgang, Gröste in dem Mittag, Grössere in dem Nidergang, und allezeit durchleuchtigiste Fürsten-Sonne Maximilian Emanuel, in Ob- und Nider-Bayrn, auch der Oberen Pfaltz Hertzog, Pfaltz-Graf bey Rhein, dess H. Röm. Reichs Ertztruchsess und Chur-Fürst ..., oder, Lobreicher Leich- und Trauer-Pracht, welcher auf Ihro Chur-Fürstlichen Durchleucht Caroli Alberti, jetzt regierenden glorwürdigsten Chur-Fürstens gnädigisten Befelch höchstgedachten den 26. Febr. from-seeligist abgelebten, und in der Chur-Fürstl. Hof-Kirchen bey denen wol-ehrwürdigen P.P. Theatinern ... beygesetzten Chur-Fürsten ... errichtet / mit Lateinischen Sinn- Lob- und Beyschrifften von R.P.D. Josepho Cajetano Khuen, ermeldten Ordens Priesteren geziehret, und von eben demselben ... in das Teutsche übersetzet worden ... Gedruckt zu München : Bey Maria Magdalena Riedlin, Wittib, Anno 1727. Imprint preceded by chronogram representing the Elector's death year: ZV DIeMIItIgIster VerehrVng, höChstersagten ChVrfIrstens [1726]

Signatures: A b-d² A-2Y², a[cross]-f[cross]²

Illustrations: 36 prints : etching, engraving ; plate mark 33 x 20 cm. (1), 41 x 24 cm. (1), 23 x 20 cm. (2) and 17 x 20 cm. (32). Frontispiece signed: Nicolaus Stuber, delin. ; F.I. Spätt [i.e. F.X.J. Späth], Ser. Elect. Bavar. chalcogra. sculp., 1727; 29 others also signed by Stuber and Späth. Comprise frontispiece (bust of the Elector among emblems, trophies, etc.); large plate depicting the catafalque; 2 full-page and 32 half-page emblems within baroque grotesque borders, representing the funeral decorations. Emblems include numerous zodiacal allusions and depictions of buildings in Munich; first full-page emblem depicts Death painting a death's head on the sun, with other death figures and the zodiac signs. Frontispiece not described by Praz or Landwehr

Numerous woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces

"Mars Christiano-Bojcus in Areopago sanctiori vocatus in judicium & defensus : oratio funebris pro ... Maximiliano Emanuele ... ": p. [1-23] (3rd group)