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Book/Printed Material The Theater of Nobility in Europe. Genealogy of the Illustrious Progenitors of the Christian World. Theatrum, Nobilitatis. Europeae, Tabulis. Progonologicis. Praecipuorum. In. Cultiori. Christiano. Orbe. Magnatum. Et. Illustrium. Progenitores

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Title

  • The Theater of Nobility in Europe. Genealogy of the Illustrious Progenitors of the Christian World.

Other Title

  • Theatrum, Nobilitatis. Europeae, Tabulis. Progonologicis. Praecipuorum. In. Cultiori. Christiano. Orbe. Magnatum. Et. Illustrium. Progenitores

Summary

  • Theatrum, Nobilitatis. Europeae, Tabulis. Progonologicis. Praecipuorum. In. Cultiori. Christiano. Orbe. Magnatum. Et. Illustrium. Progenitores (The theater of nobility in Europe. Genealogy of the illustrious progenitors of the Christian world) is a work on the family trees of royal and noble families of Europe by the German Lutheran theologian Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705). Spener was one of the founders of Pietism and is considered the father of modern heraldry and genealogy studies. He worked as a preacher in Strasbourg, Frankfurt, and Dresden, before becoming consistorial counselor in Berlin. Theatrum, Nobilitatis. Europae is a four-volume work, published in Frankfurt am Main between 1668 and 1678. Families are presented in tabular form, with all names Latinized. The frontispiece consists of the family tree of Ferdinand I, king of Hungary and Bohemia and holy Roman emperor. The work was typeset by Egidius Vogel in Frankfurt. Presented here are the first and third volumes of the work (bound together), dating from 1668, held in the Slovak National Library, the only copies of the work preserved in Slovakia. The book was formerly owned by the Prague lawyer Thomas Anton Putzlacher (1722-96), as is documented by his handwritten "ex bibliotheca" and the glued typographic bookplate on the inside front cover of the book.

Names

  • Spener, Philipp Jakob, 1635-1705 Author.
  • Vogel, Egidius, flourished 1657-approximately 1683 Typographer.
  • Wust, Balthasar Christoph, 1630-1704 Printer.

Created / Published

  • Frankfurt am Main : Egidius Vogel and Balthasar Christoph Wust, [1668 to 1678]

Headings

  • -  1668 to 1678
  • -  Devices (Heraldry)
  • -  Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1503-1564
  • -  Genealogy
  • -  Habsburg, House of
  • -  Holy Roman Empire
  • -  Nobility
  • -  Royal families

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 456 pages : illustrations, genealogy ; 31 x 20 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Slovak National Library.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

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  • 1 online resource.

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  • 2021666999

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Chicago citation style:

Spener, Philipp Jakob, Author, Egidius Vogel, and Balthasar Christoph Wust. The Theater of Nobility in Europe. Genealogy of the Illustrious Progenitors of the Christian World. [Frankfurt am Main: Egidius Vogel and Balthasar Christoph Wust, to 1678, 1668] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666999/.

APA citation style:

Spener, P. J., Vogel, E. & Wust, B. C. (1668) The Theater of Nobility in Europe. Genealogy of the Illustrious Progenitors of the Christian World. [Frankfurt am Main: Egidius Vogel and Balthasar Christoph Wust, to 1678] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666999/.

MLA citation style:

Spener, Philipp Jakob, Author, Egidius Vogel, and Balthasar Christoph Wust. The Theater of Nobility in Europe. Genealogy of the Illustrious Progenitors of the Christian World. [Frankfurt am Main: Egidius Vogel and Balthasar Christoph Wust, to 1678, 1668] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666999/>.