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[News] [Axiomata historico-politica:] Axiomata historico-politica das ist historische und politische staats regeln worin der heutigen Europäischen Potentaten fürnehmste Thaten und Staats-Gründe auß allerley Scribenten zusammen getragen und zur nutzbahren Ergetzlichkeit jetzo zum ersten mahl in Druck gegeben [...] [n.pl., n.d.] 1685.

First edition. Report on recent historical events throughout the world. The most pages (7-18, 29-30) are concerned with Turkey. Also written on is (27-29) Poland, (44-46) Russia, (46-49) the Monmouth rebellion, and (65-67) Venice. Pages 61-62 treat the Portuguese Empire. Louis XIV has a good section (33-43) devoted to him; William of Orange (59-61) is also a subject. Readers are encouraged to draw lessons from events: titles are followed by quotations, in German and often Latin.

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4to., pp. 80. Title in red and black. Woodcut first initial and woodcut typographical decoration to p. 3. Light to medium browning, a good copy, bound in contemporary sheep, edges mottled red and green (some wear and worming to binding, loss at head of spine, still good).

VD17 3:304361U. OCLC (01/18) shows copies outside Germany in BL, National Library of Sweden, State Research Library in Olomouc.