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• Symbolica Aegyptiorum sapientia : olim ab eo scripta, nunc post varias editiones denuò edita ; Polyhistor symbolicus : electorum symbolorum, et parabolarum historicarum stromata, XII. libris complectens (Sumptibus Simeonis Piget, 1647), by Nicolas Caussin and Horapollo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ieroglifici, overo, Commentari delle occulte significationi de gli Egittij, & d'altre nationi (Appresso Gio. Antonio, e Giacomo de'Franceschi, 1602), by Pierio Valeriano, Horapollo, and Celio Augustino Curione (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emblemata, partim moralia partim etiam civilia (Apud Joannem Janssonium, 1648), by Florens Schoonhoven and Crispijn van de Passe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dialogo dell'imprese militari et amorose (Appresso Guglielmo Rouillio, 1574), by Paolo Giovio, Guillaume Rouillé, Lodovico Domenichi, and Gabriele Simeoni (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ori Apollinis niliaci Hieroglyphica (Apvd Ioannem Frobenivm, 1518), by Horapollo, Hans Holbein, and Bernardinus Trebatius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orus Apollo Niliacus de hieroglyphicis notis (Apvd D. Iacob a Bvrgofranco papiensem., 1538), by Horapollo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hieroglyphika eklekta (Sumtibus Iulij Franceschini, ex typographia Aloysij Zannetti, 1599), by Horapollo and Giulio Franceschini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Symbola varia diversorum principum ([s.n.], 1601), by Jacob Typot, Anselmus de Boodt, and Ægidius Sadeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Symbolographia (Apud Joannem Casparum Bencard, 1702), by Jacob Bosch, J. C. Schalckh, Johann Georg W. Wolffgang, and Jakob Müller (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'idea del theatro dell' eccellen. M. Giulio Camillo. (Appresso Lorenzo Torrentino ..., 1550), by Giulio Camillo, Lodovico Domenichi, and Antonio Cheluzzi da Colle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Symbola diuina & humana pontificvm, imperatorvm, regvm (Apud Godefridum Schönwetterum, 1652), by Jacob Typot, Anselmus de Boodt, Ægidius Sadeler, and Octavius de Strada (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Aegyptiorum literis commentarii ([Michael Isengrin], 1556), by Pierio Valeriano and Hans Holbein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Symbolographia (Apud Joannem Casparum Bencard, 1701), by Jacob Bosch, J. C. Schalckh, Johann Georg W. Wolffgang, and Jakob Müller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Aegyptiorum aliarumque gentium literis commentarii (Per Thomam Guarinum, 1567), by Pierio Valeriano, Hans Holbein, and Celio Augustino Curione (page images at HathiTrust)
• Van de hieroglypen of Merkbeelden der ouden, &c. (By Joris van der Woude, 1735), by Romeyn de Hooghe, Jacobus Houbraken, Henricus Bos, and Arnoldus Henricus Westerhoff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Aegyptiorvm literis commentarii ([Michael Isengrin], 1556), by Pierio Valeriano, Horapollo, and M. Isingrin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Homo symbolicus (Sumptibus Joannis Caspari Bencard, Bibliopolae, 1695), by Ottavio Scarlatini, Johann Caspar Bencard, Leonhard Heckenauer, and Matthias Honcamp (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emblemata ethico politica (Sumpt. Lud. Bourgeat bibliopolae academici, 1669), by Jakob Bornitz, Ludwig Bourgeat, and Nicolaus Meerfeldt (page images at HathiTrust)
• De l'allégorie, ou, Traités sur cette matière (Chez H. J. Jansen ..., 1799), by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Hendrik Jansen, Carl Ludwig Junker, Johann Georg Sulzer, Edward Gibbon, and Joseph Addison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hieroglyphicorvm ex sacris Aegyptiorum literis libri octo ([Lorenzo Torrentino], 1556), by Pierio Valeriano (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polyhistor symbolicvs (Apud Ioannem Kinckium ..., 1623), by Nicolas Caussin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polyhistor symbolicvs : electorum symbolorum, & parabolarum historicarum stromata, XII. libris complectens (Apud Ioannem Kinckium ..., 1631), by Nicolas Caussin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ethica symbolica e fabularum umbris in veritatis lucem varia eruditione, noviter evoluta (Sumptibus Ioannis Wagneri, & Ioannis Hermanni à Gelder, bibliopolarum Monacensium :, 1675), by Michael Pexenfelder, Sebastian Rauch, Johann Hermann von Geldern, and Johann Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hieroglyphiqves de Ian-Pierre Valerian, vvlgairement nommé Pierivs (Par Paul Frellon, 1615), by Pierio Valeriano, Jacques Du Creux, Paul Frellon, Léonard Gaultier, Jean de Montlyard, and Celio Augustino Curione (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dell' huomo indiviso, e nel suo tutto considerato (In Bologna : Per Giacomo Monti, MDCLXXXIII [1683], 1683), by Ottavio Scarlattini, Domenico Bonaveri, and Giacomo Monti (page images at HathiTrust)

• Antigraphevs, siue, Conscientia hominis (Apud Jodocum Kalcovium et Socios, 1655), by Jeremias Drexel (page images at HathiTrust)
• De marmoreo sepulcrali cinerario Perusiae effosso arcanis ethnicorum sculpturis insignito in quibus symbolice sacra quaedam revelatae religionis mysteria adumbrantur et Clementi XIV P.O.M. ac sapientissimo ad incrementum musei pontificii Vaticani ab Emerico Bologninio Perusiae et Umbriae praeside humillime oblato coniecturae Iohannis Baptistae Passerii Pisaurensis regiae academiae Londinensis et instituti Bononiensis socii. (Romae : Excudebat Benedictus Francesius, MDCCLXXIII [1773], 1773), by Giovanni Battista Passeri, Benedetto Francesi, and Emerico Bolognini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Delle allusioni, imprese, et emblemi del Sig. Principio Fabricii da Teramo (Appresso Bartolomeo Grassi, 1588), by Principio Fabricii and Natale Bonifacio (page images at HathiTrust)
• La profezia dei sommi pontefici romani : con illustrazioni e note. ([s.n.], 1794), by Saint Malachy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Opera, in tres tomos distributa (Sumptibus Caroli Giannini, librorum Summi Pontificis provisoris in Platea Capranicensi, 1747), by Giovanni Giusto Ciampini, Carlo Giannini, Pier Leone Ghezzi, Francesco Polanzani, Giovanni Battista Lenardi, and Arnold van Westerhout (page images at HathiTrust)
• De laudibus sancte Crucis (in aedibus Thome Anshelmi, 1503), by Archbishop of Mainz Rabanus Maurus, Thomas Anshelm, and Jakob Wimpheling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Emblèmes chrestienes et morales (By Pieter van Waesberge, 1625), by Zacharias Heyns and Jan Gerrits Swelinck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Symbolum apostolorum in duodecim distinctum articulos juxta assignationem S. Augustini (Klauber, in the 1750s), by Joseph Sebastian Klauber and Johann Baptist Klauber (page images at HathiTrust)
• De sacris aedificiis a Constantino Magno constructis : synopsis historica (Apud Joannem Jacobum Komarek, Bohemum typographum ..., 1693), by Giovanni Giusto Ciampini, Giovanni Battista Lenardi, and Arnold van Westerhout (page images at HathiTrust)
• Devises chretiennes. (Chez Mathieu Chavance, libraire, ruë Merciere, 1717) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rationale divinorvm officiorvm (Apud haeredes Gulielmi Rouillii, sumptibus Petri Rousselet, 1612), by Guillaume Durand and Jean Beleth (page images at HathiTrust)
• De l'allégorie, ou, Traités sur cette matière (Chez H. J. Jansen ..., 1799), by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Hendrik Jansen, Carl Ludwig Junker, Johann Georg Sulzer, Edward Gibbon, and Joseph Addison (page images at HathiTrust)
• La théologie des peintres, sculpteurs, graveurs et dessinateurs, où l'on explique les principes & les véritables regles, pour représenter les mysteres de Notre Seigneur, ceux de la Ste Vierge, les saints en particulier, les différents traits de leur vie, & les autres sujets de dévotion : avec l'indication des meilleurs tableaux, & des morceaux de sculpture les plus estimés en ce genre, qu'on voit dans les eglises de Paris, & dans les cabinets des particuliers (Chez H.C. de Hansy, le jeune ..., 1765), by Joseph Méry de la Canorgue and Honoré-Clément Dehansy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Breve historia dell'inventione della S. Croce et de i Sacri Chiodi (Nella Stampa archiepiscopale, 1603), by Giovanni Francesco Besozzo (page images at HathiTrust)
• The embassadour of peace, being a strange and wonderful relation of a white dove seated on a rain-bow. That appears to several persons, in the parish of Peter's Carlile; particularly to Mrs. Isabel Fletcher, (wife to Mr. Fletcher, apothecary.) To whom it relates strange and wonderful things, concerning the state of affairs in this nation; very positively asserting universal peace and plenty to all Christendom, the ensuing year 1697. Proving the subversion of the French king, from several texts of scripture; especially from the last verse of the 31st psalm. To which is added, its disputes with several ministers; as also its pious prayers and exhortations to all the people that dayly far and near flock to see it. The truth of all which, is confirm'd by the testimony of two letters, the one sent to the Reverend Dr. Simpson, and the other writ by the worshipful Justice Patrickson. ([Edinburgh, : Re-printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson ..., 1696]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• Geheimschreibkunst in Versen : dadurch ein jeder, der auch die lateinische Sprache und Dichtkunst nicht versteht, allein durch Hülfe seiner Muttersprache einen lateinischen oder deutschen Brief, und zwar in einem elegiaschen Gedichte schreiben und einem Abwesenden die geheimen Gedanken seines Herzens ohne allen Verdacht eines darunter verborgenen Geheimnisses offenbaren kann : welches Kunststück in Zeit von einer halben Stunde ein jedes zu erlernen fähig ist : nebst einer neuen Punctirkunst in Versen (auf Kosten der Gaumischen Handlung in Ulm, 1759), by Melchias Uken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geomantia metrica. (Apud Joan. Frider. Gaum, bibliopol. Ulm, 1751), by Melchias Uken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geheime Polizey-Schrift des Grafen von Vergennes (Bei Johann Georg Ernst Wittekindt, 1793), by Charles Gravier Vergennes (page images at HathiTrust)
• De furtivis literarum notis, vulgo, De ziferis libri IIII (Apud Ioa. Mariam Scotum, 1563), by Giambattista della Porta (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Lord Digbies designe to betray Abingdon : carryed on for divers vveeks by an intercourse of letters, which are here published for the satisfaction of all men (Printed for Laurence Blaiklock, and are to be sold at the signe of the Sugar-loaf at Temple-Bar, 1645), by Richard Browne, George Digby, and George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Il vero modo di scrivere in cifra con facilita, prestezza, et secvrezza (Per Iacobo Britanico, 1564), by Giovanni Battista Bellaso (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique (Pour Iaques Keruer ..., 1561), by Johannes Trithemius, Adolph von Glauburg, and Gabriel de Collange (page images at HathiTrust)
• Non Rhetorice sed Arithmetice orandum est, et quidem per omnes Species (1626), by Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg Christian II, Battista Guarini, Richard Aron, and Richard Aron Collection on European Education (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Library) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins ... to which is prefix'd the author's life, and an account of his works. (Printed for J. Nicholson [etc.], 1708), by John Wilkins, George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress), and Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geheimschreibkunst in Versen : dadurch ein jeder, der auch die lateinische Sprache und Dichtkunst nicht versteht, allein durch Hülfe seiner Muttersprache einen lateinischen oder deutschen Brief, und zwar in einem elegiaschen Gedichte schreiben und einem Abwesenden die geheimen Gedanken seines Herzens ohne allen Verdacht eines darunter verborgenen Geheimnisses offenbaren kann : welches Kunststück in Zeit von einer halben Stunde ein jedes zu erlernen fähig ist : nebst einer neuen Punctirkunst in Versen (auf Kosten der Gaumischen Handlung in Ulm, 1759), by Melchias Uken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geomantia metrica. (Apud Joan. Frider. Gaum, bibliopol. Ulm, 1751), by Melchias Uken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Secret and swift messenger (Printed for R. Baldwin, 1694), by John Wilkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Davidis Arnoldi Conradi Cryptographia denudata (Apud P. Bonk, 1739), by David Arnold Conradi and George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hermannus Hugo Societatis Jesu De prima scribendi origine et universa rei literariae antiquitate : cui notas, opusculum de scribis, apologiam pro Waechtlero, praefationem et indices (Apud Hermannum Besseling, 1738), by Herman Hugo and Christianus Henricus Trotz (page images at HathiTrust)
• De furtivis literarum notis, vulgo, De ziferis libri IIII (Apud Ioa. Mariam Scotum, 1563), by Giambattista della Porta (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recveil de plusieurs machines militaires et feux artificiels pour la guerre & recreation (Par Charles Marchant, imprimeur ..., 1620), by François Thybourel, Johannes Trithemius, and Jean Appier-Hanzelet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Il vero modo di scrivere in cifra con facilita, prestezza, et secvrezza (Per Iacobo Britanico, 1564), by Giovanni Battista Bellaso (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traicté des chiffres, ov, Secretes manieres d'escrire (Chez Abel L'angelier, au premier pillier de la grand' Salle du Palais, 1587), by Blaise de Vigenère (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique (Pour Iaques Keruer ..., 1561), by Johannes Trithemius, Adolph von Glauburg, and Gabriel de Collange (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mercvry, or, The secret and svvift messenger shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance. (London : Printed by I. Norton, for Iohn Maynard and Timothy Wilkins ..., 1641), by John Wilkins and Francis Kinnaston (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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