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P. Gasparis Schotti ... Schola steganographica, in classes octo distributa, quibus, præter alia multa, ac jucundissima, explicantur artificia nova, queis quilibet, scribendo epistolam qualibet de re, & quocunque idiomate, potest alteri absenti, eorundem artificiorum conscio, arcanum animi sui conceptum, sine ulla secreti latentis suspicione manifestare; & scriptam ab aliis eâdem arte, quacunque l...

Catalog Data

Author:
Schott, Gaspar 1608-1666  Search this
Subject:
Trithemius, Johannes 1462-1516  Search this
Kircher, Athanasius 1602-1680  Search this
Physical description:
17 p. l., 346, [10] p. illus. (coat of arms) 9 fold. pl. (incl. tables) 21 x 17 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1665
Notes:
Added t.-p., engraved.
Signatures: )(-)()()()(⁴)()()()()(²A-Xx⁴Yy².
Contents:
classis 1., in qua explicatur inventum Joannis Trithemii.--classis 2., in qua explicatur artificium primum Athanasii Kircheri.--classis 3., in qua explicatur artificium secundum Athanasii Kircheri.--classis 4., in qua explicatur artificium facile et universale.--classis 5., in qua explicatur steganographia brevis, facilis, universalis.--classis 6., in qua explicatur steganographia per paucas ac per breves tabellulas.--classis 7., in qua explicatur varia erotemata steganographica, præsertim quæ Joannis Trithemii Steganographiam ac Polygraphiam concernunt.--classis 8., in qua explicatur varia artificia tam ad steganographiam, quàm ad steganologiam spectantia.--Catalogus librorum à P. Gasparo Schotto ... hactenus editorum (recto of last leaf)
Topic:
Cryptography--Early works to 1800  Search this
Call number:
Z103.S37X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_93080