German writer and Augustinian Monk (1644-1709)

Weheklagen in Wien : Abraham a Sancta Claras Beschreibung der Pest von 1679 / Werner Welzig.

Den algemeynen dooden spiegel oft de kapelle der dooden / [Abraham a Sancta Clara].

De kapelle der dooden, of de algemeene doodenspiegel. In welken alle Menschen, van wat Staat of Rang zy zyn mogen, zich tot hun nut konnen beschouwen : om indagtig te zyn het memento mori, of gedenkt te sterven... / zynde het laatste werk van den beroemden Pater Abraham van Sta. Clara.

An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

An apothecary is making up a prescription for waiting customers, another takes a jar down from a shelf. Engraving by J.C. Weigel.

A bathing room attendant applying the method of cupping to a male customer in an active bathing house. Engraving by J.C. Weigel.

1 print : line engraving ; image 8.5 x 7.9 cm

181 pages : engr. frontispiece & illustrations ; (8vo)

Mercks Wienn, das ist: dess wütenden Todts ein umständige Beschreibung / [Abraham a Sancta Clara].

Grosse Todten-Brüderschafft, das ist: ein kurzer Entwurff dess sterblichen Lebens, mit beygefügtem Catalogo ... aller der jenigen Herren Brüderen, Frauen, und Jungfrauen Schwesteren, welche aus der hochlöblichen Todten-Sodalität / bey denen ehrwürdigen P.P. Augustinern Parfüsseren in Wienn, von Anno 1679 bis 1680 gestorben seyn. [By Abraham à S. Clara].

Online resource (62 pages : engr. frontispiece , (8vo)).

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An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

An apothecary is making up a prescription for waiting customers, another takes a jar down from a shelf. Engraving by J.C. Weigel.

Mercks Wienn, das ist: dess wütenden Todts ein umständige Beschreibung / [Abraham a Sancta Clara].

Weheklagen in Wien : Abraham a Sancta Claras Beschreibung der Pest von 1679 / Werner Welzig.

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