Theater of the World

The Theater of the World,
in which the misery, tribulation, and
sorrow of men, as well as the vices and
sins currently common, are treated
extensively, etc.

The initial "A" is a large, decorative, historiated woodcut initial.

After many Greek, Latin, and foreign philosophi philosophers had diligently observed all living creatures, both rational and irrational, and had endeavored with special diligence and seriousness to live according to their ways, and had also compared their nature and being with our own, they finally discovered that among all that has breath and lives and moves upon the earth, there is nothing more pitiful and miserable than man himself.
A woodcut illustration depicts an interior scene with several figures. On the left, a man sits at a desk writing. In the center, two men stand in conversation. To the right, another man sits at a desk, and a dog stands in the foreground. Various items like clothing and tools hang on the walls.