Bavarian State Library MUNICH

A rectangular decorative headpiece features symmetrical acanthus leaf scrolls and floral motifs. In the center is a circular medallion with radiating lines, representing a sun or divine symbol.

To the benevolent reader

A large historiated decorative initial 'Q' contains a bird, likely a phoenix, rising from a nest of flames within an oval frame, set against a background of foliage.

When the blessed IO. FRANCISCUS BUDDEUS, my father-in-law, who is to be venerated even after his death, was performing the duty of teaching moral and civil philosophy at the University of Halle, and could not find a book to use in his lectures to form young men in the study of this philosophy