8o (152 x 99 mm). Greek text on A7v-8r. Woodcut printer's device on title and on final recto.

132 woodcut illustrations by Jost Amman.

First Latin edition printed the same year as the German edition, but with an additional 18 illustrations.

A rare exhaustive visual collection of trades, professions and vocations of German society in the 16th century, including apothecary, engraver, carpenter, baker, etc.

Includes one of the earliest book illustrations of a dentist at work, second only to that found in the Zene Artzney series (1530-1576).

Beautifully illustrated by the esteemed German artist Jost Amman (1539-1591).

Provenance: This copy was once owned by Nicolas Quesnel (d. 1632), the 17th century royal coat-of-arms and portrait painter, with his signature and date of 1609 on the title page.