Enlightenment and Book Culture: Illustrations in the Secular Books Published in Vilnius during the Second Half of the 18th Century

Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis

Abstract

The research focuses on the six illustrations from different secular books. Three illustrations come from the Piarist printing house: “The Allegory of Diplomacy” (engraved by Johanna Dorothea Philipp-Sysang) from the book published in 1758; “The Allegory of the Piarist School of Piety” (by the artist F. Moser), book published in 1774; and “The Allegory of Electricity” (engraver unknown) in the publication from 1786. Two illustrations appear in the books printed in 1781 by an academic printing house: “The Portrait of Lucius Anneus Seneca” (engraver unknown) and “The Exterior View of Vilnius University” (engraver unknown). One unauthored illustration-vignette in the book printed in 1791 by the Basilian printing house depicts a labouring child. The research sought to identify