BY ERYCIUS PUTEANUS Erycius Puteanus (1574–1646), the Latinized name of Henri Dupuy, was a celebrated Flemish humanist and the successor to the famous scholar Justus Lipsius at the University of Leuven.

CONCERNING

ANAGRAMS, The practice of rearranging the letters of a word or name to create new words, often thought in this era to reveal hidden truths or character traits.

WHICH IS A BRANCH OF THE KABBALAH, original: "Cabalae." Here, it refers to "Christian Kabbalah," a Renaissance and Baroque scholarly tradition that applied mystical interpretations to letters and numbers.

A DISCOURSE, Diatribe original: "Diatriba." In the 17th century, a "diatribe" was a formal scholarly discussion or essay, lacking the modern connotation of a bitter verbal attack.

Written for the sake of pleasure, published for the sake of utility.

Including Juan Caramuel Lobkowitz’s Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz (1606–1682) was a Spanish Cistercian monk and a brilliant polymath who wrote on everything from mathematics to music. A Very Brief Overview of the Whole Kabbalah.

Prepared by the care and study of

Justus Caecilius Puteanus, son of Erycius,

with his father’s permission. It was common for the sons of scholars to assist in editing and publishing their fathers' works as part of their education.
### AT BRUSSELS,
-> From the press of Jean Mommart.

-> 1643. original: "∞. IƆ C. XLIII." An early modern way of printing the date using Roman numerals where the lemniscate (∞) and the "I" followed by a reversed "C" (IƆ) represent 1000 and 500 respectively.

-> With Approval and Privilege. This indicates the book had the official permission of the censors and a "privilege," which acted as an early form of copyright protection.