⚠The text on this page is extremely faint, appearing to be heavy bleed-through from the following leaf (recto) or a severely faded duplicate printing. A library stamp is present in the upper right corner.

Warning: The text on this page is extremely faint, appearing to be heavy bleed-through from the following leaf or a severely faded duplicate printing. A library stamp is present in the upper right corner.

The following translation reflects the visible ghost text appearing on the page surface.

The

High and Wise?

King

in his Purple Mantle /

or?

Innocent? Patience? under? a?

foreign? Judgment? / in? depiction? of? the?

Doric? Likely referring to a specific historical or stylistic archetype, or perhaps a misspelled proper name. State-Example? of? the? upon? Thrones?

seated? Majesties? / from? many?

History-Books? laid?

before eyes?

Now? for? the service? of a? Highly-Noble? World?

readied for peace and for the press? original: "frie- und druckfertig gemacht"; an archaic publishing phrase meaning edited and ready for publication.

by?

A? Lover? original: "Liebhaber"; in this era, this often referred to a devotee, amateur, or serious student of a subject. of? Philosophy?.

Leipzig? and? Berlin? /

With? Johann? Friderich? Gleditsch?. Gleditsch was a prominent German bookseller and publisher active in the early 18th century.

1715. original: "M DCC XV"