ROSA URSINA

OR

S U N

VARIED BY THE ADMIRABLE PHENOMENON

OF ITS FACULAE bright spots AND SPOTS,

AND ALSO

Shown in four books to be MOBILE,

around its own center and fixed axis, from west to east annually,

and revolving around another, mobile axis from east to west,

almost monthly, upon its own poles.

BY

CHRISTOPHER SCHEINER

GERMAN OF SWABIA, OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS.

TO PAOLO GIORDANO II

ORSINI, DUKE OF BRACCIANO.

A circular stamp on the left side of the page with the text: Library of the College of the Society of Jesus. In the center is the Jesuit "IHS" monogram with a cross above the H and three nails below.

An elaborate allegorical copperplate engraving featuring three bears in cave-like openings amidst a landscape of rose bushes.

At the top, the sun shines. Motto to the left: "The day itself reveals it." Motto to the right: "Pleasant to see, rough to the touch."
Top center bear: An upright bear sitting in an oval frame labeled "ROSA URSINA". It holds a pair of dividers (compass) and a straight-edge ruler over a table. Motto below it: "Guardian Rose".
Bottom left bear: A bear curled up, licking its paws. Motto: "Constant industry shapes it."
Bottom right bear: A bear asleep or resting. Motto: "I provide my own nourishment."
At the very bottom of the engraving is the text: "URSINA ROSE".

A second circular stamp on the right side of the page, identical to the first, reading: Library of the College of the Society of Jesus with the IHS monogram.

BRACCIANO,

At the press of Andrea Phaeus, Ducal Printer.

Printing begun in the year 1626, and finished on the Ides of June, 1630. With the permission of the Superiors.