Theatrum politicum sive Tragœdiæ ad commendationem virtutis et vitiorum detestationem - Neumayr, Franz 1697-1765 (Augsburg Crätz Ingolstadt Summer, 1760)
In a series with two further Jesuit works by Neumayr ('Theatrum Asceticum' - rf 15x J.F.M 1769 and 'Mundus in Maligno''- if 30x J.F.M. 1769")
manuscript note on frontmatter: " if 45x J.F.M"
Engraved publisher's lemma "His Ninitur Orbis" depicting a terracotta globe on a pile of books and a sculpture with the initials of the printer J.F.C. (Joannis Francisci Xaver)
Neumayr was a German Catholic theologian, Jesuit, preacher, playwright and author
Several plays contain Chorusses and Arias, suggesting a musical component within the perormance practice
Political theater or tragedy for the commendation of virtue and detestation of vice in the autumnal games
Keywords: Jesuits; 18th Century (1701-1800); Libretto; Play (theater); Rhetoric; Moral education; Germany; oratorium