Historical Engravings and Title Pages

A collection of intricate 17th-century engravings featuring allegorical figures, scientific themes, and dramatic titles, highlighting artistic and intellectual pursuits.

Emblema XVI: Hic Leo, quas plumas non habet, alter habet. Michaelis Majeri, Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum: per oculis et intellectui accuratè accommodata, figuris cupro appositissimè incisa, ingeniosissima emblemata, hisque confines, and ad rem egregiè facientes sententias, doctissimaque item epigrammata, illustratum, Maier, Michael, 1568-1622, Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, Etching, 1687, Etching, Emblem 16, located on page 46.

Title page for algebra or new set rule, Pieter Jansz Quast, 1639 print Title page for the book 'Algebra or new set-rule', entitled an Arillarium under the title. The title is flanked by two men, of which a notes makes and the other has directed his eyes to heaven. The title is held by two putti with trumpets. Under the title Father is time with hourglass and scythe. Next to him two sheets with geometric models. The Hague paper etching / engraving Father Time, man with wings and scythe. hourglass. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. algebraic formula, equation, etc. (+ invention ~ scientific research). armillary sphere, skeleton celestial globe

The evil comfortable Hubert Gravelot (1699-1773). Ence comfortable. Engraving.

Cartouches with title, portrait of Jan Baptist Houwaert, Allegorical Figures and Apollo and De Muzen, Willem Jacobsz Delff, 1623 print Cartouche with title flanked by Venus and Amor Right and Minerva on the left. Above portrait of poet Jan Baptist Houwaert between coat of arms and motto HOVT substance Mate. Under Cartouche with Apollo and the Muses. paper engraving Apollo and the Muses, Apollo Musagetes. (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena). Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)

Emblema XVI: Hic Leo, quas plumas non habet, alter habet. Michaelis Majeri, Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum: per oculis et intellectui accuratè accommodata, figuris cupro appositissimè incisa, ingeniosissima emblemata, hisque confines, and ad rem egregiè facientes sententias, doctissimaque item epigrammata, illustratum, Maier, Michael, 1568-1622, Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, Etching, 1687, Etching, Emblem 16, located on page 46.

Courageous silliness by Themis Crowned, Anonymous, After Claes Moeyaert, 1612 - 1655 print Wild animals threaten the personification of courageous silliness, which shows a document with stamps. Themis, the goddess of law, crowns him with a laurel wreath. Amsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing Themis. Innocence; 'Innocenza', 'Innocenza o purití' (Ripa) (+ personification). beasts of prey, predatory animals. dragon

A Bagpiper Playing for Four Dancing Monkeys, Anonymous, After Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1617 print Belly bag player with four dancing monkeys. A hand from the clouds sprinkles with nuts. Emblem in Jacob Cats, Silenus Alcibiadis Sive Proteus. Nummered XLI and p. 83. paper engraving / letterpress printing bagpipe, musette - CC - out of doors. earning money with monkey. monkeys, apes

Wild animals threaten the personification of courageous silly, showing a document with stamps. Themis, the goddess of the right, rewards him with a laurel wreath.

Pelican feeding its young with its own blood, P. Langweer, Hendrick Stuyfzandt, 1661.

A copper engraving by Aegidius Sadeler the Younger depicting the front page of a Credo, showing decorative lettering and religious symbolism.

Whore of Babylon, 1585 print A woman, sitting on a seven -member dragon that steps out of the water, is honored by kings. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in op. 17. This print is part of an album. paper engraving the scarlet woman, the whore of Babylon; she is usually sitting on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns

The mutilated bodies of the De Witt brothers, 1672. Muturing the bodies of the De Witt brothers by the citizens of The Hague, August 20, 1672. Scene from the life of Johan and Cornelis de Witt; Part of a group of illustrations, numbered: vi. District and accompanied by a verse of 8 lines. Printed on the back with text in Dutch.

Of all the nations of our age habits, never before this Aediti, 1569 Titelblad van Kostuumboek of all the nations of our age habits, never before this aediti. Personizations van justice en temperance flankeren of Titel op Wapen met Festoenen. Heruitgave shipped 1569 van de eerste editie shipped 1563. paper engraving fashion plates. Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues. Temperance, 'Temperantia'; 'Temperanza' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues

Simson kills the lion; Simson shields a young lion. Simson in battle with a lion he will eventually kill with his bare hands. He draws the jaws of the animal with his hands. Above the show a title. There are six fresh rules and a reference to judge 14: 5-6. The print is part of an album.

Colored woodcut and type print by Albrecht Dürer from 1496 depicting a figure representing syphilis, sheet curtailed at the top.

La scena si finge nel terrestre paradiso, L'Adamo: sacra rapresentatione, Andreini, Giovanni Battista, b. 1578, Bassano, Cesare, 1584-1648, Procaccino, Carlo Antonio, 1555-1605, Engraving, 1617, On possible attribution to Cesare Bassano, see Saur. Representation of Garden of Eden.

Cartouche with lobe ornament for which a fisherman is sitting, Pieter Hendricksz. Schut, after Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1655 print A cartouche with lobe porn rags and serial title. On the left is a fisherman with fish and net. print maker: Netherlands (possibly)publisher: Amsterdam (possibly) paper etching

Konstbüchlein den Gold Schmiden ServiceLich (...) 1608; Konstbüchlein den Goldschmiden ServiceLich. Title in an oval of palm branches, held by two putti, standing on a sphere. Above oval, the winged time floats with hourglass and zeis. Leaf from series consisting of a title page and 11 sheets with designs for watch covers.

Bliżej Kultury Unknown, Blanchon, Jean Andre

Fabricius, Wilhelm.

Neptunus standing on shell drawn by horses in the middle of sea beyes, above him hold four putti cloth with title; Title page for: Der Zee-Vaert Prake Handelendande Gedeckwaerdighege Zeevaerden, Amsterdam 1634; Der Zee-Vaert Prake Handhande Vandeckwaerdighest seafathers with the daeraenklevende on and underwods of the front rights of the Ganscher world: Zedert Haere principles up to the Dagh van Huyden ..

Salmacis en Hermaphroditus, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus sitting on the waterfront with their feet in the water. Text and window in the lower margin. print maker: Francepublisher: ParisFrance paper etching story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis. Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 373)

Nine of diamonds: Dyals.. 1702. Parsons, William Barclay, 1859-1932. Prints, Playing cards. Rare Book Division

Bliżej Kultury Voysard, Etienne Claude (1746 Ca 1812), Blanchon, Jean Andre

Count Dirk v van Holland; Comfort and short history of the graves of Hollandt Zeelandt Ende Vrieslandt; Graves and gravingen from Holland. Count Dirk V, full and turn to the right. The sword in his right hand is on the ground. To his waist, the count has a pouch bag and a dagger. On the coat of arms a climbing lion. The print is part of a book with descriptions and shows of the graves of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland.

Kreupele worshiper. In one departure, a young woman points her smothered worshiper, due to his doingness. However, she promises to go into his advances as soon as he no longer hopes. The maid makes this scene gade. Shortly after his departure, the man heals and comes back to keep the woman to her promise. Page from a book with text on recto and verso.

Seven pests, 1585 print Angels cast scales that cause pests. In the foreground the sixth plague: a dragon that breaks frogs. In the margin a four -line caption in Latin. Eighteenth print from a series of twenty -four with the revelation of Johannes on Patmos. paper engraving the seven angels with the seven vials, bringing disasters and destruction upon the earth and mankind

The Rain of Manna from Biblische Historien Künstlich fürgemalt, plate five from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Sebald Beham (German, 1500-1550); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1551. Dimensions: 53 × 71 mm (image, recto); 85 × 72 mm (image/te×t, recto); 62 × 70 mm (image, verso); 104 × 71 mm (image/te×t, verso); 143 × 99 mm (sheet). Woodcut in black on tan laid paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Hans Sebald Beham.

Portrait of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva, Christoffel van Sichem (I), 1611 print Portrait of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva. He has a command staff in his hand and stands next to a pedestal on which his helmet lies. There are coat of arms on the pedestal. His right glove is on the floor. In the background a city and fort on the water, with a scaffold on which someone is beheaded. Under the print in Latin Alva's name and function. Under the print Dutch text in book print. Around an ornamental frame. paper engraving / etching / letterpress printing on the scaffold or place of execution

Allegorical show with Dutch Lion and Peace of Münster; Vervorrh der Nederlantsz Historien: On Ioan Vande Sande. Starting with the Vreede 1648, IARE 1661; Title page for: Petrus de Lange, second part of the NederlandSche Historien (...), 1663.a Woman with Palm Branch and a Woman with Lance with Freedom Hat Flank a Cartouche with Title. Below it in a Fenced Garden The Dutch Lion with Sword and Bundle of Seven Arrows. The Peace of Münster Depicted at the top.

Children and three adults in a school class. Top of a cartouche with the title with an owl's head at the top. At bottom a cartouche with a cherub at top, School class Title page for: J. Belot, Arithmetica, 1641, print maker: Jan van de Velde (II), (mentioned on object), publisher: Thomas Fonteyn, (mentioned on object), Haarlem, 1628 and/or 1641, paper, etching, h 133 mm × w 80 mm

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Judgment of Pâris. Twenty-second number of a suite of 48 pieces. (A. de Vesme 526; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Woman climbs through a window at night. A woman climbs through a window of a house at night, a couple standing in front of the door and a boy with a Lantataarn in hand watching. In the house a man.

Face in a courtroom, Anonymous, After Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1696 print Face in a courtroom with the right in the middle of the right, sitting at a table. For the judge a table with a writer and other gentlemen. The benches, in a carré form, are filled with talking gentlemen. In the foreground some standing figures. Amsterdam paper engraving law and jurisprudence (+ court building)

Whore van Babylon, Adriaen Collaert (attributed to), after Jan Snellinck (i), 1646 print A woman, sitting on a seven -member dragon that steps out of the water, is honored by kings. Under the show a reference in Latin to the Bible text in op. 17: 2. This print is part of an album. paper engraving the scarlet woman, the whore of Babylon; she is usually sitting on a scarlet beast with seven heads and ten horns

Above the vellum with the title of the book, two putti crown a fertile heart filled with ears of corn. To the right and left of the vellum cartouches with a barren and withered heart filled with withered ears of corn. At the bottom, two birds peck at a heart in the shape of a jester's cap. The corners of the vellum are decorated with the symbols of the four evangelists, Two putti crown a fertile heart Title page for: J. Taffin, De boetveerdicheydt des levens, 1640, print maker: Michiel le Blon, (mentioned on object), Karel van Mander (III), (mentioned on object), publisher: Cornelis Lodewijcksz. van der Plasse, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1640, paper, etching, engraving, h 160 mm × w 104 mm

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), game of fables. Pallas and Arachne. Thirty-second number of a suite of 48 pieces. (A. de Vesme 536; Dutuit 116) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

ESTATUTOS HECHOS POR LA UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA - 1538 - IMPRESA POR ALONSO DE PORRAS - SIG 157183(1). Author: PORRAS ALONSO DE. Location: UNIVERSIDAD BIBLIOTECA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

Vertumnus and Pomona; Hearts five; Vertumne et pommone; Card game with mythological performances; Jeu des Fables.Playing Card With a Show of Pomona and Vertumnus in the Form of An Old Woman in A Garden. Text And Heart in The Undermaster.

Noah in a vineyard, Crispijn van de Passe (I), Philips Galle, 1580 - 1588

Allegory of the Good Faith and Against the Trade in Indulgences Title page for: Albert Gawer, Polemica sacra, Calvinianis et Photinianis opposita, denuoque recusa, 1656 , print maker: Johann Dürr, (mentioned on object), publisher: Johann Ludwig Neuenhahn, (mentioned on object), print maker: Germany, publisher: Jena, 1656, paper, engraving, h 175 mm - w 135 mm

Nausea, 1654 print Imagination of the dearness, in the form of a woman who reads on the chest by hand in a book. Under the show a rule of Latin text. This print is printed on a magazine, on which text in book pressure (right next to the image): 'Uytbeeldingh van Digententia and Vanitas. Doodleentia, Naertstigheyt. Gelijck de Wijsheyt and the Dwaesheyt ... Improval of Wijsheydt. Print: Paper. Text: Paper engraving / letterpress printing Carefulness, Diligence; 'Diligenza' (Ripa)

Title print for a series with the twelve Sibillen, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1601 print Medallion with the title and an assignment, in Latin. In the four corners a putti with attribute and various decorations. Title print for a series with the twelve Sibilles. Cologne paper engraving Cupids: 'Amores', 'Amoretti', 'Putti'

Neptunus standing on shell pulled by horses in the midst of sea creatures, above him hold four putti cloth with title, Cornelis van Dalen (I), 1634 print Amsterdam paper engraving (story of) Neptune (Poseidon)

Salamander in the fire, Jacques Callot, 1625 - 1629 print Presentation of a salamander surrounded by flames. On the right in the background a house. Above and below this print Latin and French texts in book print. This magazine is part of the emblem series 'Life of Maria in Emblemen'. In addition to a title page and 26 emblems, the first state of this series also includes three blades with hymns on Maria in book print without image. print maker: Nancypublisher: France paper etching / letterpress printing salamander (fabulous animal); salamander as spirit of fire

Pope as a spectator at tournament with jousting, Lucas Cranach (I), 1521 - 1522 print As a spectator, the pope and other clergymen sit in a lodge at a tournament with a jousting between knights with lances on horseback. Book illustration in rectangular frame with fine ornaments. This print is printed with multiple logs. Above the image is half a title of the edition: und Antichristi. Below the image is the word antichrist. Wittenberg paper pope. tournament

Title card: Bellum scithico cosacicum Joachim Postoriusza, ed. Gdansk by George Foestera in 1652 Hondius, Willem (ca 1600 1660), Niedenthal, Samuel (1620 1685), Förster, Georg (1615 1660)

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Italy. Fifty-first number of a series of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 546; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Jacques Callot (1592-1635). "Frontispiece of customs of Lorraine" (Lieure 700, Meaume 426). Etching. 1631. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 99595-26 Etching, engraving

LITERATURA GRIEGA. S. VI A. C. ESOPO DE FRIGIA (620-560 a. C.). Fabulista y moralista frigio. Se le atribuye la paternidad del género literario de la fábula. "LLIBRE PRIMER DE LES FAULES D'ISOP". Edición en lengua catalana impresa probablemente hacia finales del s. XVIII.

Dance of death: death and the fool. Etching and letterpress attributed to J.-A. Chovin, 1720-1776, after the Basel dance of death.

Illustration from Das Buch der Evangelien, plate eighteen from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century. Unknown Artist (German, 16th century); assembled by Max Geisberg (Swiss, 1875-1943). Date: 1515. Dimensions: 81 × 103 mm (image); 228 × 153 mm (image/te×t); 304 × 191 mm (sheet). Woodcut on paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Emblema XLVIII: Rex ab aquis potatis morbum, a medicis curatus sanitatum obtinet. Michaelis Majeri, Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum: per oculis et intellectui accuratè accommodata, figuris cupro appositissimè incisa, ingeniosissima emblemata, hisque confines, and ad rem egregiè facientes sententias, doctissimaque item epigrammata, illustratum, Maier, Michael, 1568-1622, Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, Etching, 1687, Etching, Emblem 48, located on page 142.

Paper maker, Caspar Luyken, after Jan Luyken, 1694 print Amsterdam paper etching handicrafts, craftsman at work. paper (writing material)

Frame maker; The frame maker for prints ..

Harvesting with sickle and wine press, 1585 print Four angels harvest grapes and grain with a sickle and throw grapes in a wine press. In the clouds a crowned figure with sickle in hand, sitting on a throne, flanked by two angels. In the margin a four -line caption in Latin. Seventeenth print from a series of twenty -four with the revelation of Johannes on Patmos. paper engraving an angel thrusts his sickle into the earth, and gathers the vine

River and sea gods with tradesmen, Pieter Serwouters, Johannes Janssonius, unknown, 1625

Cartridge puts garlands in Figuren, Simon Frisius, 1602 - 1603 print A cartouche with the title, flanked by two allegorical figures, each with a palm branch in hand. At the top a winged female figure with staff and book. At the bottom two garlands. Title print of the later added part 2 of the series Portraits of famous reformers by Hendrick Hondius. The Hague paper etching ornament ~ cartouche. ornament ~ festoon, garland

Artemisia II, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by Queen Artemisia of Caria, sitting at a table under a canopy. In the background the mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Text in STUDMARGE. Paris paper etching ruler, sovereign - BB - female ruler. (story of) Artemisia, queen of Caria

Emblema XVIII: Ignire ignis amat, non aurificare, fed aurum. Michaelis Majeri, Secretioris naturae secretorum scrutinium chymicum: per oculis et intellectui accuratè accommodata, figuris cupro appositissimè incisa, ingeniosissima emblemata, hisque confines, and ad rem egregiè facientes sententias, doctissimaque item epigrammata, illustratum, Maier, Michael, 1568-1622, Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650, Etching, 1687, Etching, Emblem 18, located on page 52.

In adversity, people turn to God, Gaspar Bouttats, 1679 print Page from a book (p. 136) with text and printer vignette on the Verso. A meadow landscape in an oval cartouche. In the foreground, a shepherd takes care of his sheep and protects them against a wolf. A lost sheep is chased by the wolf. Above the cartouche the title (motto) of the print and a quote from the Bible (Psalm 78:34). Under the print a caption: 'Al is he rigid, it falls soet on the body' and a description that the print explains. A good shepherd has the best for his herd. The sheep seek protection with him as wild animals attack. Similar man finds God back in times of need. print maker: AntwerpDiestpublisher: Utrecht paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing Abstract Ideas and Concepts (+ emblematical representation of concept). sheep. herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc.. beasts of prey, predatory animals: wolf. Adversity, Misfortune, Bad Luck; 'Fortuna infelice', 'Infortunio'

Orpheus is attacked by a group of women; Herchepinge by Publius Ovidius Naso. Page from a book with text on Recto and Verso and an image at the start of book 11. Orpheus, who despised the death of Eurydice all women is attacked by a group of ciconic women from Thracia.

Poliphilus Meeting the Venerable Matron (recto) and Poliphilus in a Rocky Place (verso) from Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (The Strife of Love in a Dream) Plate 54 from Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century. Unknown Artist (Venice, late 15th century); printed by Aldus Manutius (Italian, 1449-1515); commissioned by Leonardo Crasso (Italian, active c. 1499-1509); original text by Francesco Colonna (Italian, 1433/34-1527); portfolio text by Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber (German, 1855-1932). Date: 1499. Dimensions: 104 x 130 mm (image, recto); 172 x 128 mm (image, verso); 293 x 192 mm (sheet). Woodcut and letterpress in black (recto and verso) on cream laid paper, tipped onto cream wove paper mat. Origin: Italy. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Title page for the first pamphlet in the bundle of pamphlets entitled: Esopus in Europe, 1701, 1701 print Title page for the first pamphlet in the bundle of pamphlets entitled: Esopus in Europe. The tiger (France) with the weapon of Spain between the legs near the Corrus of Charles II of Spain. On the right, a unicorn (England), Lion (Holland) and a cat (Southern Netherlands) look. On loose text sheet the text: according to the Roman copy, 1701. print maker: NetherlandsAmsterdam paper etching / letterpress printing

Pandora shows the opened box to her husband Epimetheus. From the box fly the virtues and vices enclosed by Jupiter. Next to Pandora, Mercury kneels. He holds his staff in his left hand. Below the image a ten-line explanation of the depiction., Pandora and Epimetheus, print maker: Pieter Serwouters, Amsterdam, 1601 - 1657, paper, engraving, h 116 mm × w 55 mm

Cartouche with putti, nymphs and saters; Title page for: Antonio Guelfi, epigrammi o Vero Specchio di Parnaso. A cartouche with title. In the middle of a coat of arms flanked by two reading putti. At the bottom right of a nymph with a mirror and a Sater. Bottom left a nymph with a book and a Sater.

Diligentia and Tempus at the Wapen van Haarlem, Claes Jansz. Visscher (II), 1728 print The weapon of Haarlem, awarded with a laurel wreath and tree branches. Behind the weapon a ship and the text Haerlem. The weapon is flanked by silly or diligentia, with an open book on your lap and staff in hand, and tempus as a winged old man with scythe and hourglass. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving

Woman with a basket with grapes in a man in a autumn landscape, Anonymous, After Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1625 - 1635 print A woman with a basket with grapes in her arms, in conversation with a man on a road in a forest. Front right and left goats. The woman, as a mother as the third stage of a female life, is compared here with the season. Middelburg paper engraving / letterpress printing autumn landscape; landscape symbolizing autumn (the four seasons of the year). bunch of grapes

Young lady greeted by different men. Different men greet an elegantly dressed young lady in a street. One takes off his hat, one makes a knee break and one touches his hat with his hand. Book illustration from G.A. Bredero, Boertigh, amorous, and Aendigah Groot Lied-Boeck, 1622. Top left page number 58.

Kick ten; Niobe; Card game with mythological performances; Jeu des Fables. Playing card with a representation of Apollo and Diana who kill the children of Niobe. Text and kicking in the undermarge.

Luitpeelster, Jan van Halbeeck (Possible Copy After), 1610 - c. 1680 print Sitting on a low bed, an elegant lady plays the lute. On the left a table, left behind a window. Under the show a sonnet with erotic connotation in French. Paris paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing lute, and special forms of lute, e.g.: theorbo. one person playing an instrument. bed. dress, gown (+ women's clothes). neck-gear: collar (+ women's clothes)

LA FILOMENA. Author: LOPE DE VEGA (1562-1635). Location: ACADEMIA DE LA LENGUA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Father time pointing writing woman on monuments from classical antiquity; Title page for: J. Spon and G. Wheler, Voyagie de Dalmatie, the Grece, et du Levant, 1689..

David en Batseba, Anonymous, After Hans Sebald Beam, 1530 - 1533 print paper David, from the roof (or balcony) of his palace, sees Bathsheba bathing

Figures at a cloth with a head of a Sater; Landscapes; Amenissimae Aliquot Requculae. Two seated farmers and two elegantly dressed couples at a cloth with a cup of a sater on which the title. Title print of part four of a series of sixty prints with landscapes, divided into five parts of each twelve prints.

Kneeling for a rich man dressed figure, Arnold Houbraken, 1682.

Above, portrait of Daniel Sennert in a roundel; centre, a man representing Experience holds the staff of Aesculapius and a lily, while a woman representing Reason holds a balance and a torch; below, Hippocrates and Hermes shake hands, representing the union of herbal and chemical medicine. Engraving by M. Merian, ca. 1631.

Two figures in the interior of a smithy, Arnold Houbraken, 1682.

Ornamental title page with Minerva and Ceres; Title page for: TheOrmritus à Ganda, Spiegel Vande Speechige, Eerlicke, Cloucke, Deepsame, Ende Healthy Women, 1606. Cartouche with the title flanked by the goddess Minerva left, with shield, spear and owl, and by the goddess Ceres right, with sickle and cornucopia. In the middle of a cartouche the winged horse Pegasus and the muses.

Allegory of philosophy, Abraham Dircksz. Santvoort, 1663 print Upstairs the personification of philosophy is driven. In her hand she holds a ring as a symbol of eternity. Around her the personifications of the seven sub -disciplines with their attributes: metaphysics, angelography, ethics, physics, logic, psychology and partly cut off, seventh sub -discipline. At the top left, Mercurius takes a young Willem III by the hand. On the right a spiritual one. Left and bottom right various scholars on either side of a banner with the title. In addition, seven personifications of bad properties for scientists: Error (error), Pertinacia (neck -streamness), invidia (envy), arrogance (arrogance), praejudicium (prejudice), Servitus (submissiveness) and segnitions (slowness). Under a cityscape of Breda on a cartouche. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper etching city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. social sciences. (story of) Mercury (Hermes). philosophical discipline

Title Plate, from Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util 1645 Nicolas Cochin French Horizontal panel with the text in an ornate cartouche suspended from garland, with a mask above and cornucopias at bottom. Below, a formal garden with figures walking in the forefront and a fountain at center. A building is seen in the background at left. From a series of twelve plates with rows of flowers above friezes with landscapes, etched by Cochin, published by Balthazar Moncornet in Paris in 1645, and dedicated to the goldsmith, Jean de Leins. The prints are executed in a combination of etching, for the landscape, and burin, for the flowers.. Title Plate, from Livre Nouveau de Fleurs Tres-Util 347650

Coat of arms for the virgins, Crispijn van den Queborn, after Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp, 1643 print The coat of arms for the virgins is held by two putti, surrounded by vineyards. The shield shows a tongue on wine leaves. The text describes what qualities this tongue has. Page from a book with text on recto and verso. print maker: The Hagueafter design by: Dordrecht paper engraving / letterpress printing tongue

Portrait of Herod, 1653 - 1654 print. text sheet Portrait of Albrecht Achilles van Brandenburg, used in this album as an image of Herod. The accompanying text starts with a small decorated initial O. The magazine is part of an album. paper engraving / letterpress printing

Mercury, Minerva and Putti at cartouche; Carte du Brabant (...). A cartouche with title is decorated by three putti. Mercury with Caduceus and Minerva with lance watch from the top. At the bottom, weapons, papers and a globe are hanging. Detail of a map of Brabant.

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Title Page, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler. Artist: Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528-1598 Frankfurt). Dimensions: sheet: 2 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (6.6 x 14.6 cm). Date: 1580-1600.Title page for a series of four plates, with the title lettered in German and French in an oval cartouche at center, surrounded by ornamental design with mask of a child's face at right and mask of a bearded man at left. At far left and right edge, segmented ovals with the artist's signature. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hugo capet; Hugues capet; Card game with rulers of France; Cartes des Rois de France. Playing card with a representation of the French king Hugo Capet. Text under the show.

Louis le debonnaire... Charles le Simple, from 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France). Artist: Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610-1664 Florence). Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/16 x 2 3/16 in. (8.8 x 5.6 cm). Series/Portfolio: 'Game of the Kings of France' (Jeu des Rois de France). Date: 1644. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Hangene in a study migration, Arnold Houbraken, 1682 print A man hung himself in a departure with a reading table with books. On the left comes a figure shocks. Pent from a book in which 36 prints with sentences. Print used in: F. van Hoogstraten, The School of the World, 1682. Northern Netherlands paper etching / letterpress printing seeking death, suicide

Cornelis Galle I, Frontispiece for Hugo, Obsidio Bredana armis Philippi IIII. Antwerp, 1626, engraving on paper.

Louis XIV (King of France), Louis XIII (King of France), Paris, Mariette, Pierre (II), France, Lepautre, Jean, Ancient and modern armour trophies, serving all sorts of servants, for the protection of their servants, Title page: Ancient and modern armour trophies, The title is in a cartouche surrounded by armour trophies., print, engraving, ornament print, title page, prints, ornamental prints, height 152 mm, width 224 mm, French, 1618-06-28 - 1682-02-02, print maker, printmaker, 1634 - 1667, second quarter 17th century, third quarter 17th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Work conception, after own design of, Publication (Event), Publication, 1634 - 1716, publisher, uitgever, 1601-09-27 - 1643-05-14, verlener van privilege, 1638-09-05 - 1715-09-01

55 power generous, 1614 LV Virtus Liberalior. Third shock. Part of 'Sinnepoppen', R. Visscher, 1614. publisher: AmsterdamThe Hague engraving / printing LV Virtus Liberalior. Third shock. Part of 'Sinnepoppen', R. Visscher, 1614. publisher: AmsterdamThe Hague engraving / printing

Woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Younger from 1563 showing textual inscriptions on the portrait of August, Elector of Saxony, including figure, clothing, and compositional layout.

Duin landscape with two fishermen, Gillis van Scheyndel (I), after Jan Porcellis, 1645 print Two fishermen hold a canvas on which the series title in Dutch. At the bottom of a cartouche the impressum. Print Maker: Northern Netherlands Print Maker: Netherlands Publisher: Haarlem paper etching / engraving fishes

Learned studies a book, Jan Luyken, 1688 in the presence of earth, water and fire print Amsterdam paper etching scholar in his study. earth (one of the four elements). water (one of the four elements). fire (one of the four elements)

Filips IV, Stefano Della Bella, 1620 - 1664 print. playing card Play card with a performance by the French king Philip IV. Text under the show. Paris paper etching Ruler, Sovereign

On the left the river god tiber, lying to a pitcher. On the right the wolvin that feeds romulus and remus.

Allegorical title page with portrait medallion by Vergilius, Theodoor Galle, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1622 print A portrait medallion from Vergilius rests on a stone plate. On either side of the stone two geni with Lier and Double Landy. The two symbolize the poetry. Under the stone a cartouche with a pegasus and two masks next to it, perhaps a reference to the author's last name. Antwerp paper engraving Genii (Roman tutelary spirits); 'Genio' (Ripa). symbolic representations, allegories and emblems ~ poetry; 'Poesia' (Ripa). mask, mascaron ~ ornament. Pegasus, the winged horse

Antwerp, Cnobbaert, Jan, Rubens, Peter Paul, Goes, Marinus Robyn van der, Title page for: Aedo, Le voyage du prince Don Fernande, 1635, Title page with on the left Mars in armor and on the right Fame with a laurel wreath and palm branch. At the top the coat of arms of Ferdinand of Austria, governor of the Southern Netherlands, crowned with a crown and wearing a cardinal's hat, flanked by putti with laurel wreaths., print, engraving, title page, prints, engravings, height 165 mm, width 123 mm, Southern Netherlands, 1607 - 1639-04-27, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1635, paper, engraving (printing process), Work conception, 1577-06-28 - 1640-05-30, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, publisher

Magni, Valeriano.

Xxx ick gives her again. Xxx ick gives her again. Third shock. Part of 'SinnePops', R. Visscher, 1614.

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