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A large illustration of the author, Michaelis Angeli de La Chausse, occupies much of the page. The male figure is seated in a room with draperies. He holds a large coin with an elder female figure engraved. Below the illustration is the author's full…

Large coffee stain covering a portion of the small engraving positioned on the bottom side of the page. Illustration depicts a female figure in ornate clothing with miniature figures with wings surrounding the female figure. An armour displayed by…

The Annunciation after Mathaus Rossell (Matteo Rosselli).

Engraving by Jacques Callot after Mathaus Rossell (Matteo Rosselli), of Niccolò d'Arciano's miraculous escape from the Ottomans.

Engraved architectural title page signed by Matthaus Rossell, inv. (Matteo Rosselli, designer).

G. Marcatoris
ATLAS
De novo plurimis in locis
emendatus, multifque novis tabulis auctus
Studio Iudoci Hondij

Details the title, author, and a brief description of what is in the book

Gerardi Mercatoris
Atlas sive Colmographicæ Meditationes de Fabrica mundi et fabricati figura
De novo multis in locis emendatus novila tabulis aunctus
Studio Judoci Hondy
Amnerodami
Sumptibus Johannis Cloppenburgÿ

Decoratively presents the…

Historia de las guerras civiles de Granada.

The title page of the book, including an engraving, the name of the author and illustrator Bernard Picart (1673-1733), the translator Abraham Moubach, the publishers Hermanus Uytwerf (1698-1754) and Jan Daniel Beman, and the engraver Alberts en van…

Though the book has been translated to Dutch, the captions under the images are in French. The small holes along the edge of this page featuring the engravings of Bernard Picart's illustrations, show where it was unbound from Picart's original French…