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Naaukeurige beschryving der uitwendige godtsdienst-plichten, tempelzeden en gewoontens der afgodische volkeren: vervat in eenige historische verhandelingen en door verscheiden aanmerkingen opgeheldert, en in kunstige tafereelen vertoont.

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This page features Alberts en van der Kloot's engravings of Bernard Picart's illustrations of tools and objects of the indigenous people of the Americas, including a weapon and a pipe among them.

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Engraved portrait bordered with the name Sitti Maani Gioerida della Valle

Sitti Maani's personal seal with Maani's motto in Syriac surrounded by Arabic text: “Most noble, elevated, exalted name of Lady Maani, daughter of Signore Habibigian of Mardin of the noble house of Gioerida, from the ancient land of Mesopatamia.”

Two of more than thirty poems written for Sitti Maani's funeral by Umoristi academy members that were originally deposited in the central funerary jar.

Engraved image of the catafalque for Sitti Maani funeral, foldout page between pages 16-17. The Tisch Library copy of the funerary pamphlet is missing this page.

Image of the engraved frontispiece by Bloemaert in which six figures surround an architectural element displaying the title of the book. Three figures sit in front of the architectural element while a figure who appears to be Medusa lies in front of…

Image of the title page. We can see from the title page that this edition is dedicated to Ferdinando II, the Grand Duke of Tuscany at the time of its publication.

Image of the first page of the biography of Giorgio Vasari, the author. Includes a woodblock illustration of the author who was also a painter and an architect himself. Text under the portrait reads "GIORGIO VASARI PITT. ET ARCHIT. ARETINO."…