Fascinating allegorical engraving of an eagle, with vignettes from various chapters and verses of the Gospel of John. The eagle is the symbol used to depict John the Apostle. Most of the vignettes specifically provide numerical references to the...
Fascinating allegorical engraving of a pig, with vignettes from various chapters and verses from the Epistle to the Hebrews. Most of the vignettes specifically provide numerical references to the various Chapters in which they appear. The engraving...
Fascinating allegorical engraving of a Chalice or Grail, with vignettes from various chapters and verses from the Epistle to the Romans, by St. Paul. Most of the vignettes specifically provide numerical references to the various Chapters in which they...
Fascinating allegorical engraving of a large fish and the fall of Nineveh, from the Prophecies of Jonah, Michah and Nahum. Most of the vignettes specifically provide numerical references to the various Chapters in which they appear. The engraving...
Highly unusual and decorative engraving illustrating stories from the Bible in the form of a king who holds a scepter in his right hand and sword in his left. The engraving comes from a collection by Johannes Buno (1617-1697), a Lutheran school...
Highly unusual and decorative engraving illustrating stories from the Bible. The First Book of Maccabees, also called 1 Maccabees, is a book written in Hebrew by an anonymous Jewish author after the restoration of an independent Jewish kingdom by the...
Highly unusual and decorative engraving illustrating stories from the Bible. The engraving comes from a collection by Johannes Buno (1617-1697), a Lutheran school teacher from Lüneburg, Germany. Buno's scarce work, a "Picture Bible", was filled with...
The Earliest Surviving Example of Jan Stampioen's Star Chart and Celestial Calculator Nice example of Vooght's rare celestial chart, published by Johannes Van Keulen in Amsterdam for Claes Jansz Vooght. Vooght's chart illustrates the stars visible...