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Title page for a French edition of Jacob de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende spiessen, 1608
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Title page for a French edition of Jacob de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende spiessen, 1608

1608 · letterpress printing; engraving; hand coloring; paper

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Title page for a French edition of Jacob de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe of Roers Musquetten ende spiessen. Architectural frame with two cherubs on either side of Maurice's coat of arms, each holding a laurel wreath. On either side trophies of weapons and armor. In the center printed the French title, at the bottom the dedication in Latin and the date (1607 corrected to) 1608. The sheet cut out and pasted. Part of the illustrations in a French edition of J. de Gheyn's Wapenhandelinghe: Maniement d'armes, d'arquebuses, mousquetz et piques : en conformité de l'ordre de Mour le Prince Maurice, Prince d'Orange, Amsterdam, 1608, title page. Military affairs around 1600.

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Credit lineTitelpagina voor een Franse editie van Jacob de Gheyns Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten ende spiessen, 1608. 1608. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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