Historic Engravings and Advertisements

A collection of ornate engravings and illustrations featuring historical themes, trade cards, and pastoral scenes, showcasing intricate designs and narratives from various eras.

Zenteprent with exile by Hugo de Groot, Ornament print with a bust portrait by Thomas Erpenius and underneath his coat of arms. In the middle a six-line poem in Dutch about the exile of Caecilius Metellus Numidicus from Rome with above it a depiction of the exile of Hugo de Groot, flanked by Athens and Mercury, (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena), (story of ) Mercury (Hermes), Hugo de Groot, Thomas Erpenius, Cornelis de Jonker (mentioned on object), Gorinchem, 1791, paper, h 361 mm × w 201 mm
Zenteprent with exile by Hugo de Groot, Ornament print with a bust portrait by Thomas Erpenius and underneath his coat of arms. In the middle a six-line poem in Dutch about the exile of Caecilius Metellus Numidicus from Rome with above it a depiction of the exile of Hugo de Groot, flanked by Athens and Mercury, (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena), (story of ) Mercury (Hermes), Hugo de Groot, Thomas Erpenius, Cornelis de Jonker (mentioned on object), Gorinchem, 1791, paper, h 361 mm × w 201 mm