[Title plate to Nova reperta] [graphic] / Ioan. Stradanus inuent.

[Title plate to Nova reperta] [graphic] / Ioan. Stradanus inuent.

[State 1 of 6].

[Antwerp] : Phls. Galle excud, [ca. 1591]

1 print : engraving ; plate mark 206 x 266 mm

paper

Title in a cartouche at top. To left, a naked woman pointing to a roundel with the map of America; to right, an old man, seen from behind, next to a roundel with a compass; both figures carry a snake biting its own tail. Below the title cartouche, a printing press with sheets of printed text hanging on a line. In the foreground, various objects (numbered III-IX) relating to notable developments in science and technology, including a tree with silk worm cocoons, a mechanical clock, a saddle with stirrups, a cannon, and distilling apparatus. Numbered legend in lower margin.

Title devised by cataloger.

According to New Hollstein, engraved by Jan Collaert II.

Title page to Nova reperta, a set of 20 prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries, after drawings by Jan van der Straet. The set was published in Antwerp, first by Philips Galle (ca. 1591) and later by Karel de Mallery (after 1612), Theodoor Galle (before 1636) and Johannes Galle (before 1677) (New Hollstein).

Latin dedication in lower right margin: Aloysio Alamannio Florno. I. Strad. invent. dd.

State from New Hollstein.

Also cataloged as a set.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1986-1987. Time, the greatest innovator (catalog p. 43)

New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Stradanus, Johannes 322
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Collaert Dynasty 1205

Belgium -- Antwerp.

ART Vol. f81 t.p.

Trimmed to plate mark and inlaid to larger sheet

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