Personifications of the Austrian Netherlands and France, Nederduitsch and Fransch woordenboek / Dictionnaire Flamand et François (title on object), Title page for: François Halma, Het groot Fransch en Nederduitsch woordenboek, 1761, In the center sits the personification of the Austrian Netherlands wearing a mural crown and a freedom staff with hat. She holds an open book with the abbreviated title. At her feet is a lion with a bundle of arrows. Behind her on the left, a woman plays a lyre and another woman writes in a book. On the other side of the open book sits the personification of France with a crown, a scepter and a cock at her feet. Behind them flies Mercury with his caduceus, an envelope and a key., print maker: Jan Wandelaar, (mentioned on object), after own design by: Jan Wandelaar, (mentioned on object), publisher: Jacobus Wetstein, (possibly), Leiden, 1757 and/or 1761, paper, engraving, etching, height 224 mm × width 177 mm
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