Preliminary Design for the Title Page of the 'Nova Reperta' (New Inventions of Modern Times) print series, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and grey wash, black chalk on laid paper, A tablet with the inscription: NOVA REPERTA (The first R is corrected, D). It is flanked at left by a compass, at right by a globe. A figure at upper right holding an ouroboros gestures with a stick at the New World. Canons and distilling equipment at bottom. A mulberry tree (reference to silk-making) grows over the upper rim of the tablet. Above right: a clock; above left: a printing press. At far left, another figure holding an ouroboros., Florence, Italy, ca. 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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Preliminary Design, Title Page, 'Nova Reperta', New Inventions, Modern Times, print series, Jan van der Straet, Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605, Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603, Pen, brown ink, brush, brown, grey wash, black chalk, laid paper, tablet, inscription, NOVA REPERTA, first R, corrected, D, flanked, left, compass, right, globe, figure, upper right holding, ouroboros gestures, stick, New World, Canons, distilling equipment, bottom, mulberry tree, reference, silk-, grows, upper rim, tablet, right, clock, left, printing press, far left, another figure holding, ouroboros, Florence, Italy, ca, 1590, figures, Drawing, Drawing
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