Vincent Placcius unmasks anonymous authors, Title page for: Vincent Placcius, Theatrum Anonymorum et Pseudonynorum, 1708, Four masked authors in a library. A man, possibly Placcius, removes a mask from the face of two of them. At the top, a cartouche with the motto 'Suum Cuique' with a string of masks below. In the background a view through to a room with Minerva and Mercury. In the foreground an abbreviated title of the publication on a cloth draped over a coffin., print maker: anonymous, publisher: weduwe Gottfried Liebernickel, Hamburg, 1708, paper, engraving, height 320 mm × width 201 mm
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