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Cartouche with allegorical representation with History and Greek States, Title page front: Kornelis Westerbaen, Algemeene histori, 1741, print, title page, History with book and quill is surrounded by personifications of ancient Greek states and Minerva with shield as a personification of wisdom to support her. Next to her stands Sparta with the laws of Lycurgus. In front of them lies Achaea with a map of the Achaean League on the ground. Behind that lies Sicily surrounded by soldiers, by whom it is unleashed. In the background, the volcano Mount Etna spewing. In the framing of the cartouche, maps of Greece and Sicily., printmaker: Jan Caspar Philips, publisher: Hermanus Besseling, Utrecht, paper, engraving, etching, height 170 mm x width 122 mm, Title page before: Westerbaen, Kornelis. Algemeene histori van het begin der Wereld af tot den hedenen tyd toe, Sixth Part. Utrecht: Besseling, Hermanus, 1741. Print originating from a scrapbook with title prints, ornaments, etc. on blue paper, disassembled in 1983. According to a note on the verso, the print was on p. 106 of this album., 'Historia', (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena), Greece (one of the four world empires, Sicily, Greece, Peloponnese, Catania, Etna, Sparta (Greece), Achaea, Achaean League, A detailed engraved scene framed by ornate scrollwork shows a group of robed and partially draped figures gathered on a shoreline with a distant mountain and a volcanic plume rising into the sky. On the left, a reclining female figure extends an arm upward while nearby seated and standing male figures wear helmets and carry spears and shields, one raising a sword. At center-right, a seated woman with a laurel wreath holds a tablet-like object toward another standing robed woman who gestures toward it. In the foreground two putti or children handle rolled or folded sheets near a shallow dis

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Cartouche allegorical representation History Greek States Title page front Kornelis Westerbaen Algemeene histori 1741 print title page book quill surrounded personifications ancient Greek states Minerva shield personification wisdom support Next stands Sparta laws Lycurgus front them lies Achaea map Achaean League ground lies Sicily surrounded soldiers whom unleashed background volcano Mount Etna spewing framing cartouche maps Greece Sicily printmaker Jan Caspar Philips publisher Hermanus Besseling Utrecht paper engraving etching height 170 mm x width 122 mm Title page Westerbaen Kornelis Algemeene histori van het begin der Wereld af tot den hedenen tyd toe Sixth Part Besseling Hermanus Print originating scrapbook title prints ornaments etc blue paper disassembled 1983 According note verso print was p 106 album Historia story of Pallas Athena four world empires Peloponnese Catania Etna Sparta detailed engraved scene framed ornate scrollwork group robed partially draped figures gathered shoreline distant mountain volcanic plume rising sky left reclining female figure extends arm upward nearby seated standing male figures wear helmets carry spears shields raising sword center-right seated woman laurel wreath holds tablet- object another standing woman gestures foreground two putti children handle rolled folded sheets near shallow dis