Nicolaus Petri van Deventer, mathematician and astronomer

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Illustration of Nicolaus Petri van Deventer, mathematician and astronomer for his book Boekhouwen op die Italiaensche manner. He is show holding a globe and compass. To his left, a man points a measuring to an obelisk on the right-hand side of the illustration. At the top of the illustration is the inscription 'Man proposes, and God disposes' in French. Published by Harman Jansz. Muller in Amsterdam in 1595.

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