Writing sample with ornamented initial G and seven lines of text in French: Garde toy ... At the bottom a lowercase alphabet in the corresponding hand. The text is framed by scrollwork. On the right side a herme or border column in scrollwork. The print is part of an album, Writing sample: Garde toy (...) Spieghel der schrijfkonste (series title), print maker: Simon Frisius, Jan van de Velde (I), (mentioned on object), print maker: Haarlem, Rotterdam, 1605, paper, engraving, h 217 mm × w 334 mm

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