Title page for the European Mercurius of 1723, Title page for the European Mercurius, vol. XXXIV about the year 1723. Prudence holds up a church vestment under which a snake hatches eggs. In the clouds Mercury with a paper with text about this brood of vipers. References to the Utrecht Schism, the church split due to Jansenism in 1723., print, print maker: anonymous, publisher: Andries van Damme, (mentioned on object), print maker: Northern Netherlands, publisher: Amsterdam, 1723, paper, etching, engraving, height, 175 mm × width, 125 mm

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