PLATE 12. The Invention of the Olive Oil Press. Twelfth plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of workers at the olive oil press. In the background men gather olives from the trees outside.

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Nova Reperta, The Invention of the Olive Oil Press

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