Cartouche with a quote from Cicero, Variarum protractionum (...). (series title), Quote: NIHIL HONESTIVS, MAGNIFICENTIUSQVE, QVAM PECVNIAM CONTEMNERE, ..in cartouche. At the bottom center there is a mascaron in the shape of a lion's head in the roller work. Shaded background. From a series of title page and 12 leaves with cartouches with quotes from classical writers in a frame of scroll work with grotesques, mascarons and garlands., print, print maker: Frans Huys, after design by: Hans Vredeman de Vries, publisher: Gerard de Jode, Netherlands, (possibly), 1555, paper, etching, height, 137 mm

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