Page from Emblemata nobilitate et vulgo scitu digna (Noble Ornament), Johann Theodor de Bry, German, 1561 - 1623, Engraving on white laid paper, Vertical rectangle. Proof before lettering. Three rectangular panels inserted on a strapwork background. The central panel shows an escutcheon of a helmet supported on intertwined acanthus leaves. The upper rectangle with rounded corners, as well as the lower rectangle, both have a nail-head border with projecting strapwork elements., Frankfurt, 1593, graphic design, Print

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