Plate 17 from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum by Jacques Besson, René Boyvin, French, 1525 - 1625, Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, French, ca. 1515 - after 1584, Engraving on off-white laid paper; brush and watercolor, gouache and gold paint, cut out and laid down on tan wove paper, A royal wagon with circular front and rear suspension is decorated with sphinxes, satyrs and double tailed winged supporters. The carriage is constructed with an open lattice work top allowing for visibility of the two male passengers inside. The carraige is pulled along by two horses

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