The personification of historiography, a winged woman writing in a book, sits on a staircase surrounded by putti and other figures. At the bottom of the stairs, Father Time is playing with a group of putti. In the background, a young man with a burning torch falls from a wall. The buildings behind the wall are on fire., Title page for: Sequel to Flavius Josephus: or General History of the Jewish Nation. 1727, print maker: Andries van Buysen (Sr.), (mentioned on object), print maker: Frederik Ottens, (mentioned on object), Louis Fabritius Dubourg, (possibly), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher

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