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Title: [Antique title page, 1672] ANTONII MATTHAEI A.F. A.N. COMMENTARIUS AD INSTITUTIONES SS. PRINCIPIS JUSTINIANI [...], published 1672, 1 p.
Description: Title page with Elzevier's printer device, featuring Minerva (owl, helmet, lance, Aegis), patroness of the city of Utrecht, sitting under a tree with an open book. On the banderole attached to her lance the inscription: 'PALLAS TRAIECTINA SEMPER AUGUSTA' and at bottom: 'HONOS ALIT ARTES.'Date of print 1672, published by Peter Elzevier (Elsevier). Woodcut and letterpress on paper, in two colors; total: 229 x 182 mm; mounted on cardboard mat; despite some staining in good condition.

Keywords: Allegories|Book illustrations|Frontispiece|printing house|Utrecht|Women