Author: Jacobus van Schley (1715-1779)
Title: [Antique title page, 1738] Lettres Juives, published 1738, 1 p.
Description: Frontispiece to Jean-Baptiste Boyer's Lettres Juives; small scene with the interior of a room with a woman kneeling in front of a soldier, others beyond; Juno surrounded by allegorical figures below; two other figures flanking a medallion above.Frontispiece to: 'Lettres Juives ou Correspondance philosophique, historique et critique entre un juif voyageur et ses correspondans en divers endroits' (The Hague, 1738).Signed at bottom: J.V. Schley del et sculp. 1738. Etching on paper; total: 139 x 87 mm; somewhat browned paper, mounted on fine paper, with a drawn and painted frame; overall in very good condition.

Keywords: Allegories|Book illustrations|France|Frontispiece|Iconography|Literature & Philosophy|Women