Author: Jan Caspar Philips (c. 1680-1775)
Title: [Antique title page, 1735] Kort bericht van het onderscheyd der evangelisch-luthersche en roomsch-catholyke leere, published 1735, 1 p.
Description: Frontispiece to the publication 'Kort bericht van het onderscheyd der evangelisch-luthersche en roomsch-catholyke leere, of Euangelisch handboek, waar in [...] de waare leer der euangelisch-lutherschen onwedersprekelyk beweezen [...] word', by Matthias Höe von Höenegg, published in Amsterdam in 1735 by Gustavus Martini.The illustration shows the different members of the various religions discussed in the publication, gathered on the left. On the right, towards the background, a round temple.The title of the publication is impressed on a piece of stone on the right foreground.Signed at bottom right: J. C. Philips sculp. dir.With the date and the address of the publisher below: t' Amsterdam by Gustavus Martini, 1735. Etching and engraving on paper, total: 154 x 94 mm; some staining and some damages on the external margins, some rubbing, otherwise in good condition.

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