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DimensionsSheet: 6 1/2 × 5 3/16 in. (16.5 × 13.2 cm)
Plate: 5 5/8 × 4 1/4 in. (14.3 × 10.8 cm)
Accession Number 2023.50
Classificationsprint
CopyrightPublic Domain
InscriptionsMATTHÆUS WESENBECIUS Jurerconsultus (u,c plate) Nasc. Antuerp. an. 1531 Ob. Witteb. an. 1586 (l,l plate) Docte Wesenbeci Iuris. Divine Sacerdos, Te nemo hoc docuit rectius aut Melius (l,c plate) CC 3 (l,r ink)
Portfolio/SeriesBibliotheca Chalcographica
ProvenanceJeffrey Hunter, Des Moines; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 2023]
Mathaeus Wesenbecius Jureconsultus (Matthew Wesenbeck jurist), from "Bibliotheca Chalcographica"
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Batavorum primus ad Gabam Flumen appulfus (The Dutch were the first to land on the river Gabam), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Argumentum III. Edicti Regii, de quo cap.3.fecundi libri agitur, executio. (Argument III. The execution of the Royal Edict, of which chapter 3 of the fruitful book is discussed.), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 1, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1598
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
De Brachmanis siue Sacerdotibus Indorum, item de mercatoribus eorundem (Of the Brahmins or priests of the Indians, likewise of the merchants of the same), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
XVI. Delineatio Solennitatis, Qua Nobiles Creari Solent. (Delineation of how a Nobleman is made), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 1, Part 6 India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1604
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Idolum Indorum Pagodes, & Templa Mahumetanorum (Pagodas of the Indian Idols, & Temples of the Mohammedans), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, Part 2 India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Descriptio Insulæ Maduræ, et Qvid Hollandis Ibi acciderit (A description of the island of Madurae, and what happened to the Dutch there), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 5, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1601
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Repræsentatio Virorum Quorundam in Auriefero Guineæ littore habitantium (Representation of Certain Men Inhabiting the Golden Coast of Guinea), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 6, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1604
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Horrendæ et Inusitatæ Vatitatis Ursus Sociorum nostrorum duos dilaniat (A Bear of Horrible and Unusual Desolation may tear two of our Companions to pieces), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 3, Part 3 India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1601
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
De Chinensium conuiuiis, & quomodo ægrotos consolentur (Of the marriages of the Chinese, and how the sick are consoled), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, Part 2 India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Status Officiatorum Lusitanorum in India (Status of Portuguese Officers in India), from "Les Petits Voyages, Vol. 2, India Orientalis"
Johann Theodor de Bry
Johann Israel de Bry
1599
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Conviviorum appartus (Apart from the feasts), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Gallorum ad Maij flumen navigatio (The navigation of the French to the river Maij), from "Les Grands Voyages, Vol. 2, India Occidentalis"
Theodor de Bry
1591