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24 unnumbered pages, 52 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates (8 folded) : illustrations ; (4to)

Elenchus tabularum, pinacothecarum atque nonnullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio Levini Vincent / [Levinus Vincent].

63 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 42 plates (including frontispiece) ; (4to)

La manierè de se bien préparer à la mort par des considérations sur la cene, la passion, et la mort de Jesus-Christ, avec de trés-belles estampes emblematiques / expliquées par Mr. de Chertablon.

A crowd of people within a loggia formed by an arcade of Corinthian columns. They are crowded around the infant James Francis Edward Stuart, later known as the Old Pretender, who lies in bed, left. On his blanket is a windmill, apparently alluding to a rumour that his real father was a miller. At the foot of the bed sit two women described as the "first mother" (left, talking to Father Petre SJ, far left) and the "second mother" (right). Of the two, the first more resembles portraits of Mary of Modena. However, "scurrilous diatribes accusing Petre of involvement in a plot to switch babies in order to produce a male heir for the king" (ODNB) suggest that the woman he is talking to may be the "real" mother (the interpretation of Muller, loc. cit.) and that the other woman, of regal appearance, is Mary
Behind the second mother are: King James II, being addressed by a midwife (left); then, left to right, "the Jewess of Portugal" (presumably meaning Catherine of Braganza, then still living in England); King Louis XIV as Harlequin; a cardinal (Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg?); the Grand Dauphin, Louis of France. Right, in the shadows, the "seller of red hats" or "the old rogue", holding the keys of Saint Peter: presumably Pope Innocent XI
In the background, left, Quakers turning their backs on the prince, set off for Pennsylvania: William Penn had visited the Hague in 1686 on a mission from James II to sound out William and Mary on freedom of religion for Catholics and dissenters, but had been rebuffed. Further to right, musicians, some "Irish witnesses"; a doctor of the Sorbonne arguing against the Reformers, and the "king(s) of the birds"
In the distance, a fleet at sea before a fort: perhaps the fortress of Plymouth, to which the infant James Francis Edward was sent from London after his birth in St James's Palace

1 print : etching, with letterpress ; platemark image 38.3 x 39.8 cm, image and lettering 52.2 x 38 cm

The Catholic powers gather around the infant James Francis Edward Stuart. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688, with letterpress.

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 14.7 x 19.1 cm

The murder of the De Witt brothers in the Hague on 20 August 1672. Etching by R. de Hooghe.

6 prints : etching ; platemarks approximately 16.3 x 20.5 cm

Rebuses representing Greek words. Etchings by R. de Hooghe, 169-.

King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.

[45 engravings] / [Romeyn de Hooghe].

Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus). Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1701.

Figures include: Pope Innocent XI (1); at right, Marco d'Aviano (2), the Pope's envoy to the Holy Roman Emperor; on the left, Wilhelm Egon, Fürst von Fürstenberg, the Cardinal-Bishop of Strasbourg (5) giving his blessing; an archbishop appointed by Pope Innocent XI (no. 8: Ferdinando d'Adda?); at far left, Père François de La Chaise, confessor to King Louis XIV (9), whose ear is being insufflated by a devil. On the table, articles of Catholic observance: snakes representing original sin, a ciborium, a print of the Crucifixion, an aspergillum in an aspersorium, etc.

1 print : etching, with letterpress ; platemark 30.9 x 38.4 cm, image and letterpress 48 x 38 cm

A council of Roman Catholic eminences around a table, surrounded by devils and hellfire. Etching formerly attributed to R. de Hooghe and letterpress, ca. 1689.

An African brings two elephant tusks, and an Indian a metal vase, to a woman representing empire. Representatives of America and the Roman empire are also present. Above, Apollo drives the chariot of the sun, and Atlas holds up the world from the Atlas mountains. Below, representatives of the rivers

1 print : etching ; platemark 49.2 x 28.2 cm

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Elenchus tabularum, pinacothecarum atque nonnullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio Levini Vincent / [Levinus Vincent].

La manierè de se bien préparer à la mort par des considérations sur la cene, la passion, et la mort de Jesus-Christ, avec de trés-belles estampes emblematiques / expliquées par Mr. de Chertablon.

The Catholic powers gather around the infant James Francis Edward Stuart. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688, with letterpress.

The murder of the De Witt brothers in the Hague on 20 August 1672. Etching by R. de Hooghe.

Rebuses representing Greek words. Etchings by R. de Hooghe, 169-.

King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.

[45 engravings] / [Romeyn de Hooghe].

Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus). Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1701.

A council of Roman Catholic eminences around a table, surrounded by devils and hellfire. Etching formerly attributed to R. de Hooghe and letterpress, ca. 1689.

People personifying empires, continents, cities and rural areas, and rivers. Etching by R. de Hooghe.

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Elenchus tabularum, pinacothecarum atque nonnullorum cimeliorum, in gazophylacio Levini Vincent / [Levinus Vincent].

La manierè de se bien préparer à la mort par des considérations sur la cene, la passion, et la mort de Jesus-Christ, avec de trés-belles estampes emblematiques / expliquées par Mr. de Chertablon.

The Catholic powers gather around the infant James Francis Edward Stuart. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688, with letterpress.

The murder of the De Witt brothers in the Hague on 20 August 1672. Etching by R. de Hooghe.

Rebuses representing Greek words. Etchings by R. de Hooghe, 169-.

King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.

[45 engravings] / [Romeyn de Hooghe].

Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (Paracelsus). Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1701.

A council of Roman Catholic eminences around a table, surrounded by devils and hellfire. Etching formerly attributed to R. de Hooghe and letterpress, ca. 1689.

People personifying empires, continents, cities and rural areas, and rivers. Etching by R. de Hooghe.

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