This Biblical engraving features a chart of the solar system below a Dutch translation of Psalm 19.1 ("The heavens declare the glory or God, and the firmament proclaims his handiwork") and a vivid depiction of the earth being forged beneath a Dutch translation of Psalm 104.5 ("He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved"). Father Time and a female figure holding an armillary sphere and a bird in a nest flank these images of Heaven and Earth. The opening lines of Genesis appear in several languages, among them Dutch, English, Latin, German, and Hebrew. Several of the decorative elements are highlighted in gilt. Designed by G. Hoet and engraved by Gilliam van der Gouwen.

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Condition: A

On watermarked paper with faint soiling, mostly confined to the margins. A short tear on the bottom edge, well away from image, has been closed with archival tape on verso.