Antique print engraving Plants and insects. set: ARCHETYPA STVDIAQVE PATRIS GEORGII HOEFNAGELII Planten en insecten published 1592 1 p.
65917Plate 9 from the second volume of "" ARCHETYPA STVDIAQVE PATRIS GEORGII HOEFNAGELII"" published in Frankfurt in 1592.A dragonfly in the center; a butterfly faced upside down above it in the upper middle; a spider hanging on a line of web coming from the top; a fly above the butterfly to the right; two plants on the outer left and right the right one with a caterpillar on it's side; a crane on the right side of the dragonfly in the centre; a beetle below the dragonfly on the left; a cinnamon stick with three ants around it in the lower middle; a plum in the lower left corner; a cricket and a bunch of grapes in the lower right corner.Inscribed above in middle: ""Aestatem meminit brumae formica sequentis=/ colligit id circo provida messe cibum."" and below: ""Formica Cicadae/ QVOD AESTATE CANTAS: ID HYEME CACA"". Engraving on paper trimmed within plate mark; total: 152 x 207 mm; on verso traces of ink transferred to the top leaf while pages were piled up after printing. H 4035; VD 16; Orn. Berlin 4409; Nissen 2; Bl. 1954. unknown
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