'T Groot Waerelds Tafereel: Waar in de Hesilige en Waereldsche Geschiedenissen en Veranderingen zedert de Schepping Des Waerelds ...
This Dutch book, 'T Groot Waerelds Tafereel, was compiled by Jacques Basnage and Abraham Alewijn with illustrations by Romeyn de Hooghe, published in 1707 for a general readership interested in sacred and world history since Creation. Its pages show paired oval scenes framed by Dutch verse captions, each titled with a book of the Bible such as I Samuel, Numeri and Richteren, with small vignettes in the corners. A designer might take the dense, layered compositions, where a central oval medallion sits within a crowded page of narrative miniatures, as a model for arranging multiple related images on one page.
