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Goddelycke wenschen : verlicht met sinne-beelden, ghedichten en vierighe uyt-spraecken der oud-vaeders

Hugo, Herman, 1588-1629, Harduijn, Justus de, 1582-1641, Bolswert, Boëce van, ca. 1580-1633 · 1629 · t'Hantwerpen : By Hendrick Aertssens ... · 63 pictures

Goddelycke wenschen is a 1629 emblem book published in Antwerp by Hendrick Aertssens, with text by Herman Hugo and Justus de Harduijn and engravings by Boëce van Bolswert, made for devotional readers in the Dutch-speaking Low Countries. Its pictures are small black-and-white engravings with dense crosshatched shading, each showing a scene with a winged angel and a few figures in landscape or garden settings, giving a designer a clear model for allegorical book illustration and tightly worked line engraving.

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