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Roemer Visscher

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Engraved emblem of a man swimming in a river toward a village, with Dutch verse printed on the facing page.

XXV Wie wat weet, die komt het te pas

1614

Engraved emblem of a man tumbling backward onto the ground beside a page of Dutch text, 1614.

XXIV Het mist een Meester wel

1614

Engraved emblem of a man drinking from a jug beside dice, cards, coins and a racket, with Dutch text on the facing page.

XXVI Pessima placent pluribus

1614

Book page with an engraving of a man sheltering under a thatched hut in rain, beside Dutch verse text.

XXVII Duyckt laet overgaen

1614

Engraving of a man fishing from a riverbank with a wicker basket of fish, a rowboat and trees beside a page of Dutch text.

XXVIII Wie weet waer

1614

Emblem page showing a nervous soldier with a musket glancing back at a dog, with a village in the background.

XXIX Terret et trepidat

1614

Engraved emblem page of a seated woman in a feathered hat gazing into a hand mirror, with Dutch text beside it.

XXX Ick geeft haer weder

1614

Engraved emblem showing a watering can pouring water onto a fire with smoke, beside Dutch text on a book page.

LVII Alit non suffocat

1614

Engraved book illustration of a perforated brazier with a hand and rising smoke, captioned Mignon des Dames, beside Dutch tex

LVI Mignon des Dames

1614

Engraved emblem of two hands with clouded sleeves, one pouring particles, beside Dutch verse on a book page, 1614.

LVIII 't Isser niet in, en 't komter uyt

1614

Engraved emblem page with a small figure pushing a large globe on a stand under clouds, beside Dutch text.

LIX In magnis et voluisse sat est

1614

Engraved emblem of a shrouded body on a table with keys and a letter, beside Dutch text on a book page.

LX Dum vixit, vixit bene

1614

Engraved emblem of a man in a wide-brimmed hat urinating, with a town skyline behind him and Dutch text on the page.

Beslach Daer hebdy't al

1614

Engraving of a bearded man in a cloak holding a staff topped with a devil's head, with the word Quaeso above.

Finis - Quaeso

1614

Scanned 1614 book page of Dutch letterpress text with a Voorrede preface and a Privilegie notice in black type.

Voorrede - vervolg- en privilege tot de Sinnepoppen

1614

Printed Dutch text page with an ornate decorative initial G, titled Voorrede tot de Sinnepoppen, from 1614.

Voorrede tot de Sinnepoppen

1614

Engraved emblem of two hands holding a woven winnowing basket, beside a page of Dutch text.

XII Foro Villiaco

1614

Engraved emblem of a burning candle in a tall candlestick beside a column of Dutch text, from a 1614 book.

XIII Bij glasen om

1614

Engraved page showing a three-masted sailing ship with a small boat and rippling sea, beside Dutch emblem text.

XIV Sit oneri, erit usui

1614

Engraved page showing a sailing ship with a flag on choppy sea near a tower on rocks, with a city skyline behind it.

XV Revelasti Parvulis

1614

Book page with Dutch text and an engraved illustration of a hanging scale captioned Galijck en mewarich.

XVI Galijck en mewarich

1614

Engraved emblem page showing a prosthetic leg crossed with two crutches on a mound, with Dutch text beside it.

XVII Diese minst behoeft, isser best aen

1614

Book page with engraving of a millstone and an ornate ring, beside Dutch black letter text, from 1614.

XVIII Lof meulenaers acker by heeren poppegoet

1614

Engraved print of a timber sluice gate over a waterway, with a Dutch text column on the left side of the page.

XIX Exonerat et arcet

1614

Engraved book page with a lute and bagpipes and flutes in a pile, beside Dutch text in two columns.

XXI Niet hoe veel, maer hoe eel

1614

Engraving of two spherical objects on sandy ground under a cloudy sky, beside Dutch text on an emblem page.

XX Elck zijn tijdt

1614

Engraving of an axe resting on a wooden block with the Dutch caption Rust ick zoo roest ick.

XXII Rust ick zoo roest ick

1614

Engraving of a glass lantern and a tankard with a candle, beside Dutch emblem text, from Visscher's 1614 Sinnepoppen.

XXIII 'T scheelt te veel

1614

Engraved emblem of a burning fuse releasing a billowing smoke cloud, beside a page of Dutch verse text.

XXIV Evanescet

1614

Printed emblem of a crown above crossed scepters beside a page of Dutch text, from Roemer Visscher's 1614 book.

XXV Die mij coopt, en kent mij niet

1614

Engraved emblem of a hay heap with a pitchfork, rake and scythe, beside Dutch text, from Visscher's 1614 book.

XXVI Goet voer, goe vaelt

1614

Engraved page with a fruit bowl still life on a draped table beside Dutch text, from Roemer Visscher's 1614 emblem book.

XXVII Vroech rijp, vroech rot

1614