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Astronomy: an allegorical titlepage to a polyglot Bible [?], or to a treatise on the stars. Engraving by G. van der Gouwen after G. Hoet.
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Astronomy: an allegorical titlepage to a polyglot Bible [?], or to a treatise on the stars. Engraving by G. van der Gouwen after G. Hoet.

Gerard Hoet

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Gen. I, 1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ; G. Hoet delineavit. ; G. van der Gouwen sculpsit.

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