Title page from Deorum et Heroum, 1715

Title page in red and black with vignette of a herald crowning a bust with a laurel wreath, twins, Mercury and Minerva with owl. Ribbon with inscription VITA SINE LITTERIS MORS EST, Life without Learning is Death. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

18th Century Antique Images Deorum Et Heroum Gods And Heroes Greek Myth Henricus Spoor Herald Laurel Wreath Medallion Men And Women Mercury Minerva Pieter Bodart Roman Myth Title Page Twins Vignette

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