Titlepage. Nicolas Talon 'The Holy History'
Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
Related author Nicolas Talon British
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The title is over a doorway, at the top of a flight of stairs leading into a classical temple resembling St. Peter's, Rome. Moses seated to left on steps leading inside a church, holding the stone tablets of law, his left arm raised; a female figure standing behind him, holding a mirror, pointing towards a Latin inscription above the door; lettered with 'The / Holy / History,' above, in space surrounded with a garland; two plaques with biblical scenes on either side of the door; title-page to Nicholas Talon's 'The Holy History' (London: 1653)
