New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Production of Silk, plate 8
Jan Collaert I Netherlandish
After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus Netherlandish
Publisher Philips Galle Netherlandish
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Eighth plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of the production of silk. In the background women are performing various procedures for the making of silk. In the foreground, in a room separated from the production site, several men converse with a king seated upon his throne.
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