"A Dutch broadside satirising the arrival of William III in England and the overthrow of James II and his Roman Catholic policies; with an engraving showing in the foreground on the right William (7) in armour mounted on the Dutch lion (1), attacking the many-headed Babylonian dragon (2) with his lance. Above William flies the angel of Providence (3). To left, priests and Catholic officials (4) flee, some riding on goats, wolves and asses. The dragon carries the infant Prince of Wales holding a windmill (5) held by Father Petre (6). The lion rides over fallen monks and Jesuits (8) and two decapitated heads of the dragon. In the centre background William is received by English notables (9). To left, James (10) departs in a small boat from a shore with a ruined church; to right; he is received by Louis XIV (11), together with Mary of Modena and the infant Prince of Wales. With engraved title, false publication line "Gisling Geneve exc.", and numbering 1-10, and with letterpress verses, including legend, in two columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image, with two columns of verse below in letterpress. and Publisher, place of publication, and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1864,0813.274.
Publisher:
Gisling Geneve exc. [that is, Romeyn de Hooghe?]
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
William III, King of England, 1650-1702,, James II, King of England, 1633-1701,, James, Prince of Wales, 1688-1766,, Petre, Edward, 1631-1699,, Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718,, and Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715,
Subject (Topic):
Kings, National emblems, Babylonian, Dutch, Goats, Dragons, Armor, Pikes (Weapons), Shields, Monks, Priests, Boats, Churches, and Windmills
Plates opposite p. 96 and 98 should be reversed., Elizabethan Club copy: With thirty-two manuscript extracts from Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies, selected by an unidentified 18th-century English reader and written in the margins, perhaps Herbert Randolph's father? Also several pencil notes have been erased., Engraved title vignette (portrait of Horace); illustrated with full-page copperplate engravings., With quotations descriptive of each plate from Horace and other Latin writers, and verses in Spanish, Dutch, Italian, and French, on verso of preceding plate., Pages numbered on letterpress pages (rectos) only, with an engraved illustration opposite., Nagler and Bryan attribute the engraving of the plates to Gijsbert van Veen., Colophon reads: Typis Dauidis Martinij., and Binding: Late 17th-century calf, spine ruled in gilt, red morocco label; covers rubbed and heavily crazed with mottling fluid; rebacked, preserving most of the original spine.
Publisher:
Prostant apud Philippum Lisaert, auctoris aere & cura