Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus|Jan Collaert I|Philips Galle

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Polishing of Armor, plate 17

ca. 1600
Engraving
27 × 20 cm (10.6 × 7.9 in)

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