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Portrait engraving (135mm by 187mm) of Gerard Mercator: This was published in the first volume of Joannis Francisci Foppens' Bibliotheca Belgica in 1739.

Date circa 1739
Source http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/prints/viewRepro.cfm?reproID=PU2381
Author Nicolas III de Larmessin (1684–1755)
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References

  1. " Foppens (Jean-François)" in (in flemish) (1880–90) Bibliotheca Belgica: Bibliographie Générale des Pays-Bas (Premium series, Tome X ed.), East Flanders, Belgium: Camille Vyt Retrieved on 14 February 2011.
  2. " F. Van Otroy" in (in french) (1916) Revue des Bibliothèques (Volumes 25–26 ed.), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honouré Champion, pp. p. 123 Retrieved on 14 February 2011.
  3. Wees, Beth Carver (1997) " Coffee, Chocolate & Tea" in English, Irish, & Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, New York, United States: Hudson Hills Press, pp. p. 340 Retrieved on 14 February 2011. ISBN: 1-55595-117-1.
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