Title Page for Scherer’s Atlas Marianus

[Title-page] Anglorum Indoles Studia et Actiones

In attempting to define the character of the English there is a strong emphasis on trade and discovery; note the map of New England under the arm of the gentleman in the foreground.

This is an allegoricial engraving by Jospeh Montalegre of Nuremberg after Johannes Degler for Jesuit scholar Heinrich Scherer’s Atlas Marianus.

Condition & Materials 

Copper engraving 23.5 x 35 cm, black and white, blank verso.

References 

Shirley 631