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Antique print, titled: 'Uyt Adams Appel sproot ellende zondt en doodt.' - ('From Adam's Apple issued misery, sin and death'). Title page to the described work with two elderly men standing beside a globe with small images depicting the seven cardinal sins. (This includes a jester, a Medusa, a card player and a man murdering another). Etching on hand laid paper. Description: From: The first edition of Jan van Veen's very popular work "Zinne-Beelden oft Adams Appel." Amsterdam: Everhard Cloppenburgh, 1642. This first edition was the only edition to include the French diptychs below each emblem, and the only edition in this larger (4to) size. This popular series describes an ironic description of Dutch contemporary morality, attractively illustrated by landscape / genre scenes in a painterly style. Several later ed. were published. Ref: Praz 522-3; Landwehr, Emblem & Fable 842; Visser 507.Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Salomon Savery' after an anonymous artist. Salomon Saverij / Savery / Savry (1594-ca. 1665) was a Dutch artist, nephew of Roelant Savery. He was one of the most prolific printmakers associated with book illustration in 17th century Netherlands. Condition: Very good, given age. Left margin uneven from binding. Top edge cropped a little short (not affecting image). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. Storage location: C330-01 The overall size is ca. 6.1 x 8.1 inch. The image size is ca. 5.4 x 4.6 inch. The overall size is ca. 15.5 x 20.5 cm. The image size is ca. 13.7 x 11.6 cm.