Title Page Illustration

Book Title: Des menschen begin, midden en einde : vertoonende het kinderlyk bedryf en aanwasch in eenenvyftig konstige figuuren, met goddelyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen / door Joannes Luiken ; met het leven van den autheur

Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712

Image Title: Title Page Illustration

Description: Below the title, a woman representing the desire to learn sits on a pedestal with a mirror in her hand that reflection the actions of the children who surround her. She is listening to another woman, representing Piety, who stands behind her and points to the heavens. At her feet is the description UIT ALLES LEERTMEN, meaning “one learns from everything”.

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