Signa antiqua e museo Jacobi de Wilde veterum poetarum carminibus illustrata
By: et per Mariam filiam aeri inscripta
Series: Cicognara library
Publisher: Sumptibus auctoris
Published: 1700
Place of publication: Amstelaedami
Language: lat
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: Art collections; Pictorial works; Ancient Sculpture; Private collections; Catalogs; Renaissance Bronzes; Cabinets of curiosities in art
Notes: The 60 plates by Maria de Wilde depict Egyptian, Roman and Renaissance statuettes.

Place of publication follows "Sumptibus auctoris" on title-page.

Signatures: A² B⁴ [C]1.

The 3 unnumbered leaves of plates consist of: an engraved, illustrated title-page; a portrait of Maria de Wilde; and a folded plate, by Maria de Wilde, showing the interior of the museum, with Jacob de Wilde and Peter the Great seated in conversation.

Two states recorded, differing only in the port. of Maria de Wilde. One is captioned "Maria de Wilde Iacobi Filia." and is signed: "P. v.d. Berge ad vivum del. et fecit.". The other is captioned "Maria de Wilde Iac. filia aetatis suae XVII." and signed: "P. vanden Berge fec. et L.M.Q. huic opellae adjunxit."

Title vignette signed: A. Schoonebeck fec.

Cicognara, 3564

In this copy, the port. of Maria de Wilde is captioned "Maria de Wilde Iac. filia aetatis suae XVII." and signed: "P. vanden Berge fec. et L.M.Q. huic opellae adjunxit."; extra-illustrated with an additional port. of Maria de Wilde, on a folded plate, signed "Pet: Schenk fec: et exc: Amsteld: cum Priv"; Bound with J. de Wilde, Gemmae selectae antiquae e museo (Amsterdam, 1703).

Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked; spine gilt in compartments; decorated edges.