Allegorie op Dordrecht, de Hoekse Waard, de Zwijndrechtse waard, de Riederwaard en het land van IJsselmonde 1793

This 1793 engraving, *Allegorie op Dordrecht*, by Johan Christoffel Schultsz (1749-1812), is a title page illustration for the book *De Nederlandsche Stad-Dorp-Beschrijver: L. Van Ollefen*, published by H.A. Banse in Amsterdam. The title page features an allegorical figure representing *De Wysheid* (Wisdom), seated atop a globe and holding a pen and a book. She is surrounded by other figures, including a putto who holds a scroll aloft, suggesting the role of knowledge and history in understanding the Dutch towns and villages described in the book.