Titelpagina voor 'Het Groot Fransch en Nederduitsch Woordenboek' 1708

This 1708 engraving by Gideon Quineau is the title page for "Het Groot Fransch en Nederduitsch Woordenboek" (The Great French and Dutch Dictionary). The image features a group of figures representing learning and scholarship, including a woman holding a book and a caduceus, a staff associated with Hermes, the Greek god of language. The inscription on the monument in the background emphasizes the dictionary's significance as a tool for communication and understanding between France and the Netherlands. This intricate engraving, now in the Rijksmuseum, provides a glimpse into the world of scholarship and language learning in early 18th-century Europe.