2-641-053 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Civilis, Tutor, Classicus, ende andere Triersche comen t'samen secretelyck in een borghers huys binnen Ceulen …', 1612. Illustration depicting an episode from the Batavian rebellion leaded by Gaius Julius Civilis against the Romans in 69 AD. On the back a fragment from the book IV of the Histories by Tacitus. After Otto van Veen (1556-1629). From Batavorum cum Romanis bellum : a Corn. Tacito lib. IV. & V. Hist. olim descriptum, figuris nunc aeneis expressum = De batavische oft oude Hollandtsche oorloghe teghen de Romeynen, by Otto van Veen. [Philip Lisaert, Antwerp, 1612]