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Book Title: The history of the Old and New Testament : extracted out of Sacred Scripture and writings of the Fathers : to which are added the lives, travels and sufferings of the Apostles ... : the whole illustrated with two hundred thirty four sculptures, and three maps, delineated and engraved by good artists / translated from the Sieur de Royaumont, by several hands ; supervised and recommended by Dr. Horneck, and other orthodox divinesAuthor: Fontaine, Nicolas, 1625-1709 Image Title: Jacob Wrestles the Angel Scripture Reference: Genesis 32 Description: After sending his family ahead of him (background), an angel appears to Jacob and wrestles with him throughout the night. As the numeral at the head of the page indicates, this is plate #28 in a series of illustrations, and the artist or engraver’s name, Peter Paul Bouche (b. ca. 1646), has been placed below the lower left corner of the woodcut. Click here for additional images available from this book. |