The Dutch Tiphys

A full-page, very faint illustration is set within a rectangular border. The image appears to be an engraving or etching. It shows a landscape or an allegorical scene. A large, faint arch, possibly representing a rainbow, spans the middle of the composition. Below this arch are indistinguishable shapes that may represent human figures or features of the landscape. At the top of the image, there is a horizontal section that likely contained a title or a banner, though it is now illegible. The overall appearance is a mirror-image transfer of ink from the facing page, a common occurrence in old books where the ink from one page is pressed onto the opposite page over centuries.