⚠Extremely faded image; the illustration and text appear to be a faint impression or bleed-through from a facing page.

A very faint and faded engraving of a frontispiece. It features an architectural frame with classical columns on either side. In the center, under a curved arch, is a standing figure representing Saint Francis Borgia. Above the figure, inscribed along the arc of the arch, is the name of the saint. At the bottom of the image are several decorative panels that likely contained publication details or short mottos, though they are now illegible.

Saint Francis Borgia
original: "S. Franciscvs De Borgia"

Saint Francis Borgia was a prominent Jesuit leader. His appearance here is unusual for a book on fountains. It may represent a printer's error or the reuse of a decorative border from a different publication.

NEW CURIOUS ARCHITECTURE.

Leaping forth from the rock,

original: "Saxo profiliens"

I moisten,

I wash, and I give drink.

original: "humecto diluo, poto"

Pleasures of

WATER CONVEYANCE

Hydragogic: the art of leading or conveying water through pipes or channels for use in fountains and machinery.

By Georg Andreas Böckler

Nuremberg

At the shop of Paul Fürst, Bookseller

and Art Dealer.

I give life to all things,

original: "Omnia vivifico"

unseen I wander

everywhere.

original: "nonvisus ubiq, pererro"