GERARD JOHANNES VOSSIUS

THE ART OF HISTORY, original: "Ars Historica"

On the nature of history and historical writing,

and the rules for writing history,

A TREATISE,

To the Most Illustrious Man,

JOHANNES BERCK.

Du Bouchet. 32. 1626.

An oval printer's mark shows two men standing together in a landscape. The man on the left holds a club, representing Hercules. The man on the right holds a staff topped with a cross and a banner. They are encircled by a border containing the motto "Invincible Concord" original: "INVICTA CONCORDIA". There is a star at the top and the letter V at the bottom center.

Leiden,

original: "Lugduni Batavorum"

Published by JOHANNES MAIRE,

IN THE YEAR 1623.