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Fine original antique copperplate engraving of the coat of arms of George William, Count Palatine of the Rhine.
The engraving shows a fine heraldic crest of two lions flanked by two diamond patterns, encircled by the motto "In Deo Faciemus Virtutem." Above this crest is a crown flanked by other royal symbols. Engraved text above and below the engraving describes George William.
George William, a titular Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke in Bavaria, was an economical and prudent regent, although his realm would suffer during the Thirty Years' War due to invasion and plague.
Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) was a prominent Flemish engraver and publisher best known for his engravings of the New World. Born in Liege, de Bry hailed from the portion of Flanders then controlled by Spain. The de Brys were a family of jewelers and engravers, and young Theodor was trained in those artisanal trades.
As a Lutheran, however, his life and livelihood were threatened when the Spanish Inquisition cracked down on non-Catholics. De Bry was banished and his goods seized in 1570. He fled to Strasbourg, where he studied under the Huguenot engraver Etienne Delaune. He also traveled to Antwerp, London, and Frankfurt, where he settled with his family.
In 1590, de Bry began to publish his Les Grands Voyages, which would eventually stretch to thirty volumes released by de Bry and his two sons. The volumes contained not only important engraved images of the New World, the first many had seen of the geographic novelties, but also several important maps. He also published a collection focused on India Orientalis. Les Grands Voyages was published in German, Latin, French, and English, extending de Bry’s fame and his view of the New World.
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