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Christoph Gottlieb Scheurl. Mezzotint by C. Weigel.

De kapelle der dooden, of de algemeene doodenspiegel. In welken alle Menschen, van wat Staat of Rang zy zyn mogen, zich tot hun nut konnen beschouwen : om indagtig te zyn het memento mori, of gedenkt te sterven... / zynde het laatste werk van den beroemden Pater Abraham van Sta. Clara.

Georg Wolfgang Wedel. Mezzotint by C. Weigel.

An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

Ernst Heinrich Wedel. Mezzotint by C. Weigel.

Johann Jakob Baier. Mezzotint by C. Weigel.

Two alchemists seeming to produce gold from a furnace; the accompanying text satirises those who pursue alchemy for gold alone. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

Saint Peter Celestine. Engraving.

Michael Friedrich Lochner von Hummelstein. Mezzotint by J. C. Weigel after J.L. Hirschmann.

Michael Baurenfeinds ... Vollkommene Wieder-Herstellung, der bissher sehr in Verfall gekommenen gründlich- und zierlichen Schreib-Kunst. Worinnen der jugend ein sicherer und angenehmer wege, wie sie mit sonderbarem vortheil ohne einige information von selbsten hierinnen sich gar leicht belehren, eine erwachsene person aber der gründrichtingen lehrart und der zu ersetzung dess bisherigen mangels dargestelten versalien mit gutem nuzen bedienen kan getreulich und affrichtig gezeiget wird / von Christoph Weigel.

Memorial of European events in the year 1714. Engraving by Christoph Weigel, c. 1722.

European events in the year 1715. Engraving by Christoph Weigel, ca. 1722.

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An elderly alchemist sitting next to his equipment. Engraving by C. Weigel, 1698.

Memorial of European events in the year 1714. Engraving by Christoph Weigel, c. 1722.

European events in the year 1715. Engraving by Christoph Weigel, ca. 1722.

Ernst Heinrich Wedel. Mezzotint by C. Weigel.

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