Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller

Aug(sburg): Tobias Conrad Lotter, (ca. 1750). Hand-colored engraving, by E. Eichel after A. Scheller. Light wear along edges; manuscript additions in both feet. 28 5/8 x 23 1/4 in. (727 x 590 mm).

A large allegorical engraving of the "Colossus Monarchicus", as described in the Book of Daniel. The large statue's body, wielding a sword and scepter, is intricately mapped with the lineages of kings from the Assyrian, Persian, Greek, and Roman civilizations, while its legs map the monarchies from Eastern and Western empires.