Fam His 051 coat of arms
Summary
A historiated initial I along with ornaments including an hourglass and an illustration of the Devil and a spendthrift gentleman who had used up the entirety of his inheritance.
"On a time, hee being alone fulle of griefe and care, (griefe for his folies past, and care how to get a poore living for the remainder of his dayes) the Devill came to him and asked him what hee wanted (hee came not in a shape terrible, but like an old penny-father.)" (p. 51)
Tags
Date
1904
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Copyright info
public domain