Series of six engravings, drawn by Jan van der Straet, engraved by Karel van Mallery and published by Philippe Galle, illustrating the cultivation of silk worms and the production of silk.

Title from first plate.

Latin captions below the engravings.

Erdmann, A. My gracious silence, 99

Baroni Vannucci, A. Giovanni Stradano flandrus pictor et inventor, 699

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