Title print with an allegorical border frame and a calligraphed title. To the left of the title is Mecurius. To the right, the goddess of writing holding a quill pen and a roll of paper. At the top center a circular shield with the motto: Vive la Plume as the edge shield. Within it a crown with two crossed quills. Beside this shield two writing elderly bearded men: on the left Pisistratus, king of Athens, and on the right the Greek philosopher Anaxagorus. Next to them, two putti reach out to offer writing attributes and a lamp. In the shield center bottom an oak wreath and a pen above a hand pointing to an ear. To the left, two putti pull pens from the wing of a goose. On the right, a putto with ruler, compass and triangle. The right side and bottom of the print are damaged. As a result, the image of a putto on a stone block with a pen knife cutting a goose feather into a pen, and the signatures of the printmaker and inventor are missing at the bottom right. The print is part of an alb