Micrographia nova: sive nova & curiosa variorum minutorum corporum singularis cujusdam & noviter

A large engraving details a compound microscope mounted on an ornate, scrolled stand. To the left, a technical line drawing illustrates the internal arrangement of the lenses.

To always be of assistance, and for us to rejoice in perpetual security under His protection, by which He nurtures us as birds are accustomed to nurture their young.

us, both monster, and sin, and the messenger of all evils and of all things: from all of which we pray to be delivered by the Lord.

The marginal text appears to be a later addition or a separate fragment of text, possibly printed or stamped, oriented vertically.