XJF448289 Ser, Sive Sericus Vermis, plate 9 from \'Nova Reperta\', engraved by Philip Galle, c.1580-1605 (engraving) by Straet, Jan van der (Giovanni Stradano) (1523-1605) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The \'Nova Reperta\' was a series of engravings from designs by Stradanus that celebrate the inventions and discoveries of the new age; This plate shows the beginning of the silk industry in Europe when Emperor Justinian ordered silk worms to be stolen from China in 552;); Netherlandish, out of copyright.