Live auction - Lot 462
Eight autograph letters signed "J van Lennep" i.a. to "Weledele Heer en vriend" R. Engelman in Amsterdam.
19th c
Hammer price: €
550
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
Bifolia (21,5 x 13,5 cm), on paper, in Dutch (sl. browning, some spotting).
Jacob van Lennep (1802-1868) was a Dutch poet, novelist and politician, known i.a. for his excellent edition of Vondel's works. Cordial exchanges, incl. 2 poems, one dedicated to Laurens Coster, the purported inventor of the printing art in Haarlem before Gutenberg. Three letters namely addressed to "de heer A. van Lee" (= Abraham van Lee?, painter, watercolourist and etcher).
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