Live auction - Lot 1012
[Heraldry - Low Countries]
Armorial of the Cuypers family (Brabant).
[1st half of the 17th c.]
Hammer price: €
3.200
€ 1.500 / 2.000
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Lot description
8vo: [2] ff., [13] ff. (table), ff. 8-198, ink and watercolour, on paper (ff. 1-7 missing, some stains).
Contemp. mottled calf, gilt fillet frame on boards, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (rubbed).
Nice manuscript ill. with 4 large coats of arms in the first ff. and with more than 1.170 smaller coats of arms of families of Brabant and Southern Netherlands, nicely reproduced. Table of names.
Prov. Censored ms. entry on 1st f. - Daniel-François Cuypers (1653-1725), Councillor to the Grand Council of Mechelen, historiographer, genealogist, and heraldist (large armorial bookpl. signed Bouttats; ref. Linnig 93).