Live auction - Lot 111
[Dutch school - Portrait]
Tooneel der beroemder hertogen, princen, graven ende krygs-helden van Christenryck binnen dese drij laeste eeuwen [...].
Delft, N. de Clerck, 1617
€ 100 / 200
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Lot description
Folio: 72 ff. (paper sl. toned, occ. marg. staining).
Loose.
Collection of portraits from the first and only edition of this historical work on European and American rulers and kings, by N. de Clerck (fl. 1615-1625). Our collection contains: engr. front. by Willem J. Delff (1580-1638) and 71 (of 82) finely engraved half-page portraits of monarchs, German, Austrian and Italian nobles, dignitaries, counts, Burgundian dukes and generals from all over Europe, but also portr. of Jeanne d'Arc, Columbus, Cortez, Atahualpa, Pizarro, Montezuma, Amerigo Vespucci, ... A few with the date of death neatly ms. written in the pl.
Ref. Hollstein V:233:100a. - STCN.