Live auction - Lot 1079
[Antiquity]
Keurstoffe van aloude Griekse en Romeinse grootmoedigheden, in byschriften en puntdichten vertoont.
Amsterdam, A. Schoonebeek, 1694
Hammer price: €
450
€ 100 / 150
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Lot description
8vo: [54] ff. (pl. 48, Register der namen, and final bl. missing; some minor soiling, fore-edge margin pl. 37 sl. shaved; pl. 24-26 bound out of order).
Contemp. blind-decorated vellum, flat spine (sl. soiled). Good copy.
Original ed. of a collection of 48 engravings illustrating classical heroes and heroines. with Dutch verse and prose by A. Bogaert (1663-1727). Adriaan Schoonebeek (1657-1705) was a pupil of Romeyn de Hooghe. He went with Peter the Great to Russia in the fall of 1698; in 1702 he became librarian of the Tsar. Engr. title ill.; engr. headpiece with arms of Six family.
Ref. STCN. - Praz p. 498.