Verzameling van omtrent honderd portraiten van vermaarde persoonaadien, die, geduurende deeze en de twee voorgaande eeuwen, in de vereenigde Nederlanden gebloeid hebben.

Amsterdam, I. Tirion, 1761

€ 200 / 300

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Lot description

4to: [4]-94 pl. (some min. spotting, mostly marg.).

Later blind-ruled sheep, spine with raised bands, gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers (binding rubbed at extremities, spine sl. def.). Uncut copy.

Collection of 94 full-page engraved portraits by Houbraken, mostly undated, some with date 1753, 1759 and 1760, taken from "Vaderlandsche historie, vervattende de geschiedenissen der nu Vereenigde Nederlanden" by Jan Wagenaar (Amst., Tirion, 1749-1759). Incl. the "Naamlyst der portraiten".
Ref. STCN.