Lyk-staetsie van zyne doorluchtigste hoogheid den heere Willem Carel Hendrik Friso, Prince van Orange en Nassau. Gehouden den IV. februari MDCCLII.

Large folio: 40 pp.; 41 pl. mounted on stubs.

Contemp. calf, covers with gilt-ruled decorative border frame and corner pieces, richly gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, gilt inside dent., a.e.g. (rubbed, corners bumped, a few sm. def.). Very good copy.

First edition of this impressive work showing the funeral procession of William IV, Prince of Orange (1711-1751) on 4 February 1752. Ill. with 41 large double-page pl. engr. by J. Punt after drawings by P. van Cuyck, with captions in Dutch, English and French. They show the participants of the funeral procession in ceremonial costume. The last 3 pl. show the arms of the Dutch Republic, the coffin of William IV and the hearse, the groundplan of the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft and the Market Square. Engr. armorial mark on title. List of subscribers bound at the end, signed by P. Gosse jr.
Ref. Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies, 231. - STCN.
Prov. J.L. Vande Walle 1766 (ms. entry on front flyleaf).
Bound with 2 very rare works: 1. Afbeelding van de zaal en 't praalbed waar op het lyk van zyne doorluchtige hoogheid den heere Willem Karel Hendrik Friso [...] ten toon is gesteld geweest. Amst., Changuion, 1752. (Remargined to fit into the larger vol.). 4 double-page pl. showing the groundplan of the decorated state rooms, William IV's body lying in state and people paying their respects. Engr. by J. Punt after drawings by P. de Swart, with captions in French and Dutch. Ref. STCN (2 copies in Leiden). - 2. Afbeelding van de kaamer en 't parade-bed waar op het lyk van haare koninglyke hoogheid Anna [...] in de maand february 1759 ten toon is gesteld geweest = Description de la chambre et lit de parade [...]. The Hague, Gosse jr., 1759. 4 full-page pl. showing the decorated state room and the body of Anna, the widow of William IV, lying in state and people paying their respects. Engr. by S. Fokke after drawings by P. de Swart. Titles, captions and text in Dutch and French. Engr. mark on titles. Ref. STCN 23024453X (1 copy in KB).