Live veiling - Lot 617
[Netherlands]
Tooneel der Vereenigde Nederlanden, en onderhorige landschappen; vervolgt door Matthaeus Brouërius.
Leeuwarden, H. Halma, 1725
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550
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Beschrijving lot
2 vol., folio: [12]-470, [10]-408 pp. (some browning).
Contemp. mottled calf, gilt orn. spines with 6 raised bands (corners bumped and rubbed, def. at heads and tails, joints starting to split).
First and only edition of this imposing illustrated work on the Netherlands in the form of an encyclopaedia by the printer, publisher, translator and lexicographer François Halma (1653-1722), with the continuation by M. Brouërius van Nidek (1677-1743). Engr. ill. (complete): title by van der Gouwen after J. Goeree, 2 title-vign., 3 headpcs i.a., 1 by F. Ottens, author's portrait by F. Ottens after A. Boonen, 1 ill. in-text, 26 double-page maps (17, 9) i.a., maps of the VII Provinces, Utrecht, Zeeland, Friesland, Groningen, & several historical maps and 37 portraits (22, 15), mostly counts of Holland, within impressive allegorical borders i.a., Ada, Dirk I, III, Floris I, Charles V, Philips II. Titles in red & black. Text in 2 col. Printed in roman and Gothic.
Ref. Tiele 447. - Haitsma Mulier/Van der Lem 202b. - STCN (i.a., BL).
Prov. A. Sebregts (stamp).