Live veiling - Lot 650
Diamond trade in Antwerp
[Belgium - Antwerp]
"Copye Boeck van 28 april 1710 tot 16 junÿ 1712".
[Antwerp], [1706]-1712
Hamerprijs: €
500
€ 250 / 400
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Beschrijving lot
2 parts in 1 vol., folio: [58]-[68] ff., on paper, in Dutch, French and Italian, written at least by 3 hands (some soiling).
Contemp. vellum, flat spine (spine and front cover with def., soiling).
Register containing the correspondence of the Antwerp diamond dealer Christiaen-Joseph Wouters. The first part runs from 28 April 1710 to 18 June 1711 and the second from 30 July 1706 to 16 June 1712. All letters concern his diamond trade. Some name of Wouters' customers: Jacob Langlois, Cornelis van Hogerwoest, Salomon Levi del Blanco, Joseph Biffi, Jan Pieters. Some places: Antwerp, Amsterdam, Brussels, Ghent, Venice. Register very interesting for the history of diamond trade in Antwerp.