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VISSCHER, CORNELIS, - Title page for Principes Hollandiae et Westfrisiae

 1539223262,
Allegorical title page for a book of portraits of the counts of Holland, Zeeland and Westfrieland, with centrally the Dutch virgin with her arm resting on a globe and a lion behind her.Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size 344 x 450 mm., platemark 324 x 425 mm. Made by Cornelis Visscher after his own design.The work 'Principes Hollandiae et Westfrisiae', written by Petrus Scriverius, was published in 1650 by Pieter Soutman in Haarlem, and contained a total of 38 portraits of the Counts of Holland, from the year 863 onward. In good, but restored condition. A tear in the middle of the sheet was backed with a strip of paper. Otherwise fine.Petrus Scriverius (1576 - 1660), the latinised form of Peter Schrijver, was a Dutch author and scholar on the history of the Low Countries, as well as classical literature.References: Hollstein 77-116; Smith 146-185.
EUR 115.00 [Appr.: US$ 125.24 | £UK 98 | JP¥ 19476] Book number 69923

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