Author: TEUPKEN, J.F.
Title: Beschrijving Hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Troepen En Alle in Militaire Betrekking Staande Personen Gekleed, Geëquipeerd En Gewapend Zijn
Description: The Hague: Bij de Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1823. A superb copy of the finest Dutch color plate work on military costume TEUPKEN, J.F. Beschrijving hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Troepen en alle in militaire betrekking staande personen gekleed, geëquipeerd en gewapend zijn- Gevolgd van 51 platen met eene titelplaat, voorstellende officieren en manschappen van alle wapenen, in hunne volle kleeding en wapenrusting. The Hague & Amsterdam: Bij de Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1823-1826. First edition, A complete subscriber's copy with all seventy-one plates. Two large folio volumes (14 x 9 3/8 inches; 356 x 238 mm.). [2], 10, 110, 20, [1, “Register”], [1, blank] pp. Engraved title by D. Sluyter after B. van Hove, “Aanwijzing der Platen” (2 pp.), and forty-eight hand-colored engraved plates of military costumes and three uncolored lithographed plates of decorations; [4], [2], [1]-54, [8], Engraved title by D. Sluyter after B. van Hove, “Aanwijzing der Platen” (2 pp.), and fifteen hand-colored engraved plates (numbered 52-[68] of military costumes and two hand-colored lithographed plates of decorations and beds. The plates engraved by K. Portman, D. Sluyter, A.L. Zeelander, A. Zürcher, John Bemme, after B. van Hove, Bukhuyzen, N. Heideloff, and others. With the author’s signed statement of authenticity on the verso of both title-pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, smooth spines decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt. Expertly rebacked with the original spines laid down. A superb copy of the finest Dutch color plate work on military costume. Each volume with the ownership inscription of Baron Jules de Constant Rebecque, who is listed as a Lieutenant-General amongst the list of some 280 subscribers. A description of how the royal Dutch troops and all persons in military positions are dressed, equipped and armed: the provisions regarding this, the dimensions and further requirements of the clothing, equipment and accessories in general, the quantity of materials and other goods on which the production of the clothing is calculated, and what has already been determined in this regard; the method of acquisition and inspection, and the qualities of the goods; the method of provision and renewal of clothing and equipment; and finally, various, to the aforementioned subjects, relative regulations, followed by 71 plates of which 68 are hand colored, with two engraved title-pages, representing officers and men of all arms, in their full dress and armor Bobins II, 393; Colas 2864; Hiler, p. 837. Landwehr, Dutch Books with Coloured Plates, 455. Lipperheide 2255 & 2256. .
Keywords: Costume Naval and Military Books in Dutch
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Title: Beschrijving Hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Troepen En Alle in Militaire Betrekking Staande Personen Gekleed, Geëquipeerd En Gewapend Zijn
Description: The Hague: Bij de Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1823. A superb copy of the finest Dutch color plate work on military costume TEUPKEN, J.F. Beschrijving hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Troepen en alle in militaire betrekking staande personen gekleed, geëquipeerd en gewapend zijn- Gevolgd van 51 platen met eene titelplaat, voorstellende officieren en manschappen van alle wapenen, in hunne volle kleeding en wapenrusting. The Hague & Amsterdam: Bij de Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1823-1826. First edition, A complete subscriber's copy with all seventy-one plates. Two large folio volumes (14 x 9 3/8 inches; 356 x 238 mm.). [2], 10, 110, 20, [1, “Register”], [1, blank] pp. Engraved title by D. Sluyter after B. van Hove, “Aanwijzing der Platen” (2 pp.), and forty-eight hand-colored engraved plates of military costumes and three uncolored lithographed plates of decorations; [4], [2], [1]-54, [8], Engraved title by D. Sluyter after B. van Hove, “Aanwijzing der Platen” (2 pp.), and fifteen hand-colored engraved plates (numbered 52-[68] of military costumes and two hand-colored lithographed plates of decorations and beds. The plates engraved by K. Portman, D. Sluyter, A.L. Zeelander, A. Zürcher, John Bemme, after B. van Hove, Bukhuyzen, N. Heideloff, and others. With the author’s signed statement of authenticity on the verso of both title-pages. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, smooth spines decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt. Expertly rebacked with the original spines laid down. A superb copy of the finest Dutch color plate work on military costume. Each volume with the ownership inscription of Baron Jules de Constant Rebecque, who is listed as a Lieutenant-General amongst the list of some 280 subscribers. A description of how the royal Dutch troops and all persons in military positions are dressed, equipped and armed: the provisions regarding this, the dimensions and further requirements of the clothing, equipment and accessories in general, the quantity of materials and other goods on which the production of the clothing is calculated, and what has already been determined in this regard; the method of acquisition and inspection, and the qualities of the goods; the method of provision and renewal of clothing and equipment; and finally, various, to the aforementioned subjects, relative regulations, followed by 71 plates of which 68 are hand colored, with two engraved title-pages, representing officers and men of all arms, in their full dress and armor Bobins II, 393; Colas 2864; Hiler, p. 837. Landwehr, Dutch Books with Coloured Plates, 455. Lipperheide 2255 & 2256. .
Keywords: Costume Naval and Military Books in Dutch
Price: US$ 8500.00 Seller: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)
- Book number: 05689
- Book number: 05689
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