Author: Balthasar Bernards (fl. 1710-1737), after Jan Goeree (1670-1731)
Title: [Antique title page, 1732/37] Historie Metallique des Pays-Bas, published 1732-1737, 1 p.
Description: Frontispiece to the five parts richly illustrated history of (the medals of) the Dutch Revolt by the Catholic historian Gerard van Loon (1683-1758). Published between 1732 and 1737.Signed below: 'J. Goeree inv: / B: Bernarts sculps.' Etching and engraving on paper; total: 342 x 201 mm; smudges and dirt on the top an d bottom margins, otherwise in very good condition.

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