Author: Jan Caspar Philips (c. 1680-1775)
Title: [Antique title page, 1732] Historie van het leven des Heeren Huig de Groot (Hugo de Groot, Grotius), published 1732, 1 p.
Description: Title page of Caspar Brandt's 'Historie van het leven des Heeren Huig de Groot' published in 1732.The title is printed on a curtain held by two allegorical figures on either side, within an architectural frame: Aen zyne Hoog Edelheit den Heere HENDRIK ZWAERDEKROON....Signed and dated at bottom, J.C. Philips onv. et fecit: 1727. Etching and engraving on paper, total: 333 x 208 mm, except some folding on the external margins, in very good condition. A handwritten note on verso in pen and brown ink refers to the publication.

Keywords: Allegories|Book illustrations|Frontispiece