Author: Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), after Jacobus Buys (1724-1801)
Title: [Antique title page, 1785] History writing the vocabulary / Geschiedenis schrijft de historie [Vaderlandsch Woordenboek], published 1785, 3 pp.
Description: The personification of History composes the first pages of the vocabulary. Behind her, on the left is Freedom, while a Fama is flying in the air. Two winged putti on the bottom right corner.Signed and dated at bottom: J. Buys inv. et del. / R. Vinkeles sculp. 1785.Frontispiece to Jacobus Kok's: Vaderlandsch Woordenboek, published by Johannes Allart, in Amsterdam, between 1785-1799, in 35 volumes.[NL] Allegorische voorstelling waarin de personificatie van Geschiedenis zittend een woordenboek schrijft, achter haar de Vrijheid, in de lucht de Faam. Etching and engraving on paper, with two title pages and paper cover; total: 225 x 134 mm; some rubbing, some damage on the other pages than that including the plate, otherwise in great condition. Muller 8-a, AvS 11.

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