Author: Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), after Jacobus Buys (1724-1801)
Title: [Antique title page, 1786] History writing the vocabulary / Geschiedenis schrijvend het woordenboek [Vaderlandsch Woordenboek], published 1786, 1 p.
Description: The personification of History composes pages of the vocabulary. Behind her, on the right is Athena sitting on a throne.Signed and dated at bottom: J. Buys inv. et del. / Rein.r Vinkeles sculp. 1786. At bottom: J. ALLART, excudit.Frontispiece of a later addition to Jacobus Kok's: Vaderlandsch Woordenboek, published by Johannes Allart, in Amsterdam, between 1785-1799, in 35 volumes.On verso annotation in pen and dark ink concerning the original publication.Frontispice - boekillustratie - book illustration - frontispiece Etching and engraving on paper; total: 229 x 134 mm; some rubbing on the margins, otherwise in great condition.

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