Author: François van Bleyswijck (1671-1746)
Title: [Antique title page, 1722] GEDICHTEN, published 1722, 1 p.
Description: Allegorical frontispiece with a flying Fama, Apollo with his lyre, two shepherds and Minerva. Cut above the inscriptions below.Employed as frontispiece in H.K. Poot's Gedichten, published in Delft by Reinier Boitet in 1722.On verso collector's mark of Pim van Eekelen (Amsterdam 1923-1984), [L. 5101]. Etching on paper cut within plate; total: 172 x 129 mm; in fair condition.

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