Catégorie : Prints & Related Material

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Description: This engraving first appeared in the African section of Caert-Thresoor, the compact, Dutch atlas published in 1598 under the imprint of Barent Langenes and distributed through the Amsterdam publisher Cornelis Claesz. Designed as an affordable, portable alternative to large-format atlases, Caert-Thresoor brought together terrestrial,…

Acquired From: Paulus Swaen Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 2020 Dealers ID No.: 45927 Description: This engraving illustrates the four seasons: Spring, represented by a spade and budding flowers; Summer, depicted with a scythe, a cornucopia, and symbols of the harvest; Autumn, featuring abundant grapes ready for winemaking; and Winter, characterized by…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 16/12/2019 Description: This trimmed engraving is part of a series of seven works representing the liberal arts, created by Cornelis Cort and published by Hieronymus Cock in Antwerp in 1565. Cock's signature appears on the spine of the book in the lower left…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 16/12/2019 Dealers ID No.: BB228 Description: This set of three engraved sheets comprises bust portraits of renowned historical figures, drawn from Icones quinquaginta virorum illustrium (Fifty Images of Illustrious Men), a late sixteenth-century biographical portrait series compiled by Jean-Jacques Boissard and in Frankfurt…

Acquired From: Harbeck Rare Books Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Fair Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 21/2/2014 Description: This rare printed prospectus outlines the foundation and purpose of the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo.), a private enterprise established by Act of Parliament on 21 June 1824 (5 Geo. IV c. 86) (View Record (#345)). The Act granted the company…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 18/12/2019 Dealers ID No.: 64188 Description: Henri Abraham Chatelain was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origin. He lived in several cities throughout his life, including Paris, St. Martins, London (around 1710), The Hague (around 1721), and Amsterdam (around 1728). Between 1705 and…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 18/12/2019 Dealers ID No.: 64147 Description: Henri Abraham Chatelain was a Huguenot pastor of Parisian origin. He lived in several cities throughout his life, including Paris, St. Martins, London (around 1710), The Hague (around 1721), and Amsterdam (around 1728). Between 1705 and…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 16/12/2019 Description: Joris van Spilbergen, a Flemish explorer, undertook the fifth recorded circumnavigation of the world between 1614 and 1618, following in the footsteps of Ferdinand Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, Thomas Cavendish, and Olivier van Noort. An accomplished admiral, Spilbergen had earlier…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 16/12/2019 Description: This printed page from the 1561 Dutch edition of Cosmographia, published by Jan Verwithagen in Antwerp, serves as the title page for the section Dat tweede boeck der cosmo (The second book of the cosmos), which divides the known world…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 21/3/2019 Dealers ID No.: 22514 Description: This printed page from the 1545 Latin edition of Cosmographia features the Speculum cosmographicum, a sophisticated volvelle (movable diagram) designed for use in celestial and terrestrial calculations. The volvelle consists of a base plate printed with degree…