Grosvenor Prints

Théatre Royal du Parc.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾").
A view of the front of the Théatre Royal du Parc, Brussels, built in 1783 by the Bultos brothers, before the remodelling work of 1844. The brothers' intention was to create a 'Vauxhall Gardens', with shops, cafes, ballroom and stage.
[Ref: 49987] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands. Carolina, Prinsesse van Oranje.]
[Jacob Houbraken.]
[Jacobus Haffman. n.d, c.1754.]
Engraving. Proof before letters. On watermarked paper. Platemark: 360 x 220mm (14¼ x 8¾").
A portrait of Princess Carolina of Nassau-Weilburg (1743 - 1787), sister of William V, as a young princess. Half-length in frontal view, seated on a chair and holding a flower and a fan. In an oval with an allegorical scene below and roses in the lower corners. Proof before letters. From a series of 21 engravings entitled 'Portraits of Stadholders and their Family', published in 1754.
[Ref: 35623] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Michiel De Ruiter,] [Hartog, Ridder, &c. L. Admiral General van Hollandt en West-vrieslandt.]
[Atrributed to Bernard Picart]
[Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals: Amsterdam 1687]
Proof engraving, sheet 255 x 165mm (10 x 6½"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet at edges.
Illustration to Gerard Brandt's "Het Leven en Bedrijf van den Heere Michiel De Ruiter..." Half-length portrait of Dutch Admiral Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter (1607-1676) ; standing with his left hand on his hip, in front of a drapery; wearing armour and a chain with pendant, holding a batton in his right hand; behind him stands a black boy servant holding a helmet; coat of arms at upper left, a view at sea with ships at the right. Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably being the Raid on the Medway.
See also references: 56266 & 28434.
[Ref: 59353] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Gezicht van de Schie, van het Hooft der Stad Delft, Opgedragen aan den Wel Eedele Geboore Heer Johan Hend van der Does. Heere van Goudswaart. Raad en Vroedschap der Stad Rotterdam. Secretaris van het Hoog Heemraadschap van Schieland. &c &c Door zyn Wel Eedele Gestrenge Oostmoedigste Dienaar H. Scheurleer FZ
A: 1762
Engraving, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Large margins, repaired damage at top right.
A view of the port of Delft, looking towards the Delftse Schie, with parallel text in French. In 1893 the Schie became part of the Rhine-Schie canal extending to Leiden. From a series of around thirty views of the Hague and nearby towns by Hendrik Florisz Scheurleer Fz [junior] (c.1724-1768). Scheurleer had connections with England, occasionally printing for British publishers and in 1754 bringing out an English guide to the Netherlands. He is also remembered for instigating the first circulating library in the Netherlands (in 1750).
Uta Janssens-Knorsch, 'Commerce or culture? The fate of the first circulating library in the Netherlands'.
[Ref: 22921] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Dirk II] Theodoricus II, Theodorici I. Filiusm Secundus Hollaniæ, etc. Comes [...]
[C. Visscher sculp.]
[Haarlem: Pieter Soutman, c.1650.]
Etching with engraving, slight 17th century watermark. 410 x 300mm (16 x 11¾"), very large margins Margins chipped and staining in right bottom margin.
Head and shoulders portrait of Dirk II (c.920-988), from Cornelis Visscher's series, 'Counts of Holland, Zeeland and West-Frisia', first published by Pieter Soutman in 1650. This second state has Visscher's name removed.
BM 1839,0413.337.
[Ref: 62537] £320.00

[Dordrecht.]
James Webb. L.Valmon. [pencil signatures]
London Published February 1st 1886 by Arthur Tooth & Sons, 5 & 6 Haymarket S.W. Copyright Registered.
Rare etching, from edition of 125 signed proofs. 340 x 500mm (13½ x 19¾"), Printsellers' Association blind-stamp. Creasing in margins.
A view of the Grote Kerk of Dordrecht from the river.
[Ref: 53114] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Janus Dousa e Academiæ Bibliothecarius.
[n.d., 1614.]
Engraving. 145 x 100mm (5¾ x 4"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Janus Dousa (Jan van der Does, 1545-1604), Dutch statesman, historian, poet and philologist, the first Librarian of Leiden University Library and the defender of Leiden when the Spanish beseiged the city in 1574. From 'Illustrium Hollandiae Westfrisiae ordinum alma academia Leidensis'.
[Ref: 53035] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Duijnkerken.]
[1612.]
Engraving. 17th century watermark; Sheet: 300 x 220mm (12 x 8¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet. Slight crease in centre as normal.
A prospect of the town of Dunkirk. During the Dutch Revolt, Dunkirkers (raiders in the pay of the Spanish monarchy) operated out of Dunkirk, Ostend and Nieuwpoort. Throughout the Eighty Years War the Dunkirkers were constantly under fire from the fleet of the Dutch Republic. From 'Beschryvinghe van alle de Nederlanden...' Willem Jannsz Blaeu's 1612 edition of Lodovico Guicciardini's (1521-1589) description of the Netherlands.
[Ref: 42370] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Dutch lady holding staff.] [&] [Dutch shepherd with staff.]
[n.d. c.1760.]
A pair of watercolours. 197 x 134mm. 7¾ x 5¼". Cut and laid on scrap sheet.
An exquisite pair of coloured scenes. The barefooted lady leaning against a rock whilst holding a staff. [&] A rural man, probably a shepherd, lean upon his staff in rustic dress and black clogs.
[Ref: 14506] £450.00

[Floris III] Florentius IIIus, Theoderici VIti filius [...]
[C. Visscher sculp.]
[Haarlem: Pieter Soutman, c.1650.]
Etching with engraving, 17th century watermark, 410 x 295mm (16 x 11½") very large margins. Margins chipped and stained in bottom right margin.
Head and shoulders portrait of Floris III (1141-90), from Cornelis Visscher's series, 'Counts of Holland, Zeeland and West-Frisia', first published by Pieter Soutman in 1650. Floris joined his emperor Frederick Barbarossa on the Third Crusade, dying of pestilence at Antioch, where he was buried. This second state has Visscher's name removed.
BM 1839,0413.348.
[Ref: 62538] £320.00

View of the entrance into the Port of Flushing. Engraved for Banke's, New System of Geography Published by Royal Authority.
B. Peters Pinx. Sparrow Sculp.
[n.d. c.1810.]
Copper engraving. Plate 215 x 317mm. 8½ x 12½". Small water stain bottom left-hand corner.
From "A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography Antient (sic) and Modern..." by the Reverend Thomas Banks, London, 1787-1790. Flushing, in southwestern Holland. It has been an important harbour for centuries, strategically located between the Scheldt river and the North Sea. It was a harbour of great importance to the Dutch East India Company; and as the construction harbour for the ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
See: NMM: PAD1578.
[Ref: 16469] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange] Henricus Fredericus origin Princepts Auraic Comes Nassauiae, Catzonellibogia [...]
AV Venne pn. W Delphus sc. [in image lower right]
Cum Privilegiosexennio Ord. Conf. Prov. J.P. vande Venne exc. Middelburgens. 1619
Engraving, very fine impression; 17th century watermark, sheet 420 x 305mm (6½ x 12"). Repaired tear on right centre border and on left. Trimmed inside platemark; vertical crease.
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584 - 1647). Frederick Henry was son of William the Silent, the principal leader of the Dutch struggle for independence against Spain. When his half-brother, Maurice Prince of Orange, died in 1625, Frederick became the third hereditary stadholder of the United Dutch Provinces. He married a lady-in-waiting to the exiled Queen of Bohemia. In 1641 their son, William II, married Mary, the daughter of Charles I of Great Britain. The Dutch Wars against the Spanish continued until the end of his reign. Shortly following his death in January 1648, peace was formally declared between the two countries. Engraving after Adriaen van de Venne (1589-1662), Dutch artist and writer based in Middelburg, Zeeland at this time. Impressions of the print were purchased by the States General, the ruling executive of the United Dutch Provinces.
[Ref: 42385] £450.00

[Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, on horseback] Discessus Hispanici Praesidi Traiecti ad Mosam Ao. 1632. Die 23 Augusti.
JM D. Jonge invent J. V. Velde fecit
C. Visscher excudebat
Etching and engraving, 17th century watermark; sheet 215 x 235mm (8½ x 9¼"). Trimmed from larger print and tipped into album sheet.
Left sheet of a six-sheet print of the Spanish garrison withdrawing from Maastricht in 1632. Maastricht was deep in Spanish-held territory when the Dutch commander Frederick Henry, prince of Orange, attempted to capture it, but after a siege lasting more than two months, the Spanish withdrew, allowing the Dutch Republic to gain an important victory in the Dutch War of Independence against the Spanish.
[Ref: 42610] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Robert de Fries.
[Hendrik Halma][c.1725.]
Engraving. Sheet: 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9½''). Trimmed.
A full-length portrait of Robert de Fries (1029-1093) set in a decorative border. De Fries served as regent of the Netherlands between 1063 and 1070 on behalf of the underage Dirk V.
[Ref: 49708] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Femme Noble de Frize.
Tire de L'Abbe Chape.
A.D.P.R. A Paris chez Duflos rue St. Victor. [n.d., c.1787]
Engraving with strong contemporary colour and a gold leaf line border. 272 x 168mm.
[Ref: 2017] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Joan Willem Friso, Prins van Oranje, enz. enz. enz.]
[J. Houbraken sculp.]
[n.d. c.1752]
Engraving, proof before all letters. 357 x 226mm (14" x 9"). Some light spotting.
Portrait of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange; half-length turned to the left with long, curled hair, wearing armour; in lettered oval decorated with a crown of walls and a branch from an orange tree; below a battle scene surrounded by objects of war. A portrait after Herman Hendrik Quiter, engraved for a series 'Portraits of Stadholders and their Family'.
[Ref: 8452] £360.00

Guillau.me Char.le Hen.ri Friso Prince D'Orange et Nassau. Willem Carel hendrik, friso, Prince van Orang en Nassau.
Aved pictor R. galliæ Christ.mi pinxit. Balechou sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1764.]
Engraving. Sheet: 395 x 290mm (15½ x 11½''). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of William IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau (1711-1751), the first hereditary Stadholder, son of John William Friso.
[Ref: 49285] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Perystile de l'université à Gand. Peristile of the University of Ghent.
H. Borremans, del. et lith. Déposée. Lith de P. Degobert à Bruxelles.
A Gand chez J. Pellizzaro, Marchand d'Estampes, Rue du Soleil, No.3.
Lithograph. 272 x 330mm (10¾ x 13").
The grand portico and facade of Ghent University, Belgium, by Louis Roelandt, a Belgian architect who played an important role in the evolution of Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Classical architecture in Belgium. Published in Brussels.
See Ref: 11671 for india laid.
[Ref: 52391] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Court of the Prince Statholder of Holland, and of the Assembly of the States General, at the Hague. Vüe de la Cour du Prince Statholder d'Hollande, et de l'Assemblée des Etats generaux, à la Haye.
P. Vanryne delin.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whttle, 53 Fleet Street.
Coloured engraving. 255 x 395mm (10 x 15½"). Some creasing.
A view of the Binnenhof, the political centre of the Hague. The contemporary hand colour is particularly fine.
[Ref: 20719] £350.00

[Noordeinde Palace, The Hague.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving with original colour. Sheet 225 x 410mm, 9 x 16". Trimmed and laid on card for use with a zograscope (an optical viewer).
Noordeinde Palace in the Hague, one of the three official palaces of the Dutch royal family, originally known as the Oude Hof.
[Ref: 27898] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

View at the Hague.
Publish'd by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1814.
Very fine coloured aquatint with small margins. 305 x 400mm (12 x 15¾"). Watermarked 'J Whatman 1811'.
A view of the Binnenhof, home of the of the States General of the Netherlands, from Robert Bowyer's 'Triumphs in Europe, in the Campaigns of the Years 1812, 1813, 1814 commemorated by a Series of Twelve Views...', which celebrated (prematurely) the end of the Napoleonic Wars. This work was republished the following year as 'An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe', and again with an sister publication 'The Campaign of Waterloo' from 1816. The 1811 watermark suggests this example is from the 'Triumphs'.
[Ref: 35510] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Court of the Prince Statholder of Holland, and of the Assembly of the States General, at the Hague. Vüe de la Cour du Prince Statholder d'Hollande, et de l'Assemblée des Etats generaux, à la Haye.
P. Vanryne delin.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 Fleet Street.
Engraving with fine hand colour, 18th century watermark. 255 x 395mm (10 x 15½"). Tear and some creasing in margins only.
A view of the Binnenhof, the political centre of the Hague.
[Ref: 49991] £350.00

[Dignitaries in the Great Audience Hall at the Hague] De Groote Gehoor-Zaal in den Haag, n den Welken De-Heeren Staaten Generaal [...]
D. Marot del et fecit [1697]
Etching and engraving, sheet 360 x 680mm (14¼ x 26¾"). Trimmed; folded. Top & bottom laid on album sheet.
Meeting of officials and dignitaries in the Binnenhof complex of buildings in the Hague, Netherlands, with detailed explanatory key.
[Ref: 42594] £380.00

A Front View of the Prince of Orange's House in the Wood, near the Hague. Vue du Front de la Maison dans le Bois de Son Altesse Serenissime le Prince d'Orange Stadhouder des Provinces Unies; &c.&c.&c. Dediee a Son Altesse Serenissime le Prince d'Orange Stadhouder des Provinces Unies, &c.&c.&c. Par S.A.S. le Tres Humble & Tres Obeissant Serviteur. Robt. Sayer.
[London, Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1755.]
Original hand coloured etching and engraving, image 240 x 380mm. 9½ x 15".
The residence of William V Batavus, Prince of Orange and Nassau-Dietz (1748 – 1806), the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, near The Hague in the Netherlands.
[Ref: 9588] £330.00

11.e Vüe Des Environs de Harlem.
Veroter Inv. Del.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. 172 x 261mm. 6¾ x 10¼". Trimmed to the platemark. Slightly dirt stained.
Harlem, a city in northern Holland. A scene probably along the River Spaarne, men on the river bank chatting, other boats on the river, and sailing vessels in the background.
[Ref: 16486] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Haven van Harlingen, van de Zuiderzee te zien. Port de Harlingue, pris du coté du Zuiderzee. Tiré de la Collections des Ports d'Hollande dessinés par M'D'D jong dans le meme port.
Dk de Jong, ad vivum delin. A. Suntach Direxit. No.19 [top right]
[n.d. c.1800.]
Copper engraving. Plate 198 x 236mm. 7¾ x 9¼". Some creasing.
Harlingen, a city in Northern Holland. It is known for its long history of fishing and shipping.
See: NMM: PAF7388. for larger engraving by Sallieth.
[Ref: 16473] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer, een Zedighe doch moedighe Heldinne van treffelijcken huyse binnen Haerlem, out 46 jaren, die int belegh 1572, als Kapitein met bus, spies en geweer drie hondert Vrouwen, tegen de Spagnierts opvoerde.
[Engraved by Pieter Hendricksz. Schut?]
[n.d., c.1650.]
Etching. Sheet 185 x 115mm (7¼ x 4½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Full length portrait of Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer (1526-88), a Haarlem wood merchant who is said to have led a company of 300 fighting women during the Spanish siege of the city in 1573, although a contemporary account only describes her as an unusually fearless woman who worked night and day carrying earth to the city walls to rebuild the defences.
Rijksmuseum RP-P-AO-9-32-2-1.
[Ref: 59834] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Two young servant-girls; one balancing two baskets on her shoulders.]
Anton Forster [pencil signature.]
[Continental, n.d., c.1910-1920.]
Etching on india paper, from a limited edition, signed and numbered '14/100' by the artist in pencil. 155 x 130mm, 6 x 5". Margins lightly spotted; a good impression overall.
The two female subjects in this attractive composition are wearing wooden clogs; this would indicate a Dutch setting. Traditional clogs were often worn for heavy labour, and today they remain in use as protective clothing in agriculture and in some factories and mines. Little seems to be known about the artist, who worked on the Continent around the time of the First World War.
[Ref: 27225] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Appreciation of Ladies' Art] Eene dames Kunstbeschouwing in de Kunstzaal der Maatschappij "Arti et Amicitiae".
C. Rochussen del. Joh.s de Mare sculps. Gedrucht door J.F. Brugman.
Vereeniging tot bevordering van Beeldende Kunsten 1851.
Rare steel engraving. 310 x 350mm (12¼ x 13¾"), Trimmed to plate at top, tear in marinb taped, some slight surface damage.
An art appreciation meeting of the Maatschappij Arti et Amicitiae (Society for Art and Friendship), focused on art by women. The society was founded in 1839, on the Rokin in Amsterdam. This meeting was held in the exhibition room on the first floor designed by Marinus van Elven Geradur Tetar.
[Ref: 57393] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Vuë de la Ville de la Haye en Hollande, 1760.
A Paris chez Mondhard rue S. Jacques à l'Hotel Sammur.
Coloured etching, 18th century watermark. 240 x 410mm (9½ x 16"). Trimmed to image at top, re-margined with old paper, repaired tear.
A winter's scene, with men playing 'Colf', a fore-runner of golf, on the ice. The Hague is in the background, two windmills to the right.
[Ref: 52921] £320.00

[Pair of portraits of Isabella van Asche and Justus van Meerstraeten] EFFIGIES DOM:AE ISABELLAE VAN ASSCHE, UXORIS AMP: VIRI, DNI IUSTI DE MERSTRATEN, DUM VIVERET, SYNDICI URBIS BRUXELLENSIS. [&] EFFIGIES AMP: VIRI DNI IUSTI DE MERSTRATEN, DUM VIVERET, SYNDICI URBIS BRUXELLENSIS.
Ant: van Dyck pinxit. IFLeonart fecit Bruxell.
[n.d. c.1680]
Pair of mezzotints, sheets 375 x 290mm (14¾ x 11½"). Isabella trimmed within plate, creasing, Meerstraten fine with large margins, on 17th century watermarked paper, both tipped into album sheets at sides.
Three-quarter length portraits of Jurist and prominent member of the Brussels magistracy, Justus van Meerstraeten (d.1639) and his wife Isabella van Asche (fl.1636).
[Ref: 61609] £480.00 view all images for this item

[John II] Iohanni Imo successit Comes Hannoniæ Iohannes Aveniensis, Hollandiæ, &c. [...]
[C. Visscher sculp.]
[Haarlem: Pieter Soutman, c.1650.]
Etching with engraving. 410 x 295mm (16 x 11½") very large margins Margins chipped and damaged on right.
Head and shoulders portrait of John II (1247-1304), Count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland, from Cornelis Visscher's series, 'Counts of Holland, Zeeland and West-Frisia', first published by Pieter Soutman in 1650. This second state has Visscher's name removed.
BM 1871,0812.550.
[Ref: 62539] £320.00

[The Surrender of Julich] Rendicion de Breda al Marques de Espínosa. El cuadro original existe en el R.l Museo de Madrid.
J. Leonardo lo pintó. Jollivet lo lit.o. J. de Madrazo lo dirigió.
[Imp. en el R.l Est.o lit.o de Madrid.] [n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet 370 x 450mm (14½ x 17¾"), with blindstamp in inscription area. Trimmed into inscription, laid on album paper.
Despite the title, this lithograph shows the surrender of Jülich in 1622, during the Eighty Years' War, with the Spanish commander Ambrosio Spínola receiving the keys to the city from the governor. The original painting by José Leonardo (1601-52) is now in the Prado Museum. This lithograph is from the 'Colección lithographica de cuadros del rey de España el señor Fernando VII'.
BM: 1858,0417.870. From a scrapbook compiled by Rev. Willaim Bradford (1780-1857), Chaplain and war artist during the Peninsula Wars.
[Ref: 33305] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Haasje Klaas Dogter, int Paradys; Stigteresje van't Burger Weeshuys.]
[by Jacob Houbraken.]
[Amsterdam: n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving, proof before letters. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), large margins.
Haesje Claes (1475-before 1544), said to be the founder of the Burgerweeshuis, the civic orphanage of Amsterdam.
Ver Huell: Jacobus Houbraken et son oeuvre, 247.
[Ref: 59783] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

A View on the Maese, near Maestricht. From the Original Picture painted by Adrian Cuyp, in the Collection of the Right Honble. the Earl of Bute; To Whom this Plate is most humbly Dedicated, by his Lordship's most Obliged, and most Obedient humble Servant, J. Boydell. Size of the Picture, 5 feet by 8 F in Length. No.12.
Adrian Cuyp Pinxit. Will.m Elliott Sculpsit.
Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside, London; December 1st. 1764.
Engraving. 405 x 605mm (16 x 23¾"), with wide margins.
A fine pastoral landscape with shepherds and their cattle near trees in left foreground, the River Maas with town in right background.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38276] £520.00

[Zonneberg caves.] S.t Pieters Bergh bÿ Mastricht, soo als hem die onder de Aerde vertoont.
Jan Luyken invenit et fecit.
[n.d., 1682.]
Rare etching. Sheet 170 x 280mm (6¾ x 11). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom. Small wormhole bottom centre.
A view of the Zonneberg caves, limestone quarries under Sint Pietersberg near Mastricht. Many men are working.
[Ref: 59402] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Marianne, Prinzessin Albrecht Von Preussen. Geb: Prinzessin der Niederlande.
[Illegible signature in plate.] n.d. Nat. gez. v. F. Kruger.
Verlag von C.G. Luderitz. [n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph on india laid paper, Creased right margin, with tear.
Princess Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Charlotte Marianne of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (1810 - 1883); by birth Princess of the Kingdom of the United Netherlands and by marriage Princess of the Kingdom of Prussia. In The Hague on 14 September 1830, Marianne married her first cousin Prince Albert of Prussia (1809 - 1872), the fourth son of her mother's brother, King Frederick William III of Prussia. Publisher's blindstamp.
[Ref: 12386] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[The Departure of Matthias I from the Netherlands.] Dess Durchleuchttichsten Ertzhertzogen Mattheis Q. von den Niderlanden außzug.
[engraved by Frans Hogenberg]
[Cologne, n.d., c.1581.]
Engraving, 16th century watermark; 215 x 280mm (8½ x 7"). Top edge with tears entering plate taped.
Matthias (1557-1619) was invited to become Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands in 1578 by the rebelling Dutch, against the will of his uncle, Spanish king Phillip II. He left the county when the Seventeen Provinces declared themselves a republic in 1581; he ruled as Holy Roman Emperor from 1612 to 1619, during this time the imperial capital moved from Prague to Vienna. From the 'Geschichtsblätter' (history sheets) published by Franz and Abraham Hogenberg between 1570 and 1610.
[Ref: 62292] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Ioannes Meursius Ser. Daniæ Regis Historiograph, & Hi.st Ac Pol.it in Acad Sora.na Prof. Æternitatem Cogita. Anno 1631 Ætat 52. Non ego divitias, nec honores, opto, Jehoua, te timeam, voti est hæc mihi summa mei.
Sereniss. Daniæ, Novegiæ &c Regis sculptor Sim: de Pas fecit.
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 100mm (6 x 4''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of Dutch classical scholar and antiquary Johannes Meursius (1579-1639).
[Ref: 50314] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Middelburg, de gelukkigste Koopstadt van geheel zeelant, gelegen op het eilant Walcheren. Medioburgum, zelandiae urbs praecipus, nobile Emporium.
Pet: Schenk Amst. C.P.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Copper engraving, fine. Plate 215 x 267mm. 8½ x 10½".
A view of Middleburg, in the province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. It was one of the three foritified towns erected on Walcheren to guard against the Viking raids. Here it is important for the Dutch East India comapny with storehouses along the canals. The impressive and maginificent Town Hall stands in the background.
NMM: PAD1586.
[Ref: 20812] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Jean Maurice Comte de Nassau, Gouverneur du Brésil Conquis par les Provinces-Unies, emsuite Général de la Cavalerie de la République.
Ingouf Sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed to printed border, paper toned.
Half-length portrait of Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen (1604-79), governor of the Dutch possessions in Brazil (1636-44), in armour and sash. He became rich by running the sugar plantations with slave labour. His need for slaves was so great he took Elmina, the famous slave fort in Ghana, from the Portuguese in 1637.
[Ref: 47544] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Elmina. Costume hollandais.
Numa pinxt. Imp. Lemercier. Bettannier & Regnier lith.
[Paris: H. Gache & London: J. Bouvier, n.d., c.1845.]
Lithograph in fine contemporary colour by hand, image 250 x 195mm. 9¾ x 7¾". Margins trimmed [through publisher's imprint].
A woman in historical Dutch dress posing with riding crop in a formal garden; balustrade and urn with flowers behind. From a series of national costume plates.
[Ref: 23941] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Natives of Holland, with their Diversions during the Winter Season. Engraved for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography.
Vanloo pinx.t. Roberts sculp.
[Hogg c.1782.]
Engraving. Plate: 290 x 170mm (11½ x 6¾'') large margins.
A scene showing various winter activities on a frozen lake in the Low Countries; they include an early form of golf with wooden clubs, and women being pulled across the ice on a sleigh. Tents and windmills in the distance. In distinctive decorative border, from George Henry Millar's 'The new and universal System of Geography, being a complete history and description of the whole world. ...' 1782.
[Ref: 49323] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

La Hollande.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching, pt 18th century watermark. Plate 190 x 140mm (7½ x 5½"), with large margins. Slightly foxed.
A rococo design representing the Netherlands, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 59308] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Ade, fille de Thiery Cse. de Hollande. Tire de l'hre. Genale.de Hollde.
Touze
A Paris Chez Duflos rue St. Victor. [n.d. c.1787]
Engraving with hand colour. 282 x 171mm.
Strong contemporary colour in gold leaf line surround. ['A.D.P.R.' (Avec Privilege Du Roi) inscribed lower right].
[Ref: 1921] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Bonte-Koe Van Hoorn.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 215 x 140mm. 8½ x 5½". Cut and pasted over another portrait.
Willem Ysbrandtsz Bontekoe (1587-1657) was a skipper in the Dutch East India Company, who only made one voyage for the company between 1618 and 1625. He wrote a famous journal of his adventures in East Indies.
[Ref: 15721] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Iacob Cats Out LXXVII Iaren. Anno MDCLV. Alle de Wercken van I. Cats Ridder etc.
N Venne invent. M Mosyn sculp.
[t'Amsterdam, By Johannes Ratelband, de Weduwe Jan van Heekeren Hermanus Uytwerf, Isaak van der Putte, 's Gravenhage, Pieter van Thol en Pieter Husson. n.d. c.1726.]
Engraving. Collector's mark on verso. Plate 315 x 197mm. 12½ x 7¾".
Jacob Cats (1577-1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. This is the frontispiece to a posthumous publication of the works of Cats in "Alle de Wercken van den Heere Jacob Cats; Ridder, oudt raadtpensionaris van Hollandt. &c. Waar in het Twee-en-tachtig Jaarig Leeven des Dichters; beneffens desselfs Slaapeloose Nachten, met Printverbeeldingen sijn verrijkt".
Ex Collection: W.B. Dukes (architect, d.1942.) Lugt: 2757a.
[Ref: 20150] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Iacob Cats Out LXXVII Iaren. Anno MDCLV. Alle de Wercken van I. Cats Ridder etc. [On verso:] Verhael hoe de Schrijver driederhande tanden in sijn mon heest beomen, p.97...De verrijsenis der gestorvenen geest troost voor de gene die sterven, pag.176, &c. Ghebedt voor den stervenden mensche en befluyt van't werck, pag.181.
N Venne invent. M Mosyn sculp.
[t'Amsterdam, By Johannes Ratelband, de Weduwe Jan van Heekeren Hermanus Uytwerf, Isaak van der Putte, 's Gravenhage, Pieter van Thol en Pieter Husson. n.d. c.1726.]
Engraving and letterpress on verso. Collector's mark on verso. 330 x 204mm. 13 x 8". Trimmed.
Jacob Cats (1577-1660) was a Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. Frontispage to a posthumous publication of the works of Cats in "Alle de Wercken van den Heere Jacob Cats; Ridder, oudt raadtpensionaris van Hollandt. &c. Waar in het Twee-en-tachtig Jaarig Leeven des Dichters; beneffens desselfs Slaapeloose Nachten, met Printverbeeldingen sijn verrijkt". On verso is printed letterpress as contents page with page descriptions and numbering.
Ex Collection: W.B. Dukes (architect, d.1942.) Lugt: 2757a.
[Ref: 20151] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Fleuran I. Comte de Hollande. Tiree de l'Histoire Generale de Hollande.
Touze
A Paris chez Duflos rue St. Victor. [n.d. c.1787]
Engraving with hand colour. 297 x 168mm.
Strong contemporary colour in gold leaf line surround. ['A.D.P.R.' (Avec Privilege Du Roi) inscribed lower right].
[Ref: 2026] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Netherlands] Frederick Henry and Emilia Van Solms, Prince and Princess of Orange. In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire.
Ja: Jordaens pinxt. J.V. Rymsdyk fecit.
J. Boydell excudit, 1767.
Mezzotint, 505 x 410mm. 19¾ x 16". Surface slightly scuffed/rubbed. Tear along right platemark.
Double portrait of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584 - 1647) standing, and Amalia van Solms, Princess of Orange (1602 - 1675) seated to left. They are placed in an interior with a parrot on a bar across the top of an arched window behind the princess, and a little toy dog at the prince's feet. After Jacob Jordaens (1593 - 1678), painter and etcher in Antwerp. Frederick Henry was son of William the Silent, the principal leader of the Dutch struggle for indendence against Spain. When his half-brother, Maurice Prince of Orange, died in 1625, Frederick became the third hereditary stadholder of the United Dutch Provinces. He married a lady-in-waiting to the exiled Queen of Bohemia, and their son, William II, married in 1641 Mary, the daughter of Charles I of Great Britain. The Dutch Wars against the Spanish continued until the end of his reign. Shortly following his death in January 1648, peace was formally declared between the two countries. With a crest bearing the motto 'Cavendo Tutus', and dimensions of the original painting lower left.
Chaloner Smith (1).II
[Ref: 10407] £650.00

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