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Ioannes Balaeus. Haec est Balaei facies generosa Britanni, Cuius dicuntur Bibliotheca libri, Haec fraudes aperit multas, scelera impia multa Papae, quem dicit nequitiae esse Patrem.
Hh [etched in plate at top right.]
Cum privil. [n.d. c.1599, but later?.]
Engraving. 172 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾".
Portrait of John Bale, half length to left, long beard, wearing cap and gown; Dutch letterpress on verso. Illustration to Jacob Verheiden's "Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies" (The Hague: 1602). John Bale, Bishop of Ossory (1495-1563) was a Protestant controversialist. From a series of fifty-one book-illustrations showing portraits by Hendrik Hondius I (Hollstein 156-208). The set was first published in 1599 by the artist and re-published between 1602 and 1604 by Nieulandt and Janssen.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25201] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Hh [etched in plate at top right.]
Cum privil. [n.d. c.1599, but later?.]
Engraving. 172 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾".
Portrait of John Bale, half length to left, long beard, wearing cap and gown; Dutch letterpress on verso. Illustration to Jacob Verheiden's "Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies" (The Hague: 1602). John Bale, Bishop of Ossory (1495-1563) was a Protestant controversialist. From a series of fifty-one book-illustrations showing portraits by Hendrik Hondius I (Hollstein 156-208). The set was first published in 1599 by the artist and re-published between 1602 and 1604 by Nieulandt and Janssen.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25201] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Guillielmus Farellus. Gallica mirata est Calvinum Ecclesia semper, Que nemo docuit doctius. Est quoque te semper mirata Farelle tonantem Quo nemo tonuit fortuis.
H. fe. [Hendrik Hondius.]
Cum privil. [n.d. c.1599.]
Engraving, with Latin letterpress on verso. Plate 171 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾".
Portrait of Guillaume Farel, half length slightly turned to left, wearing cap and gown. Illustration to Jacob Verheiden's "Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies", a series of fifty-one book-illustrations showing portraits by Hendrik Hondius I. The set was first published in 1599 by the artist and re-published between 1602 and 1604 by Nieulandt and Janssen. Guillaume Farel (1488-1565) was a reformer and preacher who fled France during the religious persecutions of 1523, and settled in French-speaking Switzerland, where he introduced the Reformation. Together with Calvin they reformed the churches of Geneva.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25369] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
H. fe. [Hendrik Hondius.]
Cum privil. [n.d. c.1599.]
Engraving, with Latin letterpress on verso. Plate 171 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾".
Portrait of Guillaume Farel, half length slightly turned to left, wearing cap and gown. Illustration to Jacob Verheiden's "Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies", a series of fifty-one book-illustrations showing portraits by Hendrik Hondius I. The set was first published in 1599 by the artist and re-published between 1602 and 1604 by Nieulandt and Janssen. Guillaume Farel (1488-1565) was a reformer and preacher who fled France during the religious persecutions of 1523, and settled in French-speaking Switzerland, where he introduced the Reformation. Together with Calvin they reformed the churches of Geneva.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25369] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![Jan Gossaert] Joanni Mabusio Pictori.](jpegs/45374.jpg)
Jan Gossaert] Joanni Mabusio Pictori.
Hi ex [engraved by Henrick Hondius.]
[n.d., c.1610.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 120mm (8¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, to plate at bottom.
Portrait of Jan Gossaert (1478-1532), Flemish painter, printmaker and draughtsman who introduced classical themes with nude figures to the Netherlands. From Hondius's 'Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium', portraits of celebrated painters.
[Ref: 45374] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Hi ex [engraved by Henrick Hondius.]
[n.d., c.1610.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 120mm (8¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, to plate at bottom.
Portrait of Jan Gossaert (1478-1532), Flemish painter, printmaker and draughtsman who introduced classical themes with nude figures to the Netherlands. From Hondius's 'Pictorum Aliquot Celebrium', portraits of celebrated painters.
[Ref: 45374] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Nata IIII Die Novemb. MDCXXXI. Illustrissima D. Maria Principissa Magnae Britanniae. Etc.
Ant: van Dyck Eques pinxit: 1641. Henr: hondius Sculp: et excudit.
[n.d. c.1650.]
Rare engraving, 17th century watermark. 260 x 203mm (10¼ x 8"). Cut, damaged.
Portrait of Princess Mary as a child, half-length turned towards left but looking at the viewer, with curled hair, pearl necklace, gown with broad collar edged with lace; in lettered oval; after Anthony van Dyck. Mary, Princess of Orange (1631-1660); Daughter of Charles I (q.v.) and Henrietta Maria (q.v.); 1641 married William II, Prince of Orange (q.v.); mother of William III (q.v.) King of England.
Collector's Stamp: L.1304: Henry de Triqueti (1802-1847; painter and sculptor).
[Ref: 52510] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Ant: van Dyck Eques pinxit: 1641. Henr: hondius Sculp: et excudit.
[n.d. c.1650.]
Rare engraving, 17th century watermark. 260 x 203mm (10¼ x 8"). Cut, damaged.
Portrait of Princess Mary as a child, half-length turned towards left but looking at the viewer, with curled hair, pearl necklace, gown with broad collar edged with lace; in lettered oval; after Anthony van Dyck. Mary, Princess of Orange (1631-1660); Daughter of Charles I (q.v.) and Henrietta Maria (q.v.); 1641 married William II, Prince of Orange (q.v.); mother of William III (q.v.) King of England.
Collector's Stamp: L.1304: Henry de Triqueti (1802-1847; painter and sculptor).
[Ref: 52510] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Quintinus Mesius Anver: Pianus Pictor. Ante faber fueram Cyclopeus; ast ubi mecum, Ex aequo pictor coepit amars1 procus: Seque graves tuditum tonitrus postferre silenti, Peniculo obiecit cauta puella mihi: Pictorem me fecit amor. tudes innuit illud, Exiguus, tabulis quae nota certa meis, Sic ubi Vulcanum nato Venus arma rogarat, Pictorem e fabro summe Poeta facis.
Hh ex. [n.d. c.1610.]
Engraving, rare. 202 x 121mm. 8 x 4¾". Glued to backing sheet
Quentin Matsys (1466-1529) was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp School. In the background a blacksmith and his forge, alluding to the legend that Matsys trained as a blacksmith before becoming a painter. Copy in same direction as Cock 1572 engraved Pictorum.
In the Courtauld Gallery.
[Ref: 24828] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Hh ex. [n.d. c.1610.]
Engraving, rare. 202 x 121mm. 8 x 4¾". Glued to backing sheet
Quentin Matsys (1466-1529) was a painter in the Flemish tradition and a founder of the Antwerp School. In the background a blacksmith and his forge, alluding to the legend that Matsys trained as a blacksmith before becoming a painter. Copy in same direction as Cock 1572 engraved Pictorum.
In the Courtauld Gallery.
[Ref: 24828] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Phiippus Melanchthon.
AD [monogram of Albrecht Dürer] inventor. H. [Hendrick Hondius] fe.
[The Hague, 1602.]
Engraving. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½") very large margins. Small abrasion in print surface top left, spotting.
Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt, 1497-1560), a German reformer who collaborated with Martin Luther. From Jacob Verheiden's ''Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies''.
[Ref: 63330] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
AD [monogram of Albrecht Dürer] inventor. H. [Hendrick Hondius] fe.
[The Hague, 1602.]
Engraving. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½") very large margins. Small abrasion in print surface top left, spotting.
Philipp Melanchthon (born Philipp Schwartzerdt, 1497-1560), a German reformer who collaborated with Martin Luther. From Jacob Verheiden's ''Praestantium aliquot theologorum ... effigies''.
[Ref: 63330] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Sebastianus Munsterus.
H. [monogram of Hendrick Hondius] f.
[Amsterdam c.1600.]
Engraving with very large margins. 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾").
Portrait of the German cartographer, Sebastian Münster. (1488-1552), best known for his work 'Cosmographia', one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. Although Lutheran he was Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel, and edited a Hebrew bible, adding a a Latin translation.
[Ref: 29718] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H. [monogram of Hendrick Hondius] f.
[Amsterdam c.1600.]
Engraving with very large margins. 170 x 120mm (6¾ x 4¾").
Portrait of the German cartographer, Sebastian Münster. (1488-1552), best known for his work 'Cosmographia', one of the most successful and popular books of the 16th century. Although Lutheran he was Professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel, and edited a Hebrew bible, adding a a Latin translation.
[Ref: 29718] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Forum Modernis Aedificiis. LL.
P. de vriese inv.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. Plate 185 x 285mm. 7¼ x 11¼".
From "Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale." This book was an important Dutch contribution to the theory of perspective.
[Ref: 16105] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
P. de vriese inv.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. Plate 185 x 285mm. 7¼ x 11¼".
From "Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale." This book was an important Dutch contribution to the theory of perspective.
[Ref: 16105] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Cubiculum Introspicientibus Modernum. MM.
[Paul Vrededman de Vries.]
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. Plate 185 x 285mm. 7¼ x 11¼".
From "Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale." This book was an important Dutch contribution to the theory of perspective.
[Ref: 16106] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Paul Vrededman de Vries.]
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. Plate 185 x 285mm. 7¼ x 11¼".
From "Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale." This book was an important Dutch contribution to the theory of perspective.
[Ref: 16106] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Templum Introspicientibus Modernum. OO.
Henr. Hondius Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. Plate 191 x 287mm. 7½ x 11¼".
From "Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale." This book was an important Dutch contribution to the theory of perspective.
[Ref: 16107] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Henr. Hondius Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. Plate 191 x 287mm. 7½ x 11¼".
From "Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale." This book was an important Dutch contribution to the theory of perspective.
[Ref: 16107] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Templum intro-spicientibus modernum. NN.
I. de vriese inv.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. Plate 192 x 281mm. 7½ x 11".
From "Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale." This book was an important Dutch contribution to the theory of perspective.
[Ref: 16108] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
I. de vriese inv.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Copper engraving. Plate 192 x 281mm. 7½ x 11".
From "Les cinq rangs de l'architecture, a savoir, Tuscane, dorique, ionique, corinthiaque et composée avec l'instruction fondamentale." This book was an important Dutch contribution to the theory of perspective.
[Ref: 16108] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Solar Eclipse] Luna velut fratri propius coniuncta, perisse Stultis videtur funditus,](jpegs/56814.jpg)
[Solar Eclipse] Luna velut fratri propius coniuncta, perisse Stultis videtur funditus, / Quae tamen admoti spectat quâ lumina Solis, / Longè refulget clarior. / Sic periisse pii vulgo qui morte videntur, / Absit perisse dixerim, / Ipso qui potiùs Christo propriore potiti, / Quod quaesierunt obtinent.
[Hendrik Hondius.]
[n.d., c.1599.]
Etching with engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate. Laid on paper at edges.
An illustration of a solar eclipse with eight lines of engraved verse, used as an allegory of the conflict of Protestants and the Catholic Church. From Hendrik Hondius's 'Icones virorum'.
[Ref: 56814] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Hendrik Hondius.]
[n.d., c.1599.]
Etching with engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate. Laid on paper at edges.
An illustration of a solar eclipse with eight lines of engraved verse, used as an allegory of the conflict of Protestants and the Catholic Church. From Hendrik Hondius's 'Icones virorum'.
[Ref: 56814] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)