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Thomas Armstrong. Binnen Londen, genhangen en gevierendeelt.
[Jan Luyken.] I.L.
[n.d., c.1684.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 180 x 135mm (7 x 5¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
A scene depicting the aftermath of the execution of Thomas Armstrong (c.1633 - 1684), English army officer and politician. Following his alleged involvement in the Rye House Plot in 1683, Armstrong was convicted of high treason and executed by being hanged, drawn, and quartered. The image shows his body being cut limb from limb. His head was affixed to Westminster Hall, three of his quarters were displayed in London, and the fourth at Stafford.
[Ref: 67635] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[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 Maastricht. Many men are working.
[Ref: 59402] £190.00
(£228.00 incl.VAT)
Sodom door't Vuur Vergaan. Gen. XIX.
P. Mortier edit. Cum Privileg. Pag. 18.
[n.d. 1708] by Pierre Mortier and
Engraving. 345 x 425mm (13½ x 16¾"). Trimmed to plate. Vertical crease down centre as normal.
'Sodom perished by fire', referring to the city of Sodom mentioned in the Book of Genesis and throughout the Hebrew Bible. In Genesis the men of Sodom are described as 'wicked and sinners' and are destroyed by divine order with 'brimstone and fire'.
[Ref: 53976] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Steenwyk door den graef van Rennenberg vergeefs belegert in den Jaaren MDLXXX, en MDLXXXI.
Jan Luyken invenit. et fecit.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving, rare. Sheet 275 x 345mm, 11 x 13¾". Mounted on album paper, torn.
A view of the city of Steenwijk under siege by George van Lalaing, count Rennenberg (c. 1550-81), with troop battling around the main gate. The Protestant Netherlands were in revolt against their Catholic Spanish overlords, but as a Catholic himself, Renneberg fought for the Spanish. He failed to capture Steenwijk and was killed at Groningen in 1581. His replacement, Francisco Verdugo, captured Steenwijk in 1582.
[Ref: 26731] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Uit-lesing vande Tienden der Kudde.
[Jan Luyken.]
[n.d., c.1683.]
Engraving. Plate: 145 x 295mm (5¾ x 11½'').
A print showing shepherds tending their flock. By Dutch printmaker Jan Luyken (1649-1712).
[Ref: 49658] £110.00
(£132.00 incl.VAT)
[Walrus Hunt.] Tocht naer Nova Zemla in den Jaere MDXCVI.
Jan Luyken invent et fecte.
[n.d., c.1679.]
Engraving. Plate: 280 x 350mm (11 x 13¾''). Repairs and creasing in borders. Small margins made up.
An illustration from Pieter Bor's ''Nederlandsche Oologen''. The scene shows a boat full of sailors attacking a walrus near Magdalenefjorden in Norway during an expedition to Novaya Zemlya.
[Ref: 48309] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
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