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[The marriage of the parents of Marie de Medici.]
CL Moyaert Inv. Nolpe fecit.
[Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1638.]
Etching, 17th century watermark; 295 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"). Outside margin messy.
The marriage of Francisco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Johanna of Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, in 1565. Published in Caspar Barlaeus' ''Medicea Hospes'', a collection of 16 plates of ceremonies relating to the life of their daughter Marie de' Medici who, as queen to Henry IV of France, visited Amsterdam in September 1638.
[Ref: 54300] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Colloquy of Poissy] Le Colloque tenu à Poissy, le 9 Decembre 1561.
J. Tortorel fecit.
[c.1570.]
Rare woodcut. Sheet 365 x 500mm (14½ x 19¾"). Split in centre fold bottom.
The Colloquy of Poissy, a conference held 9th September - 14th October 1561, intended to reconcile the Catholics and Hugenots of France, a decade before the infamous massacre of St Bartholomew in 1572. It was attended by 11-year-old Charles IX ('A' in the key) and his mother, Catherine de' Medici ('B') and the King and Queen of Navarre ('E' & 'F'). Engraved by Jacques Tortorel as plate 11 of 'Histoires diverses qui sont mémorables touchant les Guerres, Massacres & Troubles advenus en France en ces dernières années', 1569-70, a series of thirty-nine illustrations (plus title-page & foreword).
[Ref: 54297] £480.00
[Coronation of William & Mary] Der Königl. Krönungs-Actus Wilhelm III und Maria in England, zu London.
Frankfurt: Heirs of Matthäus Merian, 1689.
Etching. 310 x 375mm (12¼ x 14¾"). Narrow margins, repaired tears.
The coronation of William III and Mary II at Westminster Abbey on 11 April 1689.
[Ref: 54670] £320.00
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