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[Collection of plates from ''Les Vrais Pourtraits de quelques unes des plus grandes dames de la Chrestiente, desguisees en Bergeres''.]
[Collection of plates from ''Les Vrais Pourtraits de quelques unes des plus grandes dames de la Chrestiente, desguisees en Bergeres''.]
[Crispijn van de Passe the younger.]
[Amsterdam: Joost Broersz for the author, n.d., c.1640.]
19th century scrapbook, half morocco gilt with marbled boards, all edges gilt, containing an etched titlepage and 51 engraved portraits (of 72) plus one unrelated engraving. Title trimmed to plate, portraits trimmed, losing inscriptions, lacking accompanying text.
A collection of portrait of 17th century women, mostly dressed as shepherdesses. The 'Vrais Poutraits' was issued in four parts: I & II contained 'les Damoiselles Nobles & Dames de Qualité'; III 'les Pourtraits des Femmes et Filles d'honorable Marchants'; & IV 'Le Choeur des Muses, avec leur Chansons a l'honneur des vertueuses Femmes et Filles'. The portraits were engraved in pairs on 36 plates; the titles (here excised) gave no clues to the identities of the sitters, which had to be guessed from the accompanying letterpress verse. Crispijn van de Passe the younger (1594-1670).
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Jo.s Caius Medicus.
Jo.s Caius Medicus.
[n.d., 1620.]
Engaving. Sheet 150 x 115mm (6 x 4½"). Trimmed to image at sides, laid on album paper.
John Caius (born John Kays, 1510-73), physician, nine times president of the College of Physicians, and second founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He obtained the grant for the college to receive the bodies of executed criminals for dissection, helping in the advance of anatomical knowledge.
[Ref: 44095]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)

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[Francis Drake]
[Francis Drake] Franciscus Drake Miles Auratus [...]
[Crispijn de Passe, 1620.]
Engraving, sheet 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). Trimmed; laid on album sheet.
Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) the most famous of all English seafarers, his hand on a globe. Drake earned his fame and fortune through his skilful seamanship and outstandindingly successful piracy. His circumnavigation of the globe from 1577-81 involved a number of very profitable raids on Spanish ships and ports. His increasingly frequent and serious attacks during the 1580s were an important factor contributing to Philip II's decision to launch the Armada against English in 1588. Drake served as vice-admiral of the English fleet which defeated the Armada. By Dutch engraver, draughtsman and painter Crispijn de Passe the Elder (c.1565-1637) who produced portraits of European nobility, as well as religious, mythological and allegorical prints and books.
[Ref: 42092]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Figure de l'habit de Chevallier a la Pluvinelle.
Figure de l'habit de Chevallier a la Pluvinelle. Figure 2. B. 1 partie.
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving on two plates. Outer plate 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"), very large margins. Spotting and creasing at top.
An engraving of the doublet, hat and boots of a dressage rider, within a separately-printed architectural border. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, and the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57448]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Louis XIII watching a horse being trained.]
[Louis XIII watching a horse being trained.] Figure 47. CCC. Seconde partie.
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving on two plates. Outer plate 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"), very large margins. Creasing at top.
A scene in the riding yard of the Tuileries, with Louis XIII watching a horse being trained to leap a barrier, watched by a dozen named courtiers. Around the image is a separately-printed architectural border. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, and the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57451]   £320.00  
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[Horse training.]
[Horse training.] Figure 5. 1 partie.
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving on two plates. Outer plate 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"), with very large margins. Tears taped. Creasing on top.
A scene in the courtyard of the Louvre, with Louis XIII watching a horse being trained at a pillar, with two named courtiers. Around the image is a separately-printed architectural border. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, and the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57461]   £320.00  
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Hortus Floridus [frontispiece]
Hortus Floridus [frontispiece] In quo rariorum & minus vulgarium florum Icones ad vivam veramos formam accuratissime delineatae [...]
Crisp. Passaeus excud: ultr
Extant Arnhemy Apud Joannem Jansonium Bibliopolam ibid
Engraving, platemark 150 x 210mm (6 x 8¼"). Damaged; glued to backing sheet.
Frontispiece to the 'Hortus Floridus', one of the best-known of the many 17th flower books. The frontispiece includes portraits of the botanist Carolus Clusius (1526-1609) who played an important role in introducing the tulip to Western Europe, and his fellow botanist Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585). The book's plates were engraved by Crispijn de Passe junior (1589-1670), part of a famous printmaking family. The book consisted of two parts: the first comprised of some 175 illustrations of mostly bulbous and tuberous plants, and the second reproduced fruit, trees, and medicinal plants.
[Ref: 40097]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Title-Page to Thomas Scott, 'Vox Dei']
[Title-Page to Thomas Scott, 'Vox Dei'] O Death where is thy sting? O Hel where is thy victory [...]
[Crispijn de Passe the Elder, 1623]
Engraving, sheet 175 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet.
Christ standing on Satan, Sin and Death, and holding a triangle including full-length portraits of James I in the centre and Charles, prince of Wales (trampling on the heads of the Pope and two kings) above him. Frontispiece to 'Vox Dei' by the protestant polemicist Thomas Scott (d.1626), who at this time of publication was living on the continent and writing consistently in defence of the protestant cause. He was murdered while on his way to church in Utrecht in 1626.
[Ref: 42540]   £360.00  

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[Louis XIII practicing jousting.]
[Louis XIII practicing jousting.] Figure 47. CCC. Seconde partie.
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving on two plates. Outer plate 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"), on paper with 17th century watermark, very large margins. Creasing at top.
Louis XIII riding down a tilt barrier striking a mannikin in the forehead, watched by four named courtiers, including Earl of Carlisle. Around the image is a separately-printed architectural border. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, and the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57450]   £320.00  
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[Jousting armour.] Pieces des Armes rompce en lice faict au Naturel dans Le Logis de M. le Duc de Bellegar de grand Escuter de france.
[Jousting armour.] Pieces des Armes rompce en lice faict au Naturel dans Le Logis de M. le Duc de Bellegar de grand Escuter de france. Figure 50. ooo 2 partie.
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving on two plates. Outer plate 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"), large margins on 3 sides. Tears affecting image at top, damp stains and creasing. Small loss top right.
An illustration of various parts of a knight's jousting armour. Around the image is a separately-printed architectural border. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, and the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
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[Louis XIII on horseback with a lance.]
[Louis XIII on horseback with a lance.] Figur. 39. 3 part.
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 300mm (8¼ x 11¾"). Trimmed within image, edges chipped. Damaged and loss.
The king in profile with portraits of eleven named courtiers. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, so the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57449]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Maximilianus II.
Maximilianus II. Nil maiestari divina Modestia, Belli/ Nil Studium summo Pacis derraxit Amor./ Omnia sic pariter, prout res tempusq, ferebunt,/ Egit: et hunc numero quis Divum ascribere nobit.
C de Pas ex, G. Eno Pasochar
Engraving, with pencil squared up lines. Sheet 145 x 105mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed to image and laid on album paper.
Portrait of Maximilian II (1527-1576), Holy Roman Emperor, on horseback, by Crispijn de Passe.
[Ref: 53804]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[Maarten van Tromp]
[Maarten van Tromp] Den Edlen Manhaften Helt Marten Harpers Tromp Leutenant Admirael over de Zee der vereenich de Provincien
Crispin van de Pas delin
A.V. Waesberg exc [c.1640]
Engraving, sheet 275 x 200mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed; tipped into album sheet. Rare.
Maarten van Tromp (1598-1653), the famous Dutch admiral, scourge of the English navy during the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-3). Portrait surrounded by ship portraits and battle scenes, including depictions of the Battle of the Downs (21 October 1639), a battle in the English Channel in which Tromp's fleet decisively defeated the Spanish forces of Admiral Antonio de Oquendo.
[Ref: 43017]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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