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W.m Defesch.
A. Soldi pinxit. F. Morellon le Cave Sculpsit, 1751.
Engraving. Fine. Sheet: 195 x 240mm (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A half-length portrait of Willem de Fesch (1687-1761), Dutch muscian and composer, shown holding sheet music and a quill. Willem de Fesch moved to England in the 1740s and played the violone in Handel's orchestra in 1746.
[Ref: 42135] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Nicolaus Machiavelus Florentin. Nasc. Florentiæ Ao. Obiit Ao. Supremum per te nada est Prudentia culmen Ulterus nec quo progendiatur habet.
F. Morellon la Cave sculpsit 1724.
Etching. 150 x 85mm (6 x 3¼"). Trimmed, worm trail filled.
Niccolo Machiavelli (1460-1527), Italian historian, philosopher, humanist and a writer based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was a founder of modern political science (with his treatise 'The Prince'), diplomat, political philosopher, playwright, and a civil servant of the Florentine Republic.
[Ref: 53033] £45.00
(£54.00 incl.VAT)
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