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[Netherlands] Iacob Cats Out LXXVII Iaren. Anno MDCLV. Alle de Wercken van I. Cats Ridder etc.
N Venne invent. M Mosyn sculp.
[t'Amsterdam, By Johannes Ratelband, de Weduwe Jan van Heekeren Hermanus Uytwerf, Isaak van der Putte, 's Gravenhage, Pieter van Thol en Pieter Husson. n.d. c.1726.]
Engraving. 315 x 197mm (12½ x 7¾"). Collector's mark on verso.
Jacob Cats (1577-1660) was a Dutch poet, humourist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. This is the frontispiece to a posthumous publication of the works of Cats in "Alle de Wercken van den Heere Jacob Cats; Ridder, oudt raadtpensionaris van Hollandt. &c. Waar in het Twee-en-tachtig Jaarig Leeven des Dichters; beneffens desselfs Slaapeloose Nachten, met Printverbeeldingen sijn verrijkt". Ex Collection: W.B. Dukes (architect, d.1942.) Lugt: 2757a.
[Ref: 20150] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Netherlands] Iacob Cats Out LXXVII Iaren. Anno MDCLV. Alle de Wercken van I. Cats Ridder etc. [On verso:] Verhael hoe de Schrijver driederhande tanden in sijn mon heest beomen, p.97...De verrijsenis der gestorvenen geest troost voor de gene die sterven, pag.176, &c. Ghebedt voor den stervenden mensche en befluyt van't werck, pag.181.
N Venne invent. M Mosyn sculp.
[t'Amsterdam, By Johannes Ratelband, de Weduwe Jan van Heekeren Hermanus Uytwerf, Isaak van der Putte, 's Gravenhage, Pieter van Thol en Pieter Husson. n.d. c.1726.]
Engraving. 330 x 205mm (13 x 8"). Collector's mark on verso. Trimmed.
Jacob Cats (1577-1660) was a Dutch poet, humourist, jurist and politician. He is most famous for his emblem books. Frontispage to a posthumous publication of the works of Cats in "Alle de Wercken van den Heere Jacob Cats; Ridder, oudt raadtpensionaris van Hollandt. &c. Waar in het Twee-en-tachtig Jaarig Leeven des Dichters; beneffens desselfs Slaapeloose Nachten, met Printverbeeldingen sijn verrijkt". On verso is printed letterpress as contents page with page descriptions and numbering. Ex Collection: W.B. Dukes (architect, d.1942.) Lugt: 2757a.
[Ref: 20151] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
Verscheyde Aerdig Kinderspel uyt Gebeelt door Cornelis Hostein. Pleusieurs Jeus d'Enfants desseigné de Cornelle Holstein. A Amsterdam.
Corelius Holstein inventer. Michiel Mosÿn Sculpsit.
Clement de Jonghe excudit [n.d., c.1650.]
Engraving, 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"), with large margins. On 17th century watermarked paper.
The engraved title page to a book of plates of children's games played by naked cherubs. One plays with a hoop and stick while the other holds up a blown bubble. A croquet mallet, balls, a drum and another musical isntrument lay on the ground between them. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66770] £420.00
[Cherubs wrestling.] 3.
[Engraved by Michiel Mosyn after Cortelius Holstein.]
[Amsterdam, Clement de Jonghe, c.1650.]
Engraving, 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"), with large margins. On 17th century watermarked paper. Spot
A child lifts another child upside down. Another boy touches another child on the buttocks. A plate from 'Verscheyde Aerdig Kinderspel uyt Gebeelt door Cornelis Hostein', a book of plates of children's games played by naked cherubs. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66771] £320.00
[Cherubs with a skipping rope.] 6.
[Engraved by Michiel Mosyn after Cortelius Holstein.]
[Amsterdam, Clement de Jonghe, c.1650.]
Engraving, 215 x 275mm (8½ x 10¾"), with large margins. On 17th century watermarked paper.
A plate from 'Verscheyde Aerdig Kinderspel uyt Gebeelt door Cornelis Hostein', a book of plates of children's games played by naked cherubs. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66772] £360.00
[House of cards.]
C. Errar Inventor. M. Mosin fecit.
[n.d., c.1650.]
Rare engraving, 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11½"). On 17th century watermarked paper. Slight crease.
Four cherubs stand at a round table. As one builds a house of cards another attempts to blow it down. Engraved by Michiel Mosyn after Charles Errard. Provenance Cornwell House.
[Ref: 66756] £350.00
[Marbles.]
C. Errar Inventor. M. Mosin fecit.
[n.d., c.1650.]
Engraving, 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11½") with large margins. On 17th century watermarked paper. Slight crease
Naked cherubs throw stones into a hole. Engraved by Michiel Mosyn after Charles Errard. Provenance Cornwell House
[Ref: 66769] £360.00
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