[Battledore and Shuttlecock] Amor, ut pila, vices exigit. [&] [Owling.]
[Owling] A. V. Venne inv.e. A. Matham. fe.
[Amsterdam c.1632.]
Two etchings, back to back. Sheet 130 x 135mm (5 x 5¼"). Trimmed into print.
On one side is a scene of a man and woman playing 'battledore and shuttlecock', a fore-runner of badminton in which the object is to keep the shuttecock aloft as long as possible. On the reverse is a scene of two men hunting with owls, one on horseback, the other walking, carrying a frame on which nine owls are perched. From an edition of Jacob Cats' ''Spiegel vanden Ouden ende Nieuwe Tijd'', first published 1632.
[Ref: 53704] £75.00
[Amsterdam c.1632.]
Two etchings, back to back. Sheet 130 x 135mm (5 x 5¼"). Trimmed into print.
On one side is a scene of a man and woman playing 'battledore and shuttlecock', a fore-runner of badminton in which the object is to keep the shuttecock aloft as long as possible. On the reverse is a scene of two men hunting with owls, one on horseback, the other walking, carrying a frame on which nine owls are perched. From an edition of Jacob Cats' ''Spiegel vanden Ouden ende Nieuwe Tijd'', first published 1632.
[Ref: 53704] £75.00