The book you show is called Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad Quintum fratrem and printed in 1571 in Florence in Italy. Only a part of the...
Thank you! I haven’t had the chance to contact the museum yet. Yesterday I picked up the maps after buying them with these kind of photo’s....
I recently acquired a set of nine fortification plans engraved in 1672 and signed by Fr. Collignon (François Collignon), a French engraver active...
Although I am more knowledgeable about older paper, I’ll do my best to answer your question. Foxing on 19th-century paper is primarily due to the...
Of course you want to know what I paid for such an incomplete book: here is the original auction result:...
A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to add a long-desired book to my collection: the 1644 edition of Rembert Dodoens' "Cruydt-Boeck," printed...
I love little Susan’s autograph!
I recently made a fascinating discovery while examining my own copy of Cicero’s Epistolae Familiares, printed in Maastricht by Jacobus Lekens...
It is a small world :happy: [ATTACH] All my prints are numbered and signed.
Yes, but I expect my prints are made after earlier postcards(?). I do not know Cees Le Mair personally but as teenager I passed his house daily...
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Thanks for your advice! Maybe my neighbor will sell them on King’s Day. That is a massive flea market here in April. Indeed they are not worth...
Hello, I have acquired a collection of approximately 1,000 prints by an artist named L. van Gent. There are around 30 different designs,...
I’ll pass. Not my taste, so you can have them. :happy:
I agree with your guess.
He looks like an early modern depiction of Saint Nicolas, but you can never be sure. He looks like a picture in one of my books (1595). [ATTACH]
Found it! https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Perseus-en-Andromeda--5538c5615115d082963ce2dba96c63a0?tab=data The Dutch description...
Halfway the 18th century the original was in the collection of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. He is the man who probably ordered the engraving.
This is the original anyway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perseus_and_Andromeda_(Titian)
I know in these times, very rich people ordered books of engravings of their art collection. I’ll have a look around if I find a book with your...
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