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HOOGSTRATEN, Frans von. Het voorhof der Ziele, Rotterdam: Fransois van Hoogstraeten, 1668.
Small 4° (183 x 145mm.), etched title and 60 etched emblems by and after Romeyn de Hooghe (outer margin of title shorter, occasional light spotting and very light marginal thumb-soiling), contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine.
FIRST EDITION of the first book illustrated by de Hooghe. The sixty etchings are headed by a numeral and motto. Among the wide variety of human types represented are soldiers, fishermen, a goldsmith, a surgeon operating on cancer, a mailman, a painter, torturers and Jewish priests; Biblical scenes and a view of Rotterdam are also included. Hollstein IX 757-816; Landwehr Low Countries, 223; Landwehr Romeyn de Hooghe 3; Praz p. 81.
Small 4° (183 x 145mm.), etched title and 60 etched emblems by and after Romeyn de Hooghe (outer margin of title shorter, occasional light spotting and very light marginal thumb-soiling), contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine.
FIRST EDITION of the first book illustrated by de Hooghe. The sixty etchings are headed by a numeral and motto. Among the wide variety of human types represented are soldiers, fishermen, a goldsmith, a surgeon operating on cancer, a mailman, a painter, torturers and Jewish priests; Biblical scenes and a view of Rotterdam are also included. Hollstein IX 757-816; Landwehr Low Countries, 223; Landwehr Romeyn de Hooghe 3; Praz p. 81.
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