[CALLIGRAPHY]. HONDIUS, JODOCUS. Theatrum artis scribendi, varia summorum nostri seculi, Artificum exemplaria complectens, novem diversis linguis exarata. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius 1614. Oblong folio, 192 x 267 mm. (7 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.), modern vellum, new endpapers, upper corner of front flyleaf torn and repaired, title-leaf a bit soiled, upper platemark of title engraving shaved and inner edge of image hidden in gutter, occasional slight marginal soiling, light offsetting to plate 9, small stain to upper margin of pl. 13, slight copperplate defect to the repeated border. FIRST EDITION, engraved title within allegorical border, 41 engraved plates of calligraphic specimens within 26 different separately engraved baroque scrollwork borders (one border repeated 15 times), most incorporating grotesque figures and drôleries. Berlin Katalog 5007 (citing title, 4 pp., and 42 plates). | Christie's

Lot 54

Property from the Collection of The Late ROBERT H. POWER

[CALLIGRAPHY]. HONDIUS, JODOCUS. Theatrum artis scribendi, varia summorum nostri seculi, Artificum exemplaria complectens, novem diversis linguis exarata. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius 1614. Oblong folio, 192 x 267 mm. (7 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.), modern vellum, new endpapers, upper corner of front flyleaf torn and repaired, title-leaf a bit soiled, upper platemark of title engraving shaved and inner edge of image hidden in gutter, occasional slight marginal soiling, light offsetting to plate 9, small stain to upper margin of pl. 13, slight copperplate defect to the repeated border. FIRST EDITION, engraved title within allegorical border, 41 engraved plates of calligraphic specimens within 26 different separately engraved baroque scrollwork borders (one border repeated 15 times), most incorporating grotesque figures and drôleries. Berlin Katalog 5007 (citing title, 4 pp., and 42 plates).

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[CALLIGRAPHY]. HONDIUS, JODOCUS. Theatrum artis scribendi, varia summorum nostri seculi, Artificum exemplaria complectens, novem diversis linguis exarata. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius 1614. Oblong folio, 192 x 267 mm. (7 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.), modern vellum, new endpapers, upper corner of front flyleaf torn and repaired, title-leaf a bit soiled, upper platemark of title engraving shaved and inner edge of image hidden in gutter, occasional slight marginal soiling, light offsetting to plate 9, small stain to upper margin of pl. 13, slight copperplate defect to the repeated border. FIRST EDITION, engraved title within allegorical border, 41 engraved plates of calligraphic specimens within 26 different separately engraved baroque scrollwork borders (one border repeated 15 times), most incorporating grotesque figures and drôleries. Berlin Katalog 5007 (citing title, 4 pp., and 42 plates).

Provenance: William Stirling Maxwell, long inscription on front flyleaf, signed with his initials, pencil numeration to plates.