Sale 5142
London, South Kensington
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22 January 2007
Price realised
GBP 780
Estimate
De Jaarmarkt van de Waereld large engraving of a fair showing many different activities including a figure carrying a lantern, with text in Dutch extracted from Hollandsche Historische Courant, 8 January 1739, 485 x 615mm.; an etching titled De Verreeze Frederik Hendrik... depicting an exterior scene with diverse characters one of whom is a showman drowning with his lantern with verse in Dutch, 480 x 370mm.; a sheet of four pasted engravings, one representing a travelling lanternist titled Actieuse Nacht-Wind-Zanger met zyn Tover Slons, 250 x 385mm. (3)
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Thomas Ganz (1994), Die Welt im Kasten, p. 44
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