[PORTRAITS]. Theatrum honoris in quo nostri Apelles. Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1618. Third edition of this suite of artists' portraits, engraved by Simon frisius, Robert de Baudous, and Andries Stock after Hendrik Hondius.
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[PORTRAITS]. Theatrum honoris in quo nostri Apelles, saeculi seu Pictorum, qui patrum nostrorum memoria vixerunt celebriorum praecipue quos Belgium tulit, verae et ad vivum expressae imagines in aes incisa exhibentur. Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1618.
4to (277 x 182 mm). Engraved title, 2 engraved allegorical plates, letterpress poem by Hondius, 60 (of 68) engraved portraits. Contemporary green vellum, edges stained red (upper joint separating, covers bowed). Provenance: early annotation on blank leaf facing title-page; Francois Xavier Borluut de Noortdonck (1771-1837), Flemish collector (bookplate); Rodman Chute Pruitt (signature on blank leaf facing title 1952).
Third edition of this suite of artists' portraits, engraved by Simon frisius, Robert de Baudous, and Andries Stock after Hendrik Hondius. Each portrait is accompanied by Latin verse, and subjects include Jan Van Eyck, Hieronymous Bosch, Pieter Brueghel, Albrecht Durer, Hans Holbein, Johannes Stradanus, Hendrick Goltzius, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Karel Van Mander, and Jacob De Gheyn.
Property from the Estate of Nancy Hagensieker
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