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2288. HONDII Henrici, Pictorum aliquot celebrium, praecipue Germania inferioris, effigies, Hagae Comitis, in fol. parv.
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Pictorum aliquot celebrium praecipué Germaniae inferioris, effigies, pars I[-III].

Publication date(s):
[1610] and 1610
Author:
Hondius, Hendrik, 1573-
Imprint:
Hagae-Comitis : Ex officina Henrici Hondii
Language:
Latin
Cicognara number:
2288
Note(s):
  • NGA copy in full vellum binding, with two additional unbound portraits.
  • NGA copy: portraits are numbered in MSS in three series: 1-22, 1-26, and 1-22.
  • Consists of engraved allegorical title; engraved leaf with images of putti; letterpress leaf with Latin verses, "Picturae amatoribus, admiratoribusq." signed at end: Henr. Hondius"; engraved leaf with a dance of death image (final leaf); and 70 engraved portraits of Dutch, Flemish, and German artists, each with Latin verses beneath.
  • Leaf [26] has added notation "Pars II"; leaf [53] has added notation "Pars III."
  • Many leaves are signed with the monogram of Hendrik Hondius the Elder.
  • Publication date from Hollstein.
  • Hollstein asserts the portraits were engraved jointly with Simon Frisius.
Related name(s):
Frisius, Simon, approximately 1580-1629.
Subject:
Artists, Belgium, and Netherlands
DCL number:
fzp