- Cut ±2 mm. outside the platemark; laid down on modern mount.
= First/ early (?) state of ?: without the number 6 in the lower right corner and without the cross hatching on i.a. the shoulders, cloak and bag.
- Both foxed.
- Trimmed on the border line. = LNP 32, 5th and final state.
AND 1 other printdrawing by the same: Dronken boer in herberg (LNP 25, with the Ploos stamp on verso).
= Very rare. Cf. Laurentius/ Niemeijer ill. 131, proef 1. According to a note by the artist (cf. the etching in the Rijksmuseum) this was his first etching and he only made one print.
- Eight portraits (sl.) foxed.
= I.a portraits of Ludwig van Beethoven, Jenny Lind, Henry Vieuxtemps, Louis Spohr, Robert Schumann, François Chopin, Franz Liszt and Robert Goldbeck.
- Trifle soiled, mostly in upper left corner.
= Hollstein 181. With the collector's marks of Jules Michelin (1815-1870) (Lugt 1490) and an unidentified collector "M.J.N." (not in Lugt).
- Small hole in left blank margin; upper end of middle fold strengthened on verso; nevertheless fine.
= The famous double-portrait of Gerard Mercator and Jodocus Hondius. It was engraved by Coletta Hondius (born Van der Keere) in tribute to her late husband, who had died in 1612, and appeared in the Mercator/ Hondius atlas from 1613 onwards. Van der Krogt/ Koeman I, p.34-35. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVI.
- Cut (unevenly) to/ just within the image; closed tear in lower margin.
= With an unidentified collector's mark "G+W D" (not found in Lugt) on verso. Hollstein 133.
Blooteling, Abraham (1640-1690). Portrait of Edward Montagu, 1st earl of Sandwich. Engraving after P. LELY, 27x19,5 cm. (Hollstein 33, 1st state of 2). - AND 27 other portraits of rulers, politicians and dignitaries, late 16th-18th cent., i.a. a large bust portrait of William III (by Pieter VAN GUNST), Margaretha of Parma (governor of the Netherlands) (engraving by A. VOET II. Rare not in Hollstein), Mary of Hungary (engraving by Cornelis VAN SICHEM), Anne-Marie Louis d'Orleans (engraving by N. POILLY), Frederick Elector of The Palatinate (engraving by Pieter VAN GUNST) and pope Hadrian VI (engraving by Philip GALLE).
- Sl. foxed. = New Hollstein 198.
- Both trimmed to/ just inside the plate mark. = F.M. portretten 1575a and 1591a. Rarely found together.
= Hollstein 48.
Monogrammist "C.B." (16th cent.). (Portrait of Justin Göbler). Woodcut, 21,5x14,2 cm., monogrammed and "1550" in the block, printed by Christian Egenolff, Frankf. a.M., 1550.
= From J. GÖBLER, Der Rechten Spiegel (1550). Perhaps by Claude Bezoard.
Solis, Virgil (1514-1562). (Portrait of Friedrich, Count Palatine in an elaborate border). Woodcut, 27,6x17,7 cm., monogrammed.
= Hollstein, Virgil Solis Bookillustrations 18.2. Plate from the Biblia (Frankf., 1561).
AND others, i.a. a woodcut portrait of ERASMUS on a leaf from S. MUNSTER, Cosmographey. - ON VERSO: a woodcut plan of Haarlem, portrait of Georg Roggenbach (etching by HANS LAUTENSACK, heavily restored copy).
- Somewhat foxed.
AND 7 other portraits of centenarians, i.a. 3 others by Cornelis VAN NOORDE.
- On paper w. grapes watermark. Vague oblique crease; one corner carefully restored (unobtrusive) and another corner sl. thin; a few specks.
= Hollstein 125; F.M. 5439c.
Dyck, Anthony van (1599-1641) (after). (Portrait of Peter Symons). Engraving, 26,8x19,2 cm., "Jacobus de Man" in the plate in lower right corner below the image.
- Sl. foxed in blank margins; image trifle foxed; two sm. closed tears in lower blank margin.
= Hollstein (Van Dyck) 171, 2nd state of 4. With the collector's stamp of L.A. de Vries on verso (not in Lugt).
AND 2 other portraits: Johan Philip de Monté (by M. SALLIETH after Schmidt) and the mayor of Leyden, Peter Adrianus van der Werff by P. PHILIPPE.
- Trifle foxed. = New Hollstein 88, 5th state of 5.
Anonymous (late 16th/ early 17th cent.). Matthijs Cock. Engraving, 20,7x12,2 cm., w. the address of Theodoor Galle.
= Formerly attributed to Johannes Wierix. From the series of 23 Dutch artist's portraits (Pictorium aliquot celebrium germaniae Inferiores effigies), first publ. by the widow Hieronymus Cock and later Theodoor Galle.
AND 26 other portraits of mostly Dutch/ Flemish artists, i.a. P.P. Rubens, Hieronymus Bosch, Joos van Cleve, Gonzales Coques, Lambert Lombard and Adriaen van Ostade (mezzotint).
- Sm. chip in upper left corner.
= Hollstein 27, 1st state of 3, before the number. The number added in manuscript. The Rijksmuseum holds a copy with the exact same manuscript number. From the series of Comites Nassoviae (1642).
Suyderhoef, Johannes (±1613-1686). René Chalon, prince of Orange. Etching after Piieter SOUTMAN, 44x36 cm., w. the address of P. Soutman.
- Sm. hole near right edge and upper right corner.
= Hollstein 55, 1st or 3rd state, without the number. From the same series as above.
Anonymous (17th cent.). (Prince Maurits of Orange). Oval engraving, 6x4,9 cm.
= Rare. Perhaps printed from a silver medallion, by Simon VAN DER PASSE (?).
AND 2 others, i.a. a portrait of William of Orange by Cornelis van SICHEM.
- Mostly tipped onto mount, occas. w. glue visible on recto.
= Portraits of i.a. Johannes BECIUS (by D. van HOOGSTRATEN), Theodoor SCHREVELIUS (by J. SUYDERHOEF), Johannes POLYANDER (by W. DELFF), Philips MARNIX VAN SANT-ALDEGOND (3x, 1x by J. HOUBRAKEN, 1x by H. BARY, 1x by ?), Nicolaas BULLIUS (by J. MATHAM), Rembertus DODONAEUS (by/ after E. de BOULONOIS), Cornelius SCHONAEUS (by H. MULLER), Johannes FOCCO (by S. SAVERY), Pieter SCHRYVER (by J. FOLKEMA) and Louise de COLIGNY (by J. de VISSCHER)