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Auction archive: Lot number 596

LUYKEN, Jan De Onwaardige Wereld, Vertoond in Veystig Zinneb...

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$875
Auction archive: Lot number 596

LUYKEN, Jan De Onwaardige Wereld, Vertoond in Veystig Zinneb...

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$875
Beschreibung:

LUYKEN, Jan. De Onwaardige Wereld, Vertoond in Veystig Zinnebeelden, Met Godlyke Spreuken En Stichtelyke Verzen . Amsterdam: P. Arentz, 1710.
LUYKEN, Jan. De Onwaardige Wereld, Vertoond in Veystig Zinnebeelden, Met Godlyke Spreuken En Stichtelyke Verzen . Amsterdam: P. Arentz, 1710. 8 o (155 x 96 mm). Etched title and 50 etched emblematic illustrations by Jan Luyken (A few leaves with scant spotting.) Contemporary Dutch vellum, manuscript title on spine. Provenance : D.H. (manuscript initials on third flyleaf); acquired from Weyhe, 1959. FIRST EDITION. Each emblem accompanied by a caption, Bible quotations, and a poem. At age 26, Luyken had a religious experience which inspired him to write poetry. He learned engraving from his father, Kaspar Luyken; his son, Kasparus Luyken, also became a renowned engraver. Landwehr, Low Countries 503; Praz, 17th-Century Imagery II, p.100.

Auction archive: Lot number 596
Auction:
Datum:
20 Jun 2013
Auction house:
Christie's
20 June 2013, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

LUYKEN, Jan. De Onwaardige Wereld, Vertoond in Veystig Zinnebeelden, Met Godlyke Spreuken En Stichtelyke Verzen . Amsterdam: P. Arentz, 1710.
LUYKEN, Jan. De Onwaardige Wereld, Vertoond in Veystig Zinnebeelden, Met Godlyke Spreuken En Stichtelyke Verzen . Amsterdam: P. Arentz, 1710. 8 o (155 x 96 mm). Etched title and 50 etched emblematic illustrations by Jan Luyken (A few leaves with scant spotting.) Contemporary Dutch vellum, manuscript title on spine. Provenance : D.H. (manuscript initials on third flyleaf); acquired from Weyhe, 1959. FIRST EDITION. Each emblem accompanied by a caption, Bible quotations, and a poem. At age 26, Luyken had a religious experience which inspired him to write poetry. He learned engraving from his father, Kaspar Luyken; his son, Kasparus Luyken, also became a renowned engraver. Landwehr, Low Countries 503; Praz, 17th-Century Imagery II, p.100.

Auction archive: Lot number 596
Auction:
Datum:
20 Jun 2013
Auction house:
Christie's
20 June 2013, New York, Rockefeller Center
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