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‎[Diva]‎

‎DIVA Wonderkamer I / Axel Vervoordt,‎

‎, MER. Paper Kunsthalle , Softcover / 96 pages / 19 x 25 cm. Nederlands. ISBN 9789493045033.‎

‎DIVA will be inviting renowned designers and curators for a contemporary interpretation of the Wunderkammer, a chamber exhibiting a collection of art and curiosities, objects from every corner of the globe. The Wunderkammer stems from Antwerp's illustrious past, for until the middle of the seventeenth century the city led the way in the production and distribution of art and luxury goods. Silverware, jewellery, precious stones and exotic curiosities like coconuts, shells and coral were highly sought-after. Axel Vervoordt, after his famous series of biennal exhibitions at the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice, will take the lead. The catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Axel Vervoordt, Wonderkamer 1' at the new Diamond Museum Antwerp is the 2nd issue of an affordable series of DIVA 'magazines', opening and sharing the reclused world of luxury arts and crafts. Axel Vervoordt (? 1947, Antwerp, Belgium) has earned renown as a collector, antiquarian, interior designer and, most recently, curator. Counting among his clientele royalty, rock stars, financiers, tech tycoons and artists, he is one of the world's foremost tastemakers. Inquiries into the nature of being and concepts of time and space are what most compel him; he conveys his views through his inspired arrangements of objects and interiors. To some, expressing the lofty in the material might seem contradictory, but Vervoordt believes that, as in a Zen koan, truth can be contained in paradox and ambiguity.‎

‎Constance Teichmann, Devote Diva - Antwerpen 1824-1896‎

‎, Luster Publishing, 2024 softcover 256 pagina's met afbeeldingen, 24-20.5cm. ISBN 9789460583667.‎

‎ 200 jaar geleden werd in Antwerpen Constance Teichmann geboren. Ooit was ze alom bekend, nu is ze bijna vergeten. Nochtans leeft de nalatenschap van deze intrigerende vrouw voort tot op vandaag in het Centrum Louise-Marie vzw, en is ze een van de interessantst mogelijke gidsen door het Antwerpen van de 19de eeuw. Als gouverneursdochter bewoog ze zich voortdurend in gegoede kringen, en als sublieme sopraan genoot ze intens van de podia van luisterrijke concertzalen en het applaus van de haute bourgeoisie. Zo ontmoette ze de grootste componisten van haar tijd en had ze een persoonlijke band met onder andere Peter Benoit. Tegelijk ontfermde Constance zich over de allerarmsten. Ze was de bezielster van het kinderziekenhuis Louise-Marie (1846-1997), bij generaties Antwerpenaren nog altijd een begrip, en voelde zich niet te beroerd om tijdens de cholera-epidemie n eigenhandig pati nten te verzorgen. In de volksmond kreeg ze de naam ?goede engel van Antwerpen?. Dit boek biedt een bevoorrechte inkijk in het leven van deze devote diva, die zich heen en weer geslingerd voelde tussen een diep geloof waarin zorg centraal stond, en een hartstochtelijke artistieke roeping als zangeres, dirigente, pianiste en organiste. Het put nieuwe gegevens en beelden uit het omvangrijke familiearchief, dat in 2019 op aansturen van de auteurs gedeponeerd werd in het Letterenhuis Antwerpen, en gidst de lezer in de voetsporen van Teichmann door de 19de-eeuwse Scheldestad, van de nog open Sint-Jansvliet tot het lusthovenrijke buitengebied de Lei. Net als de mysterieuze jonge vrouw met de lichtblauwe kapmantel in het schilderij van Georges Morren, flaneerde Constance ook in het Harmoniepark, wilskrachtig doch weifelend op zoek naar haar eigen pad.‎

‎Collection of 4 works in one volume. [1] De Cruce Libri Tres. Editio quarta. [2] Diva Virgo Hallensis. [3] Diva Sichemiensis sive Aspricollis : nova eius Beneficia & Admiranda. [4] Lovanium: id est opidi et Academiae eius descriptio. Libri Tres.‎

‎" [1] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1599, in-4°, 24,5 x 16,5 cm, 96 pp + (8) nn pp , with 19 etchings in the text. Imhof L-20. [2] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1605, in-4°, (8)nn pp + 86 pp + (10)nn pp , with 2 engraving outside the text ( of which a view of Halle) and title vignet. This is the second in-4° edition. Imhof L-37. [3] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1605, in-4°, (8)nn pp + 69 pp + (11)nn pp, title with Virgin and child engraving (T.Galle). Second in-4° engraving. Imhof L-34. [4] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Ioannem Moretum, 1610, in-4°, (8)nn pp + 121 pp + (7)nn pp, with 2 plates (folding view of Louvain, idem of Heverlee) and an in-text plate. Imhof L-54. Bound in somewhat later full calf, raised gilt spine with decoration and red leather title label, marbled end papers, triple gilt fillets on both coversmarbled edges. Finde binding with minimal traces of use. Ome of the pages are uniformly but slightly browned ( more so for the first title). Title page of the 3rd work with a faint waterstain. The folding plates in the 4th work with some false creases. Generally the 4 titles are in good condition. The binding is very finely preserved. There are no provenance indications. Fine collection of 4 works by Lipsius. Apart from the 1st work which was already published in 1593 and which deals with mostly classical history ; the 3 other titles date from the end of Lipsius' career and pertain to the near local history of the region of his birth.."‎

‎Diva Virgo Hallensis. Beneficia eius & Miracula fide atque ordine descripta [1] Diva Sichemiensis sive Aspricollis : nova eius Beneficia & Admiranda. [2] Collection of 2 works in one volume.‎

‎ [1] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Viduam & Filios Io. Moreti. 1616, in-4°, 25 x 18 cm, (8) nn pp + 86 + (10) nn pp (complete). Title with engraved vignet. penultimate page with wood-engraved printer's mark. [2] Antwerpen, ex officina Plantiniana, apud Balthasarum & Viduam Ioannis Moreti, & Io. Meursium. 1620, in-4°, (8)nn pp + 69 pp + (11)nn pp ,Title with engraved vignet. penultimate page with wood-engraved printer's mark. Title page of the first work with contemporary manuscript ex-libris of the Jesuits of Brussels and with a modern small circular stamp. Bound in contemporary full vellum ( vellum soiled and with some scratches), title of first book also a bit soiled and thumbed, Two later editions of Lipsius' popular narrative of the miracles of the Holy Virgin at Halle (BCNI 6287) and Scherpenheuvel (BCNI 6784). The great humanist returned to the Roman Catholic belief, leaving the protestant North, and now devoting his time and art to the spread of the news of the miracles of the Holy Virgin in his beloved Brabant. As a real Fleming he finally went back to his ancestral hearth.‎

‎Sextoys et bulles de savon (Diva)‎

‎Diva 2017 13x21x2cm. 2017. Broché.‎

‎french edition - légères marques de lecture et/ou de stockage mais du reste en très bon état. Envoi rapide et soigné dans une enveloppe à bulle depuis la France‎