La Haye ( 's Gravenhage ) , Chez Alberts & vander Kloot , 1728, in-folio, 40 x 25,5 cm, (8) nn pp (title , Calmet's preface) + 50 full page portrait engravings after portraits made by A. van Dyck. Bound in contemporary full leather, raised gilt spine, red spickled edges, joints cracked, extremities of binding rubbed and worn, some slight dustsoiling at upper margin of some plates, one marginal tear in plate 2 , overall a fine interior. With the armorial bookplate of Samual George Smith. (See Mauquoy-Hendrickx , L'Iconographie D'Antoine Van Dyck, Catalogue raisonné, 2nd edition, vol. I pp. 44-45). Complete and extremely rare portrait album. Author Mauquoy states in her description that she could not find a complete copy. We can supply you with the list of the 50 portraits upon an e-mail request..
Reference : 40048
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