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BIDLOO, Govert. Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III. Koning van Groot Britanje, enz. in Holland. In's Graavenhaage, By Arnold Leers, Boeckverkooper, 1691 Folio, 380x256 mm. Full vellum binding. Cc (7), including Antiporta and Portrait, 127 pp., 14 Tables out of text. Missing with loss of paper in lower margin. Good copy. Beautifully illustrated first edition. Illustrated is the grand feast organized for the entry into La Haye of Britain's King William III of Orange-Nassau. Nierop: "[the] costliest and most elaborate public display ever held on Dutch soil." The two directors of the festivities were Govert Bidloo (1649-1713), personal physician to King William, and Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), one of the greatest artists of the Dutch Golden Age. De Hooghe not only participated in developing the program of the festivities, but was also responsible for engraving the magnificent plates that illustrate this commemorative volume. The superb illustration consists of a portrait of William III by Pieter van Gunst from a drawing by John Brandon and 15 off-text plates engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe with captions in French and Dutch, 11 double-page and 3 full-page. Romeyn de Hooghe's engravings show the procession, the triumphal arches, the Vyverberg and the Binnenhof, and the decorations specially designed for the event, which included works of painting and sculpture and a phantasmagorical fireworks display. Berlin Kat. 2952; Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies, 146; Ruggieri 1095; Vinet 752; Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, IX, 168-85. Van Nierop, The Life of Romeyn de Hooghe, 2018, p. 366. folio, 380x256 mm. Full vellum binding. Leaves (7), including Frontispiece and Portrait, 127 pp., 14 plates o.t. Lacking paper on the corner of the lower margin. Good specimen. Beautifully illustrated first edition. The magnificent celebration organized for the entry into La Haye of the King of Great Britain William III of Orange-Nassau is illustrated. Nierop: "[the] costliest and most elaborate public display ever held on Dutch soil." The two directors of the celebrations were Govert Bidloo (1649-1713), King William's personal doctor, and Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), one of the greatest artists of the Dutch Golden Age. De Hooghe not only participated in the development of the program of the celebrations, but was also responsible for the engraving of the magnificent plates illustrating this commemorative volume. The superb illustration consists of a portrait of William III by Pieter van Gunst from a drawing by John Brandon and 15 out-of-text plates engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe with captions in French and Dutch, 11 double-page and 3 full-page. Romeyn de Hooghe's engravings show the procession, the triumphal arches, the Vyverberg and the Binnenhof, the decorations specially designed for the event, which include works of painting and sculpture and a phantasmagorical fireworks show.

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BIDLOO, Govert. Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III. Koning

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