137 - Calligraphy

Calligraphy Grotius still holds a high standing among scholars today ... German manuscript with a colored calligraphic incipit on handmade paper bearing the watermark “1802.” 1 leaf. Dimensions approx. 23.5 x 37.5 cm. Mounted at the top edge of the leaf under a passe-partout. He was a philosopher, historian, jurist, and theologian, and served for many years in Paris as an envoy to Queen Christina of Sweden, who was herself highly learned and held scholars in very high esteem. His most famous book deals with the law of war and peace. He was shipwrecked in the Baltic Sea while attempting to travel to Sweden, but managed to reach land safely and died in Rostock in 1645 ... Johann Georg Arndt, a new student at the Quartan ... Ipse fecit. - ADB 9 (1879), pp. 767–784 (Hugo Grotius (Hugo de Groot)). - Slightly dusty and with some foxing, otherwise in good condition. Calligraphy. - German manuscript with a colored calligraphic incipit on watermarked laid paper by Johann Georg Arndt, “new fourth-grader.” Mounted under a passe-partout at the top of the sheet. - Slightly dusty and somewhat foxed, otherwise well preserved. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints, and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.