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1060 - The Origin and [History] of the Lords of Wassenaer, Counts of Berg, Lords of Polanen, van den Leecke, and [van] Breda. [c. 1520] Folio: 1 drawing on paper, 13.8 x 20.4 cm; 8 gouaches on vellum, highlighted with gold, 30.0 x 18.5 cm; 3 engravings, all mounted. 19th-century red shagreen, boards framed with gilt and blind fillets and fleurons, gilt title on the upper board, gilt-ornamented flat spine, gilt fillets on the turn-ins (slightly rubbed, a few small black stains, one corner slightly broken). A splendid album containing, among other works, 6 magnificent 16th-century large standing portraits of knights in full armor and 3 engraved portraits, all related to the noble houses of Breda, Lecke, Wassenaer, and Berg. Contains: Cornelis van Noorde, View of the village of 's Heerenberg with church tower and keep, 1756, brown ink and wash, inscribed "naar 't leven get.[ekend]," signed and dated in the lower right corner.- Armorial plate “D’or à 3 croissants de sable” for the seigneury of Duvenvoorde. - Title as above. - Philipen van Wassenaer. - Jan van Polanen. - Otto van den Lecke. - Willem van den Lecke. - Ludolph van Berg. - Hans van Berg and van Breda. Each portrait is identified by a contemporary inscription on three lines; the last is dated 1515.

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€8,000 - 10,000

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30%

The Origin and [History] of the Lords of Wassenaer, Counts of Berg, Lords of Polanen, van den Leecke, and [van] Breda. [c. 1520] Folio: 1 drawing on paper, 13.8 x 20.4 cm; 8 gouaches on vellum, highlighted with gold, 30.0 x 18.5 cm; 3 engravings, all mounted. 19th-century red shagreen, boards framed with gilt and blind fillets and fleurons, gilt title on the upper board, gilt-ornamented flat spine, gilt fillets on the turn-ins (slightly rubbed, a few small black stains, one corner slightly broken). A splendid album containing, among other works, 6 magnificent 16th-century large standing portraits of knights in full armor and 3 engraved portraits, all related to the noble houses of Breda, Lecke, Wassenaer, and Berg. Contains: Cornelis van Noorde, View of the village of 's Heerenberg with church tower and keep, 1756, brown ink and wash, inscribed "naar 't leven get.[ekend]," signed and dated in the lower right corner.- Armorial plate “D’or à 3 croissants de sable” for the seigneury of Duvenvoorde. - Title as above. - Philipen van Wassenaer. - Jan van Polanen. - Otto van den Lecke. - Willem van den Lecke. - Ludolph van Berg. - Hans van Berg and van Breda. Each portrait is identified by a contemporary inscription on three lines; the last is dated 1515.

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Cartography, atlases, old manuscripts, old and rare books
Friday, December 4
01:00 PM
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1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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