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voor Nikolaas Verkolje
1737
Imperial folio (51,5 x 35,5 cm), [7] pp, 7 engraved plates illustrating 7 paintings by Larisse and the old provincial Court of Justice in the Binnenhof at The Hague, engraved by Pierre Tambjé and Claude Duflos after drawings by Verkolje. With minor water stains in the foot margin, not affecting the images or text. Contemporary red roan, marbled boards, binding rubbed and backstrip damaged. Good copy
A magnificent presentation of seven seventeenth-century paintings. First and only edition. The paintings depict Aeneas carrying his father Anchises, an allegorical figure of Justice and five scenes from ancient Roman history, each representing a different virtue: Pompei (prudence), Scipio (moderation), Horatius Cocles (courage), Scipio again (steadfastness) and Papyrius (clemency)