April 17, 2024
1690 - EXAMPLES OF THE COINS (OR MEDALS) OF ANTIOCHUS GRYPHUS - Dutch engraving
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Dutch Title: Antiochus Gryphus. Also on page: an engraving of an unidentified scene, probably from the Apocrypha (349e) Artist for vignette: Jan Luyken {The illustrations in this book attempt to be historical as well as biblically correct.} Page: 12 .25" x 7.5" Condition: strong, vivid, fresh, clear impression with only small defects and age-typical browning OVERALL: Good Scanner issues: image below distorts clarity, contrasts, brightness, color tone, and sense of size of original Description: This is an original, antique, copper-plate engraving from one of the finest, most sumptuous biblical histories , a Jewish history, a history of the Old Testament, published in Amsterdam in 1690 by Wilhelmus Goeree (1635-1711). Our engraving here is from the first edition of 1690. The artist for most of the prints was the Mennonite mystic Jan Luyken (Luiken, Luycken), one of the three premier Dutch book illustrators of his day. He is famous for his artistic studies of craftsmen at work. We see this interest in many of the engravings from this book. Text in Dutch. The engravings are on a medium weight, hand-made paper.
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