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ex 'Vincent van Gogh' copy
Histoire curieuse de tout ce qui c'est passé a l'entrée de la reyne mere du roy tres chestien dans les villes des Pays Bas.
Anvers, en L'Imprimerie Plantinienne de Balthasar Moretus, 1632. Small folio (315 x 205 mm). [XII] (6 lvs. including half title and first plate), 74, [2] p.
With an engraved title page representing Maria de Medici meeting Isabella Clara Eugenia (Corn. Galle sculp.), 1 portrait (depicting the Queen and her children) and 3 full page plates ('A.Paulus fecit', plate 1 unsigned), with views of Mons, Brussels and Antwerp.
Brown mottled sheep, gilt spine. Spine with 7 raised bands (rebacked), outer compartments modern the other compartments original gilt leather laid down. Board edges with a decorative roll. White green silk end bands. Edges sprinkled red. Internally a very good copy with a very interesting provenance. The book was once in the library of the man who played an extremely important role in the life of the painter Vincent van Gogh. First and only edition of the account by Puget de La Serre (1594-1665) of the "Joyous entries" made by Marie de' Medicis, queen of France, in the Low Countries during her exile, where she was received in Mons, Antwerp and Bruxelles. The preparatory drawings for the title, genealogical tree and entry in Antwerp were made by Nicolas Van den Horst. Moretus took on the expense of all the costs of the publication of this book and inserted into it the compliment he had addressed to the Queen on 10 September 1631, when she visited his workshop.
- Provenance: With the engraved bookplate (Marius Bauer) of the art dealer Vincent van Gogh, (the uncle of ...). 4 of van Gogh's uncles were important, this uncle in particular, Uncle Vincent also called 'Oom Cent', was an established and well known art dealer, who had started a small business in paints and drawing materials in the Hague, but at one stage in his life was invited by the world renowned art dealers 'Goupil & Compagnie' to join their business as a partner (in 1858). For health reasons he left the business in 1871, the letterhead then reading 'Ancienne maison Vincent van Gogh, Goupil & Cie successeurs'. (See Hulsker, Lotgenoten, p. 24 - 25).
- Literature: Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies, 84; Goldsmith P-1590; Hollstein vol. XVII, 11; Veronique Meyer, 'Un auteur du XVIIe siecle et l'illustration de ses livres. Jean Puget de la Serre', in: Bibl. de l'Ecole des Chartres, 158. 2000, p. 27 - 53:
- Condition: Spine renewed, with parts of the old leather laid down; fragments torn of the leather on the covers; 19th century end leaves; crossed out name on lower blank margin of the title page; a few spots, but else a beautiful clean copy with strong impressions of the plates.
With an engraved title page representing Maria de Medici meeting Isabella Clara Eugenia (Corn. Galle sculp.), 1 portrait (depicting the Queen and her children) and 3 full page plates ('A.Paulus fecit', plate 1 unsigned), with views of Mons, Brussels and Antwerp.
Brown mottled sheep, gilt spine. Spine with 7 raised bands (rebacked), outer compartments modern the other compartments original gilt leather laid down. Board edges with a decorative roll. White green silk end bands. Edges sprinkled red. Internally a very good copy with a very interesting provenance. The book was once in the library of the man who played an extremely important role in the life of the painter Vincent van Gogh. First and only edition of the account by Puget de La Serre (1594-1665) of the "Joyous entries" made by Marie de' Medicis, queen of France, in the Low Countries during her exile, where she was received in Mons, Antwerp and Bruxelles. The preparatory drawings for the title, genealogical tree and entry in Antwerp were made by Nicolas Van den Horst. Moretus took on the expense of all the costs of the publication of this book and inserted into it the compliment he had addressed to the Queen on 10 September 1631, when she visited his workshop.
- Provenance: With the engraved bookplate (Marius Bauer) of the art dealer Vincent van Gogh, (the uncle of ...). 4 of van Gogh's uncles were important, this uncle in particular, Uncle Vincent also called 'Oom Cent', was an established and well known art dealer, who had started a small business in paints and drawing materials in the Hague, but at one stage in his life was invited by the world renowned art dealers 'Goupil & Compagnie' to join their business as a partner (in 1858). For health reasons he left the business in 1871, the letterhead then reading 'Ancienne maison Vincent van Gogh, Goupil & Cie successeurs'. (See Hulsker, Lotgenoten, p. 24 - 25).
- Literature: Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies, 84; Goldsmith P-1590; Hollstein vol. XVII, 11; Veronique Meyer, 'Un auteur du XVIIe siecle et l'illustration de ses livres. Jean Puget de la Serre', in: Bibl. de l'Ecole des Chartres, 158. 2000, p. 27 - 53:
- Condition: Spine renewed, with parts of the old leather laid down; fragments torn of the leather on the covers; 19th century end leaves; crossed out name on lower blank margin of the title page; a few spots, but else a beautiful clean copy with strong impressions of the plates.
€ 4.500
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