Beschryvinge der stad Dordrecht, vervatende haar begin, opkomst, toeneming, en verdere stant : ... Zijnde de voornoemde beschryvinge, geçierd, en verrijkt, met verscheyde kopre konst-platen /

Beschryvinge der stad Dordrecht, vervatende haar begin, opkomst, toeneming, en verdere stant : ... Zijnde de voornoemde beschryvinge, geçierd, en verrijkt, met verscheyde kopre konst-platen /

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Author / Creator:Balen, Matthys.
Imprint:Te Dordrecht : Gedrukt by Symon Onder de Linde, Boekverkooper ..., 1677.
Description:[14], 1358, [24] p., 19 plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. (4to)
Language:Dutch
Subject:
Hooghe, Romeyn de, -- 1645-1708
Hooghe, Romeyn de, -- 1645-1708.
Engraving -- Netherlands.
Heraldry -- Netherlands -- Dordrecht.
Engraving.
Heraldry.
Dordrecht (Netherlands) -- History
Netherlands.
Netherlands -- Dordrecht.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3417258
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Varying Form of Title:Beschryvinge der stad Dordrecht
Other uniform titles:Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708
Hoogstraten, Samuel van, 1627-1678
Wyts, Pouwels.
Linde, Simon onder de, active 1664-1697,
Descartes, René, 1596-1650. Meditationes de prima philosophia
Notes:First ed. of this massive record of the social, cultural, artistic, topographical and historical aspects of the city of Dordrecht.--Dealer encl.
With engraved frontispiece, a portrait of the author, and 6 folding plates by Romeyn de Hooghe, depicting: Plan of Dordrecht, (p. 57), Vieuw of Dordrecht (p. 73), Count Diederik in Liège (p. 699), Justitie van Graaf Willem den Goede (p. 737), Verdrenking van de Grooten Waard (p. 769), Justitie over Jan Smit (p. 823). Also 10 engraved protraits and a folded heraldic plate by other artists. Numerous woodcut heraldic shields throughout.
Includes letter dated 14 November 1640 from René Descartes, in which he comments on his forthcoming Meditationes de prima philosophia, p. 225.
Samuel van Hoogstraten engraved several of the portraits, provided drawings for others (though Landwehr credits the drawing of Balen's portrait to Pouwels Wyts), and contributed a poem in praise of Balen, plus an explanation of De Hooghe's frontispiece.--Dealer encl.
Head-piece, initial. Date in roman numerals.
Signatures: *⁴ **⁴ A-Nnnnnnnn⁴.
Errata, p. [18]-[19]. Geslacht-boomen, p. [917]-1358. Index, p. [1359]-[1380].
Landwehr, J. Romeyn de Hooghe, 45
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