Author: SCHOONEBEEK (Adriaan):
Title: Nette Afbeeldingen Der Eyge Dragten Van alle Geestelyke Orders, Nevens Een kort Aantekening van haar begin, instelders, en bevestiging. In't koper gebracht door Adriaan Schoonebeek.
Description: Amsterdam, By den Auteur, in de Kalverstraat. 1688 12mo, 157 x 97 mms., pp. [vi], 144 [145 - 148 index], engraved and printed title-page (with vignette), 72 engraved plates of monks' habits/garments. BOUND WITH: Nette Afbeeldingen Der Eygene Dragten Van alle Geestelike Orders; Nevens Een kort Aantekening van haar begin, voortgang en bevestigiing. Te zamen gesteeld en in 't Koper gebracht door Adriaan Schoonebeek. Amsterdam, By den Auteur, in de Kalverstraat, 1691. 12mo,pp. [viii], 182 [183 - 190 index], engraved frontispiece, engraved and printed title-page (with vignette), 90 engraved plates of nuns' habits, bound in contemporary vellum, panelled in blind, with the decorative bookplate of Allan Heywood Bright dated 1912. A very good copy. The master engraver and print-maker Adriaan Schoonebeek (1661 - 1705) was born in Amsterdam and was a pupil of Romeyn de Hooghe. Most of his prints were devotional, but he also produced engravings of combat and war, mythology, and human figures.

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