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[Calligraphy] - VANDEN VELDE, Jan - Artificiosissimum grammatices verum nobilissimumque speculum. In quo varia scripturae tesselata paradigmata Belgicis (...) typis adumbratae (...). Rotterdam, [Jan van Waesberghe], 1605 [bound with] ID. - Thresor literaire, contenant plusieurs diverses escritures, tant latines et romaines que italiennes et espaignoles (...). Seconde partie. Amsterdam, Cornelis Claesz, 1608 [and with] ID. - Livre fondamental, auquel la maniere pour escrire fermement toute sorte d'escriptures est clairement demonstre, et par division des figures et lettres artificiellement enseigne. Troisième partie. Amsterdam, Cornelis Claesz, 1608, oblong folio, mod. calf over boards (slightly rubbed), covers with blind ruled borders (initials VB on front cover), spine on 4 raised bands with gilt title, decorative endpapers, I : 31 unnumbered engr. lvs. : title, portrait I. Maetham, 29 examples in 7 languages (traces of use, dampstained); II : 2 unnumbered printed ff. and 16 full-page engravings with texts in 4 languages. Printed title within border of type ornaments (traces of use); III : [21] ff., 1 full-page engraving "Figuer van alle de trecken der Pennen", 16 engraved ills. in text with examples in various languages. Woodcut examples on B1r. Printed title within border of type ornaments (traces of use). On "(.?.)" 2r-v a "Louange de la plume, contre les vilipendants d'icelle". Good copy. Cfr. ill. € 2000/2500 Set of a collection of masterpieces of penmanship by the Antwerp penmaster Jan vanden Velde (1568-1623). Eleven engravings are pearced and covered with charcoaldust by an embroiderer (see for this technic "Kinderen lezen Kinderen lazen", nr. 134 where for the 1st part only 57 plates are mentioned). Ref. I: STCN (2). Cp. Simoni (BL London) V-42. Not in NUC; II and III : STCN (1). 2nd copies recorded. Not in Simoni.
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