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VALCK, Gerard (1652-1726)

Suite of 22 engravings of ships

Stock Code
105652
Amsterdam: G. Valck, 1700
£22,500

An apparently unique complete set of 22 naval engravings. The plates principally depict Dutch and French sail-rigged warships, with the oared galleys of Venice and the Ottoman Empire towards the end. This publication appears to comprise a re-issue of a suite of 18 plates (nos. 5-22) that appeared in Le Neptune François (1693), together with a single plate with an imprint of Cornelis Kribber, Utrecht (plate no. 1), and three further plates of Dutch warships (nos. 2-5) apparently from a different source. We have been unable to trace any copy in auction records or in an institutional library.

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Description

Folio (578 x 36 cm). 22 double-page engravings of ships, numbered consecutively in the plate 1-22, most with dual French and Dutch titles. Contemporary red half morocco over decorative paper boards, spine richly gilt with foliate motifs, spine label lettered in gilt, a fine copy.

Bibliography

Cf. Koeman M.Mor 8.

Stock ID:105652

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