Accession number
PML 76314.2
Creator
Quellinus, Artus, 1609-1668.
Published
Gedruckt t'Amsterdam : Bij Frederick de Witt ..., anno 1665.[-1668]
Credit line
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979.
Notes
Plates grouped together by architectural sequence.
Part 1: plates numbered A-T. Plates D, L, and T have 2 of each; plates M and P have 3 of each; plates O, Q, and S have 4 of each; plates K, N, and R have 5 of each. Part 2: plates numbered A-X. Plates P, V, and W have 2 of each; plates D, F, Q, R, T, and X have 3 of each; plates C and E have 4 of each; plate O has 7 of each.
Library's copy (part 1) lacks leaf with list of plates and unnumbered plate between T3 and V1.
Library's copy (part 2) lacks title leaf; portrait of Artus Quellinus; 6 preliminary leaves, including dedication; 3 preliminary leaves with list of plates; 2 unnumbered plates dated 1665 before the title leaf; register leaf; one or more plates from sequence A, C, D, E, I, K, O, R, W (all), and X; 2 unnumbered double page plates dated 1664.
Library's copy has additional unnumbered plate between R5 and S1 in part 1 and a 4th "P" plate in part 2.
Library's copy has V1 and V2 on separate leaves in part 2.
Library's copy has the register leaf after the plates in part 1.
Plates affixed to stubs bound in album.
Mellon no.: L 10.53.
Part 1: plates numbered A-T. Plates D, L, and T have 2 of each; plates M and P have 3 of each; plates O, Q, and S have 4 of each; plates K, N, and R have 5 of each. Part 2: plates numbered A-X. Plates P, V, and W have 2 of each; plates D, F, Q, R, T, and X have 3 of each; plates C and E have 4 of each; plate O has 7 of each.
Library's copy (part 1) lacks leaf with list of plates and unnumbered plate between T3 and V1.
Library's copy (part 2) lacks title leaf; portrait of Artus Quellinus; 6 preliminary leaves, including dedication; 3 preliminary leaves with list of plates; 2 unnumbered plates dated 1665 before the title leaf; register leaf; one or more plates from sequence A, C, D, E, I, K, O, R, W (all), and X; 2 unnumbered double page plates dated 1664.
Library's copy has additional unnumbered plate between R5 and S1 in part 1 and a 4th "P" plate in part 2.
Library's copy has V1 and V2 on separate leaves in part 2.
Library's copy has the register leaf after the plates in part 1.
Plates affixed to stubs bound in album.
Mellon no.: L 10.53.
Description
2 parts in 1 (2 leaves, [48], [40] leaves of plates, some folded) : all illustrations (etched and engraved) ; 47 cm
Provenance
Nicholas Hawksmoor; from the collection of Paul Mellon (bookplate).
Binding
Dark brown calf.
Classification
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