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(Werff, Adriaan Van der, (1659-1722), attributed to.) (Portraits of Illustrious Personages.) N.p., ca. 1700. Folio, 19th-Century full gilt-paneled scarlet morocco, richly gilt floral spine compartments, a.e.g.; joints rubbed, other occasional edge wear. With 23 monochrome watercolor portraits attributed to Adriaan van der Werff; each followed by an engraved portrait of the subject by Peter van Gunst, et al. Watercolor portraits approx. 12 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (310 x 200 mm) on sheets measuring 15 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (393 x 250mm). Portraits: Henry VII [England]; Henry VIII [England]; Catherine d'Arragon; Anne Boleyn; Jane Seymour; Catharine Parre, Edward VI [England]; Mary Stuart; Jane Grey; Queen Mary [Bloody Mary]; Thomas Crammer; William Laud; Charles V [Don Carlos I]; Charles I [Great Britain]; Henrietta Marie de France; James I [Great Britain]; Anne Hyde [Wife of James II]; George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; Maurice Prince of Orange; James IV [King of Scotland]; Marguerite [Queen of James IV of Scotland]; Guillaume Premier Prince d'Orange; Hamilton Count of Aran.
Watercolors & engravings clean & attractive. Engravers represented: Peter van Gunst (8); Cornelius Vermeulen (5); B. Audran (2); Charles Simonneau (3); Gerard Valck (5)