RARE AND BEAUTIFUL 18TH-CENTURY BOOK OF ENGRAVED DUTCH ROYAL PORTRAITS

(ROYALTY) SMIDS, Ludolf. Korte Leevensschets en Afbeejdingen Der Graaven van Holland, Van Dirk de eerfse, tot Koning Filip de twede, zynde de laatfte. Haarlem: Johannes Marshoorn, 1744. Quarto, contemporary half calf brown calf, raised bands, leather spine label. $850.

First edition of this collection of accomplished portraiture of Dutch royalty, with a folding wood-engraved frontispiece, folding wood-engraved genealogical tree, and 35 wood-engraved portraits.

A lovely series of portraits of Dutch royalty, from Diederik I through Philip II, each plate beautifully engraved with full detailed backgrounds. A fine example of Dutch engraving of the 18th-century. NUC 0619048 cites only two copies.

Plates very clean and bright, genealogical tree plate loose with slight tear on inner margin; binding worn. Very good condition.