Antique Print-TITLE PAGE-BRABANT-LAURENS COSTER-Butkens-1726

Copperplate engraving on a vellin type hand laid paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 21 x 33.5 cm. The image size is ca. 8 x 7 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 13.2 inch. The image size is ca. 3.1 x 2.8 inch.

Plate : Title Page: Including an emblematic engraving surrounded by a snake eating it’s tail symbolizing eternity. The emblem shows a muse sitting partly in a marine seascape with attributes of wisdom and knowledge and partly in a printers workshop with a This original old antique print / plate originates from: ‘Supplement aux Trophees tant sacres que profanes de Duche de Brabant…’, by F. Christophre Butkens, published in The Hague by Chretien van Lom, 1726. This is part of the second and most lavish edition of this work with many copperplate engravings as oposed to the first edition with mostly woodcuts. This is an important work on history and genealogy of the Duchy of Branbant, which covers part of Belgium and the Netherlands.Artists and Engravers: Author: Christophorus Butkens (1591-1650), a Belgian Cisterian Monk born in Antwerp. Known for it’s wealth of information but also his many blunders. The emblem on this sheet was engraved by D. Coster.

Condition: Good. General age related toning and soiling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-TITLE PAGE-BRABANT-LAURENS COSTER-BUTKENS

(PCO) A162-25