Joost van den Vondel, Romeyn de Hooghe, Govert Bidloo - Publius Ovidius Nasoos Herscheppinge + Brieven der gemartelde apostelen - 1671

Convolute of 2 works in parchment binding

1. Joost van den Vondel - Publius Ovidius Naso's Herscheppinge. translated by J. v. Vondel - Amsterdam, widow of Abraham de Wees, 1671 - first edition - (22) 499 (13) pp

Contains frontispiece, coat of arms and 15 fine sharp copper engravings and portrait of Vondel - all depicted


2. Govert Bidloo - Letters of the martyred apostles - Amsterdam, Hieronymus Sweerts, 1675 - (14) 84 pp

Contains the allegorical frontispiece and the 13 text engravings of the martyred apostles by Romeyn de Hooghe - all depicted

The frontispiece depicts the steadfastness of the Christian faith. In the middle a blindfolded female figure, who personifies the Christian Church, triumphantly holds up an opened Bible, while she remains unmoved among the severed heads and instruments of martyrdom of the apostles. Above her head the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove hovers, while upper left in the clouds an angel appears holding a radiant cross and presents to her the laurel crown of martyrs. In the background a burning altar and the distant ruins of a destroyed city complete the scene, symbolizing the heavy suffering and the eventual triumph of the early Christian community

Good. Parchment along the top edge and the lower half of the outer edge have splits. Pencil scribble(s) on the covers and endpapers. Inside browned, here and there a spot, (light) damp spot in the lower corner, a large number of pp. Some minor binding marks. Tear, 1 cm, in the margin of three leaves

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