AF BEELDING VAN DE ZAAL EN 'T PRAALBED WAAR OP...WILLEM KAREL
by SWART, P.
Punt, Jan. SWART, P. AFBEELDING VAN DE ZAAL EN'T PRAALBED WAAR OP...WILLEM KAREL HENDRI FRISO, PRINSE VAN ORANJE, bound with, CUYCK. LYK-STAETSIE VAN ZYNE DOORLUCHTIGSTE...WILLEM CAREL HENDRIK FRISO. Two volumes, bound as one. Amsterdam: 1752; Gravenhage: 1755. Folio. Contemporary mottled calf. (viii) pages, 4 double-page plates; 40 pages, 41 plates. First edition. Swart's work contains four magnificent copper engraved plates of scenes from funeral of William IV, Prince of Orange. Cuyck's study is of a funeral procession in Delft, with mounted guards, Swiss guards with musical instrumen Land & Sea officers, trumpeters, and Herald of Arms. OCLC cites only one cop of Swart (at the New York Public Library) and three copies of Cuyck. Front endpapers creased, occasional, light water damage and spotting, not affecting illustrations, edges and joints rubbed. (Inventory #: 10697)