print;
book
- Museum number
- 1972,U.36.1-3
- Description
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A decorated dedication and two etchings, illustrations to "Kronyk van Egmond" by Jan van Leyden (Alkmaar: Simon van Hoolwerf, 1732), depicting the Egmond Abbey and the ruins of the Egmond Abbey; with a few decorative woodcuts within the text; title-page in red and black ink; bound in a volume; bound in a mottled leather cover; Dutch letterpress. c. 1732
Etching
- Production date
- 1732 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 200 millimetres (each sheet, c.)
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Width: 147 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The dedication to Jacob van Veen is etched by Jan Wandelaar.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Kronyk van Egmond, of jaarboeken der vorstelyke abten van Egmond (translation by Kornelis van herk)
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Acquisition notes
- Red stamp on verso: '16 MY 84', indicating 1884 acquisition by the British Library. Transferred to the department from the British Library in 1889.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1972,U.36.1-3