[ALBUM AMICORUM - NETHERLANDS - Cornelis van ROSSEM].
Album amicorum of Cornelis van Rossem (1815-1891).
[Leiden, Amsterdam, ca. 1834-1917]. Oblong 8vo (ca. 93 x 150 mm). With a calligraphed title page and a collection of 38 loose leaves (last blank) with contributions for this Album Amicorum, including 7 full-page washed pen and ink drawings, 4 watercolours, 1 embroidered flower, 1 portrait in relief (created by poking holes in the paper), 2 full-page drawings by the owner, and 7 full-page pen drawings by the owner's son Petrus Cornelius van Rossem. The edges of the leaves perfectly fitting the box are gilt. Contemporary gold-tooled red morocco book-shaped box with spine with green title label lettered in gold, gold-tooled turn-ins, marbled front pastedown, gilt edges, kept in a marbled paper slipcase. [38], [1 blank] leaves.
€ 2,500
Album amicorum in the form of a book-shaped box with 39 loose leaves (last blank) with washed pencil drawings, pen & ink drawings, watercolours, and curious portraits (21), and an embroidered flower incorporating small beads, owned by Cornelis van Rossem (1815-1891), student of medicine at the University at Leiden. Van Rossem matriculated at Leiden on 9 September 1835 (Alb. Stud. 1307). The contributions are mainly from his fellow students, and date from 1834 till 1839; there are some later contributions. Apparently his son, Dr. Petrus Cornelius van Rossem (1847-1916) added 2 pen drawings by his father on the back of postcards (nos. 17-18). He also added 7 mostly satirical washed pen and ink drawings by himself (nos. 19-20, 22, 32-35), 5 of which also on the back of postcards.
Cornelis van Rossem was born in Amsterdam and became, after his studies at Leiden, a well-known physician in the same city. He matriculated in Leiden on 9 September 1835.
With a dried flower added to leaf no. 38 with a pin through the paper. Overall a fine album.
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