FOKKE, Simon, Paulus Constantijn LA FARGUE and Pieter DE SWART (illustrators).
Afbeelding van de kaamer en 't parade-bed waar op het lyk van Haare Koninklyke Hoogheid Anna, Kroon princesse ... in de maand February 1759 ten toon is gesteld geweest/ Description de la chambre et lit de parade sur lequel le corps de son Altesse Royale Anne, pricesse Royale ...
The Hague, Pierre Gosse junior, 1759. 2 parts in 1 volume. Large folio (ca. 50 x 36 cm). With 20 engravings, each mounted on a double-leaf of heavy paper, the text is printed in Dutch and French with a separate title page for each language, the engraved coat of arms of Princess Anna on each, and 4 decorated woodcut initials.
With: [FOKKE, Simon]. Lyk-Staetsie van haere koninglyke hoogheid Anna, kroon princesse van Groot-Brittannien, princesse douariere van Oranje en Nasau ... Gehouden den 23. February 1759/ Convoi-Funebre de son altesse royale Anne, ...
The Hague, Pierre Gosse, 1761. 19th-century half green morocco, a red morocco label on the spine with the title in French, lettered in gold, marbled endpapers. [4], 4; [4], 27 pp.
€ 4,950
First edition of two works with illustrations and descriptions of the funeral ceremonies for Princess Anna of Hannover (1709-1759), who was then regent for her son William V, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. The first work shows the ceremonial mourning chamber with Princess Anna on her death bed. The plates were drawn by Pieter de Swart (1709-1772), one of the most important Dutch architects of the 18th century, and engraved by Simon Fokke (1712-1784). The second work shows the funeral procession, which took place in Delft on the 23rd of February in 1759, with detailed illustrations of all the heralds, riflemen, guards, etc. that took part in the ceremony. The plates for this work were drawn by artist Paulus Constantijn la Fargue (1729-1782), and also engraved by Fokke. The creators apparently suspected that counterfeit editions of the work might appear, as the text at the end of the first work states that only copies signed by the bookseller would be considered real. The present copy is signed.
Princess Anna of Hannover, duchess of Brunswick-Luneburg, was the eldest daughter of George II August (later King of England as George II), and Wilhelmina Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach. In 1734 she married the Dutch Willem Karel Hendrik Friso (1711-1751), Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Friesland. When in 1747 her husband became Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, as Willem IV, the couple moved from Leeuwarden to The Hague, and Anna became highly involved in politics. After the death of Willem IV in 1751, she became regent for her three-year old son, the later Stadtholder Willem V. In this position she played a prominent part in the political life of the Republic, defending the position of the House of Orange against the republicans.
The edges and corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed, the boards are slightly rubbed, the spine is somewhat discoloured. Otherwise a beautiful copy on heavy large paper with the plates in their original fresh impressions. Ad 1: Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies, 233; Lipperheide 2675; Muller 4095; STCN 23024453X (7 copies); Vinet 756; Ad 2: Landwehr, Splendid ceremonies, 234; Lipperheide 2676; Muller 4097; STCN 230244394 (7 copies); Vinet 756bis.
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