Dec 01, 2005 - Sale 2059

Sale 2059 - Lot 43

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
BRAGHT, TIELEMAN JANS VAN. Het Bloedig Tooneel; of, Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen. 104 etched text illustrations by Jan van Luiken. [52], 450, [4]; [12], 840, [8] pages, including engraved additional title (loose, somewhat soiled and frayed, with dampstain in outer margin); lacks 3c4 (pages 583-84). Black letter. Folio, 398x255 mm, contemporary blind-stamped morocco over wooden boards with arabesque centerpiece on covers, front joint cracked at top, lacks catches, clasps, and front endpapers; occasional marginal soiling and minor stains, crudely repaired clean tear in G5, small hole in 2e3 affecting a couple of letters. wide-margined copy. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts et al., 1685

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Second edition of Braght's mammoth 1660 Anabaptist martyrology.