Two various albums amicorum
Duesseldorf 17th century and Utrecht 18th century
The first in contemporary leather binding with gold embossing. Oblong size. On the title page the hand-written caption: Philoteca pro Hermanno Krann Dusse Lemontano anno 1618. With various, mostly in latin written dedications. Some with hand-coloured armorials. Including one caption from Leiden signed: Everardus Bronckhorst Soribebam Lugdu. batav. 21 May. Anno 1620.
The second album in contemporary, gold embossed leather binding. Oblong size with 240 hand-numbered pages. With a large amount of dedications in calligraphy, mostly in Latin. The earliest dated 1753, the last 1770. On page 173 a dedication with the caption: In Memory of the High Edel Born Lord G:J: van der Capellen.
H. 10.5 x W. 14 cm / H. 12 x W. 19.5 cm
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