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HENNING, Christian (c. 1756-1822)

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Lot 203 | HENNING, Christian (c. 1756-1822)
HENNING, Christian (c. 1756-1822)

Het adelyk slot Biljoen, in Gelderland, by Arnhem. Voor Liefhebbers van Vaderlandsche Naturlyke Schoonheden. In zes Gezichten door den Konstschilder C. Henning. Benevens een Bericht van voonoemten Slot. N. p., [c. 1790].

Royal presentation copy from the artist of this beautiful series of engravings depicting the grounds and the castle of Biljoen in the Netherlands, exceptionally bound. The Vincent van Gogh–F.C. Koch copy. The plates in this set each have an additional engraved dedication in lower margin of the plates from 'son très humble et très Respecteur Serviteur, Chr. Henning' with the coat of arms of the dedicatee engraved and coloured at centre; the first being to ‘Madamoiselle F.G. de Lynden’, the second, third and fourth to ‘George Frederik le Prince d’Orange et Nassau, Stathouder’, the final two dedicated to ‘Madame Frederice Louise Wilhelmine Princesse de Brunswick Princesse d’Orange et de Nassau’. The signature of the printer, ‘F.G. Michael’ has been removed from the the lower margin of the plates, suggesting that this was a personal gift from the artist. The dedication is to William V (1748-1806) prince of Orange and the last stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, and his wife Wilhelmina of Prussia. The work is also bound with an extremely rare pamphlet - not traced by us in any library - describing the history of the castle and its newly landscaped gardens, also detailing the plates. The book later belonged to Vincent van Gogh (1866-1911), cousin of the celebrated painter, whose father Cornelis van Gogh (the artist's uncle), was a bookseller and art dealer in Amsterdam (see Laura Aydelotte, The Other Vincent van Gogh, Penn Libraries). Later in the collection of F.C. Koch, the famous Dutch book collector and historian whose library was sold at auction by Hauswedell and Nolte in 1974. A remarkable, and probably unique, presentation copy. Bobins V, 1560.



Small folio (282 x 216mm) text in octavo (216 x 126mm). 4 unnumbered leaves [*4], with 6 engraved plates all with fine contemporary hand-colouring, text and plates mounted on stubs (very slightly trimmed by binder in lower margin just touching last line of dedications). Fine contemporary Dutch red morocco, covers gilt to a panel design, outer panel with a fine gilt scrolled floral border, and gilt hunting scroll, gilt flowers to corners, inner panel with large gilt arabesque of scrolled and floral tools, spine with raised bands, fleurons gilt in compartments, edges and turn-ins gilt, fine coloured block printed floral endpapers (lower cover with two small scratches). Provenance: Vincent van Gogh (1866-1911; bookplate) – F.C. Koch (bookplate).





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