48 Engraved Portraits After Van Der Werff by Werff, Adriaen Van Der - 1700

New York : Norton, 1974., 1974. Very Good. 1st edition, 6th printing ; 591 pp.; illustrated . 23 cm. ; no dustjacket ; dark red cloth with gold lettering and designs ; ISBN: 0393074803; 9780393074802 LCCN: 73-11348 ; LC: E332; Dewey: 973.4/6/0924 ; OCLC: 672400 ; "Here for the first time we meet Jefferson as a man of feeling and passion. With a novelist's skill and meticulous scholarship, Fawn M. Brodie shows Jefferson as he wrestled with issues of revolution, religion, power, race, and love-ambivalences that exerted a subtle but powerful influence on his political writing and his decision making. The portrait that results adds a whole new depth to those of the past." ; first biography to examine the Sally Hemings case in detail ; VG

Dresden & Leipzig: A. H. Payne, [circa 1850].. Steel engraving. 10 3/4 x 8 in. (sheet). Very Good, some toning along sheet edges, and foxing.

Dresden & Leipzig: A. H. Payne, [circa 1850].. Steel engraving. 10 3/4 x 8 in. (sheet). Very Good, some toning along sheet edges, and foxing.

[Paris: French Publisher, circa 1808].. Etching and engraving. 16.3 x 11 cm. (sheet). Very Good, margins trimmed, soiling in center of image, sheet mounted on paper support.

Amsterdam: Dutch Publisher, circa 1697].. Stipple and line engraving. 16 x 12.5 cm. (sheet). Very Good. Sheet trimmed to the image.

Dresden & Leipzig: A. H. Payne, [circa 1850].. Steel engraving. 10 3/4 x 8 in. (sheet). Very Good, some sheet toning, and foxing.

Portrait of Sir Thomas More; half length, to the left, wearing cap and fur robes with large chain and rose pendant; in oval frame on pedestal with emblems;after Adriaen van der Werff after Holbein;illustration to Isaac de Larrey's ""Histoire d'Angleterre"" (Rotterdam: 1697-1713).Signed at bottom: Adr.n vander Werff pinx / P. à Gunst Sculps.[NL] Thomas More, humanist en Lord Chancellor van Engeland gedurende de vroege regeringsperiode van Hendrik VIII. Zijn wapenschild staat onder het portret. De prent heeft als onderschrift een Frans gedicht over zijn relatie met Hendrik VIII. Antieke prent door Pieter van der Gunst. Engraving on laid paper, with wide margins; total: 418 x 258 mm; despite some minor damages on the outer margins, in very good condition.

Text under the engraving: POLVS// J'estois du Sang Royal, mais mauvais politique.// L'invectivai le Roi, qui mit ma tête à prix.// Le Pape cependant n'eut pour moi que mepris.// Et par tout ma vertu n'eut qu'une fin tragique.  Antique print, engraving on laid paper, 410 x 275 mm. Edges a bit frayed and discolored but because of the wide margins not affecting the portrait. Some red stain in the back, slightly discoloring the middle only visible when held against the light.

Bust portrait of Charles II; slightly directed to the left, head turned to the right; wearing long wig, armour, sash, and lace collar; in oval frame with ivy, seton interior sill, with curtain behind; Inscription below: ""CHARLES II / Roy de la Grande Bretagne"", signed ""Vander Werff pinxit / Petr. Drevet sculpsit"" illustration to Larrey's ""Histoire d'Angleterre"" (1707).Karel II was koning van Engeland, Schotland en Ierland van 1660 tot 1685. Hij was de tweede zoon van koning Karel I en koningin Henriëtta Maria, een zuster van koning Lodewijk XIII van Frankrijk. Etching and engraving on paper, with wide margins; plate mark: 312 x 186 mm, total: 422 x 258 mm; despite some very small, almost undetectable stains and foxing, in very good condition.

Portrait of Philip II of Spain, bust length turned to left wearing a hat with a feather and the order of the Golden Fleece around his neck; within an oval and ornamental background with a coat of arms,Lettered below: PHILIPPE II. / Marie eut dans mon coeur une part bien legere, / Ma seule ambition m'en fit faire la choix: / Je n'en fus pas content, elle ne me sut plaire, / Le plus encore moins aux Anglais; on an ornamental frame and underneath production details: Adr ,n vander Werff pinx. / P.à Gunst Sculps.[NL] Filips II, koning van Spanje. Boven het portret het wapenschild van de Habsburgers. De prent heeft als onderschrift een Frans gedicht over zijn leven. Gemaakt door Van Gunst. Engraving on laid paper; total: 437 x 295 mm; very wide margins. some rubbing and staining due to handling, otherwise in good condition.