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(DER KINDEREN, A. J.) Vondel, Joost van den. Gysbrecht van Aemstel.
(DER KINDEREN, A. J.) Vondel, Joost van den. Gysbrecht van Aemstel. Title, half-title, illustrations, and full-page plates in burnished gold, ochre, green, and brown, by A. J. Der Kinderen illustrating stage designs by H.P. Berlage. 3 fascicles containing 5 parts. Folio, contents loose in original brown printed paper wrappers, worn and separated along spines, could use rebinding; scattered foxing throughout, mostly to text leaves, plates generally quite clean. Haarlem: F. Bohn, 1893
- Notes: first edition in parts of one of the great works from the renaissance of dutch book decoration. Van den Vondel''s 17th century masterpiece Gysbrech van Aemstel was written for the opening of the Amsterdam city theater, the Stadsschouwburg, in 1638 and became the traditional opening play of each theatre season for many years.
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