Godfried Arnold – Waare afbeelding der eerste Christenen – 1700

Godfried Arnold / Jan Luyken – Waare Afbeelding der Eerste Christenen – Complete suite of engravings – 1700/1701Engelse beschrijvingGodfried Arnold – Waare Afbeelding der Eerste Christenen, volgens hun Leevendig Geloof, en Heylig Leeven – Amsterdam, 1700–1701 – 2 parts in 1 volume – richly illustrated by Jan LuykenFirst Dutch edition of Gottfried Arnold's important history of early Christianity, translated from the German by Willem Séwel and published in Amsterdam.A particularly attractive feature of this copy is the complete series of 46 engraved plates, each containing two separate scenes: 92 engraved representations in total. The volume furthermore contains the large allegorical engraved title/frontispiece plates belonging to the work.The engravings are principally by the celebrated Amsterdam artist Jan Luyken (1649–1712) and depict scenes from the lives, worship, persecution, baptism, customs and history of the early Christians. The engraved title to the second part is signed “J. Luyken” and dated MDCCI (1701).Both parts retain their red-and-black printed title pages with the engraved IMMOTA MANET device. Interestingly, the printed title page of the second part is dated MDCC (1700), while its signed allegorical title engraving is dated MDCCI (1701).Illustrations:Complete suite of 46 double-scene engraved plates (92 scenes), together with the engraved allegorical title/frontispiece plates.... lees verder bij Catawiki