'Wilhelmus IIdus, Florentii IVti filius'. Oval portrait of William II, or Willem II in Dutch, (1227 - 1256), Count of Holland from 1234 and King of the Holy Roman Empire from 1248. Etching and engraving on laid paper. Sheet size 306 x 415 mm., platemark 295 x 404 mm. Made by Cornelis Visscher. Number XVIII in the top edge of the image. The work 'Principes Hollandiae et Westfrisiae', written by Petrus Scriverius, was published in 1650 by Pieter Soutman in Haarlem, and contained a total of 38 portraits of the Counts of Holland, from the year 863 onward. In very good condition. Petrus Scriverius (1576 - 1660), the latinised form of Peter Schrijver, was a Dutch author and scholar on the history of the Low Countries, as well as classical literature. References: Hollstein 77-116; Smith 146-185.

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Goltzius Antiquarian booksellers specialise in books, engravings and manuscripts regarding Dutch history, literature, genealogy, heraldry, theology and topography. Our collection is mainly in the Dutch language. We also offer old master prints. We are internetbased en have more than 20.000 articles in stock. New stock will be added on a regular basis.

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