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Antique Print-CEREMONY-TAKING OFF A SHOE-HEBREW-JEWS-Calmet-1725

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Subject: Plate: 'Plechtigheit van het uyttrekken der schoe van den voet van eenes mans broeder.' (Ceremony of taking off the shoe off a man's foot). As described in Deuteronomy XXV v. 7 - 9.
Condition: Excellent. General age related toning and occasional light staining. Paper edges a bit irregular and occasionally chipped as usual. Please study scan.
Medium: Copperplate engraving and etching on verge type hand laid paper, mostly with watermark present.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 28 x 44 cm. The image size is ca. 20 x 32 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 11 x 17.3 inch. The image size is ca. 7.9 x 12.6 inch.
Part Number: 25308
Location: E8-33
Description: This plate originates from: 'Het algemeen groot historisch, oordeelkundig, chronologisch, geografisch, en letterlyk naam- en woord-boek, van den gantschen H. Bijbel. Dienende tot de gedenk-stukken der Jooden en andere oudheden, ter opheldering der H. Schrift ... Nu in't Nederduitsch overgezet, merkelyk vermeerdert, en met aanmerkingen verrykt, door Mattheus Gargon.' and it's additons: 'Byvogzel tot het algemeen groot ... Naam- en woord-boek ... En nu in zuiver Nederduitsch overgezet, merkelyk vermeerdert, en metv aanmerkingen verrykt, door Jakob van Ostade en Arn. Henr. Westerhovius.', by Augustines Calmet, published in Leiden, Amsterdam, by Samuel Luchtmans, R. & J. Wetstein en Smith 1725-1731. This is a reknown encyclopaedic dictionary on all aspects of the history, geography and culture of the Bible and Biblical times. This Dutch translation originates from Calmet's work in French including: 'Commentaire littéral sur tous les livres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testament ...', first published in Paris in 1707.

Artists and Engravers: Author: Antoine Augustin Calmet (1672-1757), French Benedictine. Translation by: translation by Mattheus Gargon (1661-1728), a minister in Vlissingen. Engravings in this work by A. de Putter, F. van Bleyswyk, M. Pool, Ph. van Gunst, etc.