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Marriage
Author: Jacob Cats (Dutch, 1577–1660)
Illustrated by: Adriaen van de Venne (Dutch, 1589–1662)
Engraver: Daniel (David) van den Bremden (Flemish (worked Italy and Holland), 1587–1663)
Engraver: Pieter de Jode II (Flemish, 1606–after 1674)
Engraver: Adriaen Jacobz. Matham (Netherlandish, about 1600–1660)
Engraver: Theodor Matham (Netherlandish, 1605 to 1606–1676)
Engraver: Pieter Serwouters (Netherlandish, 1586–1657)
Engraver: Jan Hendricksz Verstraelen (Dutch, active 1588–1635)
Engraver: Unidentified artist, Dutch, 17th century
Printer: Jan Pietersz van de Venne (Dutch, 17th century)
1625
Place of Publication: Middelburg, Netherlands

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 40 engravings
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 20.1 x 6 cm (9 13/16 x 7 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number1982.504
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Middelburg: Jan Pietersz van de Venne, 1625

Catalogue Raisonné Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, XXXV, pp. 79-90, nos. 170-191; De Jonge van Ellemeet, Museum Catsianum, 113
Description(Middelburg: Jan Pietersz van de Venne, 1625) Quarto; 389 leaves (6 pts. in 1 v.); eighteenth [?] century gilt-stamped stained calf.

Allegorical illustrations of married life. First edition. Issued as six parts in one volume. See Hollstein, XXXV, pp. 79-90 for description of illustrations and further references.
ProvenanceE.P. Goldschmidt & Co., Ltd., London, from whom purchased by MFA, November 1982.