Lot 189: HENDRICK VAN SCHUYLENBURGH | An album of 52 diverse natural history watercolours

All watercolour and gouache over black chalk;
bound within boards covered with marbled paper;
The title-page inscribed, in brown ink: Verscheijde rare Bloemen / vrughten en vogels / geteeckent / naer tleven gecoloreert / door / Hendrick van Schuijlenburgh;
the individual sheets numbered in the lower right corner and inscribed with the names of the species depicted

405 by 270 mm

All watercolour and gouache over black chalk;<br />bound within boards covered with marbled paper;<br />The title-page inscribed, in brown ink: <em>Verscheijde rare Bloemen / vrughten en vogels / geteeckent / naer tleven gecoloreert / door / Hendrick van Schuijlenburgh</em>;<br />the individual sheets numbered in the lower right corner and inscribed with the names of the species depicted

The binding is not at all solid (the spine of the volume has largely disintegrated) but the individual sheets are in very good condition, with only a little very light foxing, and a few light creases on some sheets.
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Dr. E.A. van Beresteyn (bears his bookplate)