[Alba amicorum]. Album amicorum of CORNELIS VAN SCHAGEN, mainly Leipsic, Basel a...

[Alba amicorum]. Album amicorum of CORNELIS VAN SCHAGEN, mainly Leipsic, Basel and Utrecht, 1687-1706, 169 lvs. (incl. 114 blank), comprising 51 contributions incl. 1 coat of arms heightened w. gold, title-p. w. 5 coat of arms heightened w. gold, contemp. gilt tooled and panelled mottled calf w. lozenge central ornament, richly gilt spine, gilt boardedges, a.e.g., obl. 8vo. - Small ticket "Familie-Archief van Beresteyn" on frontcover. Owner's entry dated "1859" indicates that this album was a gift from "Dr C. Leemans" and a catalogue entry was added w. manuscript annotation "door mij gekocht voor f85.- E. van Beresteyn". Including three index lvs.; bookplate on upper pastedown; new endpapers; four lvs. w. later scribblings in pencil. Binding rubbed along extremities; spine-ends worn. = According to the catalogue entry the album amicorum was compiled during a journey through Germany by the Utrecht Doctor Cornelis van Schagen between 1687 and 1688, after his doctorate. The title-p. contains coats of arms from Van Schagen, Krombrugge, Bergh and Oosterwijk. With entries i.a. by J.G. Graevius, J. Gronovius, T. van Craanen, J. van Muyden, A. Verborcht, L.O. Menckenius, J. Smetius (fils.), F.C. de Gemmingen and J. Browne. Provenance: Frederik Muller, 1910 no.1687 (Collection chevaliers Van Rappard). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXV.