PAIR OF FRAMED JOHANNES KIP HANDCOLORED ENGRAVINGS FROM BRITANNIA ILLUSTRATA ,Netherlandish/ English, c.1652-1722. Depicting Newnham Padox in Warwickshire & Comb Abby in Warwickshire.
Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff forged a career together producing views of country houses and gardens for "Britannia Illustrata (aka. Views of Several of the Queens Palaces and also of the Principal Seats of the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain)", published in England in the first quarter of 18th century. This folio is among the most important English topographical publications of the 18th century. - Framed: 18 7/8" high x 25 3/4" wide. Estimate $400-600