COEHOORN, Menno van.
[Manuscript leave of absence for Vaandrig Papeley].
Halst, 1703. Manuscript leave of absence signed by Menno van Coehoorn, written in brown ink on paper with Coehoorn's letterpress letterhead (26 x 18.5 cm), with a red wax seal, mounted on a large leaf (45.5 x 25 cm), also containing a standard letterpress passport issued by General Johan Theodore, Baron van Friesheim (1642-1733). The latter has (blank) space where one would fill in the name, regiment, the period of absence of the person concerned, and the exact date. With Van Friesheim's woodcut coat of arms at the foot.
With: (2) SCHENK, Pieter. [Portrait of] M[enno]. Bar[on]. van Coehoorn. Gen. van de artell. ...Amsterdam, Pieter Schenk, [ca. 1700?]. Engraved, mezzotint portrait of Van Coehoorn (28 x 18 cm), with at the top the motto: "Ignibus hic aderit" and 4 lines in Dutch below, trimmed along the edges and mounted on paper (34.5 x 23 cm).
€ 2,500
Hand written letter on a letterpress letterhead, by the Dutch military engineer Menno van Coehoorn (1641-1704), granting permission for a three month leave of absence to the Vaandrig Papeley. The document is signed by Van Coehoorn and also contains his red wax seal with a good impression of his coat of arms. Also included is a mezzotint portrait of Van Coehoorn, engraved and published by Pieter Schenk I, showing Van Coehoorn at a later age, in armour, with a fiery siege on the background.
In very good condition. Ad 2: Van Someren 1151.
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