Koen, Cornelis

[Antique game, riddle, patriots] Doorluchtige en hooggebooren vorst en heer!, Gods zegen daal’ op u en op uw nakroost neêr, zo lang de gulde zon zal aan den hemel schynen, zal nooit uit ‘s burgren hart uw roem en eer verdwynen.

Name: [Antique game, riddle, patriots] Doorluchtige en hooggebooren vorst en heer!, Gods zegen daal' op u en op uw nakroost neêr, zo lang de gulde zon zal aan den hemel schynen, zal nooit uit 's burgren hart uw roem en eer verdwynen.
SKU: 61347
Price: 436.00 EUR
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Doorluchtige en hooggebooren vorst en heer! Gods zegen daal’ op u en op uw nakroost neêr, zo lang de gulde zon zal aan den hemel schynen, zal nooit uit ’s burgren hart uw roem en eer verdwynen.

Amsterdam, J.H. Trop & S. and W. Koene, 1788. One broadside, 467 x 407 mm. Letterpress text printed in red and black, with a central woodcut vignette. Some browning.

A remarkable Orangist broadside celebrating the restoration of Stadtholder William V of Orange in 1787. The text is ingeniously arranged in concentric circles around a central vignette showing two men with Orange flags beside the traditional Hollandse Tuin (Garden of Holland).

The broadside combines political propaganda with a typographical puzzle. The verses form an acrostic: their initial letters spell out the full name of William V. The unusual circular composition and coded arrangement invite the reader not merely to read the text but also to decipher it, turning political allegiance into a visual and intellectual game.

Published in 1788, shortly after the Prussian intervention of September 1787 had restored William V to power and brought the Patriot ascendancy to an end. It is therefore an evocative piece of ephemeral political printing from the turbulent final years of the Dutch Republic.

An example is preserved in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (RP-P-OB-85.943), where it is described as “Cirkelvormige acrostichon op het herstel van prins Willem V, 1787.”

Amsterdam, J.H. Trop & S. en W. Koene, 1788. One sheet paper, plano, browned. 467×407 mm. An orangistic riddle consisting of a corcular text, numbered coding and an image in the middle.

SKU: 61347

€ 436,00 (€ 400,00 ex. btw)

Out of stock