Dieterichs Collection Book

Jurisprudentia heroica sive, De jure Belgarum circa nobilitatem et insignia.
Brussels: Balthazar Vivien, 1668. A very rare first edition of this anonymous work on Belgian law pertaining to the nobility, their insignia, and lines of descent, illustrated by Pieter Clouwet (1629-1670). Clouwet came from a Flemish Family of artists and was a pupil of Theodoor van Merlen II (1609-72). In 1645 he became a master in the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke, of which he was Dean from 1666 to 1669. He was primarily a reproductive engraver, copying the works of such artists as Nicolaes Berchem, Abraham van Diepenbeek, Anthony van Dyck, Pieter van Lint, Erasmus Quellinus and Simon de Vos. He is best known for his engravings after Rubens.