Christmas cards for the notary public and the legal professional

846

Interior of the notary's office around 1650.

418

Writing and calculating III.

416

Writing and calculating I.

420

A late eighteenth century wax jack used for the wax-sealing of documents and a Russian abacus. Courtesy Mathieu Hart Collection Amsterdam.

831

The Script; with a 'remission' dating from 1713.

840

Wheel-engraving on glass: 'To the prosperity of good trading'. Around 1760.

832

The Script; with an antique diary dating from 1625.

837

The Script; with a writing box and a deed of conveyance on parchment with two seals dating from 1723.

835

The Script; with a sealing-wax box showing an All Saints Calendar of the year 1820.

844

In the year 1786 a sand-glass and almanac were indispensable in the office.

843

The wax-sealing.

833

The Script; with a traveller's writing set in silver and tortoise-shell of 1775.

836

The interior of a notary's office in the year 1637.

839

The Script; with letters from Johan de Witt and a collection of antique golden pens.

841

The Script; with a deed of conveyance dating from 1723.

842

The Script; with a handwritten certificate from the year 1718.

845

The Script; with a handwritten certificate and a rare 15th century 'Epiphany' candleholder.

838

''Disclosure of the art of Italian Book-keeping', written by Anthonio van Nevlighem, merchant in Amstelredam, in the year 1630.

417

Writing and calculating II.

114

An alabaster relief depicting the Adoration of the Child in Bethlehem. Flemish, around 1550.