5700 - 6088 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
- Sl./ trifle duststained in margins.
= Hollstein 22 and 23, 2nd state of 2. Both with the stamp for duplicates of the Museum Boymans van Beuningen (Lugt 700a).
- First ±30 leaves (incl. title-p.) waterstained in lower half (diminishing towards p.XXXII); a few leaves loose. Vellum wrinkled.
= Rare. Veldman, Profit and Pleasure, VI and p.61-72; Hollstein 855, cf. the second edition of 1616; the engravings in first state (without the number in lower right).
- All sl. yellowed. = Hollstein 852b (listing the complete series w. 103 engravings).
- Laid down and foxed.
= Rare. Franken 359; not in Hollstein. The series show couples from all over the world in local dresses, combined with astrological signs. These engravings are attributed to Crispijn de Passe II, probably because the plates of the series appear in the inventories of the De Passe firm from 1639 (Veldman, p. 453, nr. 199: 'Twaelf maenden in drachten in 12 plaetgen') and 1653 (Veldman, p. 456, nr. 32). Franken was the first to ascribe the engravings (on the basis of only six plates: described as those 'très belles gravures') to Crispijn II.
Backer, J. de (1540/45-1590/91). (Allegory of Taste). Etching, 15x19,6 cm., "Iacob de Backer invenit" in the plate.
- Sl. fingersoiled; trimmed a few mm outside the borderline.
= Hollstein 4, 2nd state of 2. From the series of the Five Senses. According to annotation on the mount from the collection of Fred. J. Bianchi (but withoout his usual stamp).
- Upper and lower edge cut short, ±1 mm within the image. = Rare. Hollstein 21; Bartsch 28.
= Probably part of the series described by Le Blanc as Paysages ornés de ruines d'architecture (Le Blanc 121-126).
- Trimmed to the borderline; partly mounted.
= Hollstein 36, 2nd state (of 2). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.
- A few thin spots; restored w. paper on verso along central fold; two sharp folds and 1 sm. tear in outer blanks; sl. foxed/ duststained, mostly along edges.
= Wilton-Ely 445; Focillon 312.
- (Sl.) unevenly browned/ offsetting, mostly in margins; waterstains in margins along edges; sl. frayed.
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Focillon 771; Hind 85, 1st state of 4 (rare). With an unidentified collector's mark on verso, not found in Lugt. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- Margins frayed and w. uneven brown offsetting; leaf sl. browned; waterstain in left margin.
= The so-called villa of Maecenas, Tivoli (Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (Tivoli)). From the series Vedute di Roma. Hind 65, 1st state of 3; Focillon 768.
- A few sm. closed (?) tears along central fold and one in upper margin, just touching image.
= Wilton-Ely 373; Focillon 238. On Le Antichità Romane: "After over eight years of careful study and excavation Piranesi produced this four-volume work which swiftly established his reputation in Europe as the leading protagonist of Roman archeology. (...) His aim, as with all his archeological publications, was two-flold - to record the vanishing past for scholars and to inspire contemporary designers to emulate the achievements of the past." (Wilton-Ely, p.327).
- Sl. foxed; central horizontal fold, as often.
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Depicts the column of Marcus Aurelius on the Piazza Colonna. Focillon 799; Hind 52, 3rd state of 7.
= Focillon 97; Wilton-Ely 66. From the series Varie Vedute di Roma Antica, e Moderna.
- Waterstained in the right part; sl. brown offsetting in margins.
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Focillon 772; Hind 67, 1st state of 5.
- Strong, dark impression.
= From the series Vedute di Roma. The arch of Janus. Focillon 825; Hind 96, 1st state of 4, before the numbers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- Sm. closed tear in left margin, just touching the image; two vertical (very) vague brownish stains in left and right part, more visible on verso.
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Focillon 761; Hind 60, 1st state of 5.
- Sl. agetoned/ browned, mostly along edges; paper flaws in lower and left margin (with the appearance of small tears in lower and creases in left margin).
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Foccillon 810; Hind 35, 3rd state of 6.
- Sl. foxed in margins, mostly in lower margin; otherwise a fine impression.
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Focillon 820; Hind 47, 2nd state of 5.
- Sl. duststained in right margin; central vertical fold (as usual)
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Wilton-Ely 152; Focillon 805; Hind 56, 3rd state III of 6. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.
- Right margin soiled and stained; upper and lower margin w. a few repairs.
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Hind 120, 1st state of 3, before the numbers; Focillon 720. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.