- Sl. stained in upper margin; some small foxed spots.
= From F. Levaillant, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis des Rolliers (...) (Paris, 1801-1806. Nissen IVB 559).
- Some minuscule foxed spots.
= From F. Levaillant, Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis des Rolliers (...) (Paris, 1801-1806. Nissen IVB 559). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
= Comprises i.a. Anthus Pratensis, Ampelis Garrulus, Tyto Alba Guttata, Riparia Riparia and Cypselus Apus.
ADDED 10 others, all prints of other animals, i.a. an engraving of cows by MARCUS DE BYE after PAULUS POTTER.
- First series trifle foxed, mostly along edges; 2nd series plates for the greater part yellowed. Binding worn/ rubbed along extremities; paper over covers partly worn off.
= Rare edition, probably published by De Leth as a series of prints, without the original letterpress titles and dedication and content leaves. On the series ("Icones"): Bolten, Dutch and Flemish Drawing Books p.69-70 describes the editio princeps of ±1669 with a few dedication and contents leaves, the etchings unnumbered. On both series, cf. in extenso: J.G. van Gelder and I. Jost, Jan de Bisschop and his Icones & Paradigmata (...) (Doornspijk, 1985); cf. Hollstein 6 (a very incomplete entry). The first series after i.a. Caracci, Dominichino and Michelangelo, 2nd series reproducing Greek and Roman sculpture. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
- First print somewhat foxed; no.6 folded, w. central fold closed on verso; no. 4 and 5 w. ample margins, others trimmed on/ a few mm. outside the platemark; no.3 "Blaeu brugh" supplied in duplicate (w. all margins cut off).
= Hollstein 109-114.
- Old glue remnants in the corners on verso, causing sl. creasing.
= Hollstein 97. Study after a detail of the painting of St. Martin dividing his cloak. Rare.
- (Very) fine impression on 17th cent. paper w. watermark showing a foolscap; a few small specks; wide margins of 15 to 18 mm.
= Hollstein 3, the 2nd state (of 3); Ackley 96. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
- Fine impression; cut just outside/ on the borderline.
= Hollstein 15, probably the 4th state (of 4), with the short diagonal scratch on the wall to the left and reworked.
- Creases/ folds and dustsoiled.
= From the series Emblemata Evangelica (1585) (title and 12 plates) by Adriaen COLLAERT, showing scenes from the New Testament in connection with the labours of the month and headed by the signs of the zodiac at top centre of each plate (here November and Sagittarius). New Hollstein 82.
- Small margins. = Hollstein 288.
AND 1 other engraving by Cornelis GALLE after Peter Paul RUBENS: The four Church Fathers, published by the same.
- Trifle foxed; oblique fold in right corners; 2 sm. closed tears/ remnants of sellotape in blank margins.
= Later impression. Hollstein 298.
- Cut just inside/ outside the borderline. Restored tear; a few small restorations in outer margins; sl. foxed; old flattened midde-fold.
= Hollstein 56. With collector's marks/ entries on verso, i.a. "P. Mariette 1693" (Lugt 1788) and "F.A. Maglin 1893" (Lugt 1777). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
- Lower margin trimmed just within the image, otherwise just outside; laid down.
= Very rare. Bartsch 20. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
- Trrimmed on/ inside the borderline (affecting captions in left margin). Some neatly closed tears in lower margin (in the image).
= New Hollstein 152; Lebeer 26. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.
- Cut just to/ just inside the borderline. Professionally rebacked w. thin Japanese. Old flattened middle-fold; sl. yellowed.
= New Hollstein 56, first and only state. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.
- A few foxed spots; closed scratch in centre.
= There is a set known of friezes showing huntings scenes by Abraham de Bruyn, but they are different in style and with a different looking monogram. Cf. Hollstein 61-66. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
- Trimmed just outside the platemark; sl. agetoned.
= Rare. New Hollstein 400-405, 2nd state of 4. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
- Vertical tear in centre repaired; a few other sm. repairs, i.a. in caption near upper right corner, w. added pen; a few sm. holes/ marginal tears.
= Hollstein 6, 1st state of 2 (before the name of Titian).
- Cut well outside the platemark; appears to have been cleaned (vague remnant of an oval collector's mark still visible on verso).
= Hollstein 180; Guilmard p.368; Atlas van Stolk I, 413. With the collector's marks of J.F. Bianchi (1878-1963) (Lugt 3761) and Robert Scholtz (1834-1912) (Lugt 2241) on verso. On this particular print: Expos. Coll. Edm. de Rothschild, Ornemanistes du XVe au XVIIe siècle, no.68. Beautiful transformation print.
Idem. "De Hoopman van weisheyt. Le capitaine prudent." "De Hoopman van Narheit. Le capitaine des follie". Two circular engravings, Ø 12 cm., first print w. engr. "The de Bri f. et ex" and "J. Wolff exc."
- First print cut just within the platemark on the upper, lower and outer points of the circle, otherwise wide margins; appears to have been cleaned. Second print trimmed to the borderline; sm. paper remnants of former mount on verso; strong dark impression.
= Supposedly the portraits of William the Silent and his adversary the Spanish duke Alva. Hollstein 178 and 179; Guilmard p.368; Atlas van Stolk I, 413. All three medallions part of a series of 4 designs for ornamented dishes. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
- Yellowed.
= Consisting of a view (17,9x25,2 cm.) w. (parts of) 5 small other views in left and lower margin, of which 3 w. resp. "Montmartre" and (both in reverse) "au Boulevard des Italiens" and "Chauffeurs publics" in the plate. Beraldi 128.
- (Broad) blank margins foxed/ dustsoiled and w. some creases, chips and (sm.) tears and waterst. in lower left corner.
= Rare complete series: 1. Arrivée des Taureaux/ Llegada de los Toros; 2. Essai et achat des Chevaux/ Ensayo y compra de las Cavallos; 3. Toreros avant la Course/ Toreros antes de la Funcion; 4. Le Picador/ Suerte de Picador; 5. Chevalier tuant le Taureau d'un coup de lance/ Cavallero Rejoneador; 6. Les Banderilleros/ Los Banderillores. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVIII.
= On laid paper with double watermark showing a doubleheaded eagle and the monogram "IIF", probably from the Bartsch edition of 1796. Part of the triumphal procession of Maximilian I. This print pairs with the print showing the wagon on which Master Paul Hofhaimer and another musician are playing an organ.
AND 3 others by the same from the same series, no.8, 27 and 130. People from Calicut and the Chamois Hunters, both with the same watermarks.
- Trimmed to the borderline; title w. sm. closed tear. = Hollstein 41, 42, 44 and 45, prob. 2nd state of 3.
AND 5 others by the same: two wolves, a bear, a sheep and a cow.
- Trimmed on/ just within the borderline; tiny closed tear in the sky; a few spots strengthened on verso, along edges.
= Lieure 670, 1st state (of 2).
- Good impressions on 17th cent. paper without watermarks. Title trimmed to / just inside the borderline; all other engravings trimmed near/ on the plate-mark, without loss of image or text; mostly trifle foxed in outer margin.
= Complete set. Lieure 1404-1414, 2nd state (of 3).
AND 14 other engravings from the series of 27 of La vie de la mère de dieu représentée par de emblèmes (all tipped onto mount, all 2nd state of two. All without the French caption below and mostly trimmed to the vertical borderlines; partly sl. foxed. Lieure 626-640).
- A few sm. brown spots; trimmed ±1 cm. outside the platemark; sm. closed hole near centre.
= On 17th century laid paper with small monogram watermark. Lieure 566, 1st state of 2. With the collector's mark of H.C. Valkema Blouw (1883-1953) (Lugt 2505). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIX.
- Collector's mark shining through in the image; a few spots strengthened on verso; trimmed on / just outside the platemark.
= Lieure 665, 2nd state. With the collector's mark of Albert van den Briel (1881-1971) (Lugt 407a).
= Modern impression (1960's) on Arches paper from copied copperplates by the Chalcography department of the Louvre. Lieure 654.
- Good impressions on 17th cent. paper without watermarks. All engravings trimmed near/ on the plate-mark, without loss of image or text.
= Complete set. Lieure 1404-1414, 2nd state (of 3), with the engr. captions but before numbers. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
- Tipped onto mounts; plate 1 (left part of the upper border) waterstained.
= Siège de la Citadelle de St-Martin dans l'Île de Ré. Lieur 656-659, 2nd state.
- The printed caption below cut off; trimmed to the image; glue stains from former mount on verso, sl. shining through; dark impression.
= Rare. Bartsch 99 (Bartsch attributed this print to Caraglio). A rather erotic scene. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVIII.
- Old horizontal fold; blank margins (badly) dam.
AND 1 other contemp. handcol. lithograph by PIGAL, "Tel maître, tel valet" (w. the address of Noël & Dautry). - ADDED 10 others, all 19th/ early 20th cent., i.a. by Théophile STEINLEN, J. HARDY, Lida WEIMANN (pen and ink drawing of an elegant woman catched by the wind), Abel PANN (Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit) and H. PETITJEAN.
= F.M. 3553a.
- Restored/ doubled copy; right margin yellowed.
= Possibly a proof before letters ("Americanorum Rex, Guisius").
- Sl. foxed/ soiled; 1 engraving with some handcolouring. = Hunt 241; Nissen BBI 376a
- Vaguely stained (verso worse). = New Hollstein 118f.
AND 1 other similar etching probably by the same, Country village with sheep and a sitting shepherd (numb. "18" in the plate. Stained; New Hollstein 131).
= Two etching after the so-called Master of the Small Landscapes. An anonymous landscape draugthsman who, over the centuries, has been identified as i.a. Cornelis Cort, Pieter Brueghel, Hans Bol and, most recently and most convincingly, as Joos van Liere (±1530-1583).
- Trimmed a few mm. outside the platemark.
= New Hollstein 237. Part of the series of 13 Emblemata Evangelica ad XII signa coelestia (title and 12 scenes from the life of Christ representing the months).
- Trimmed to the image; formerly folded; tiny small cut and a small tear in lower margin closed.
= Hollstein 173, 2nd state of 4 (before the crack in the plate). Part of the series The Works of Hercules (10 engravings).
- Good impressions cut just outside/ inside the borderline. Touch w. old flattended vertical fold and verso some brown stains (shining through). Taste some repairs in upper margin. Sight left margin trimmed short w. loss of image (±3/ 4 mm wide). A few transluscent brown stains/ specks.
= New Hollstein 204, 206 and 207, the first state (of 3).
- Corners strengthened/ w. sm. restorations. = Hollstein 1-12.
- Good strong impressions. Glue stains shining through/ wrinkling in upper corners.
= Complete set of etchings, with the later added title. Hollstein 1-6, all 3rd state (of 3).
- Both outer corners dam. and lacking sm. portion; chip in lower margin w. loss of image, a few smaller chips along the upper margin; a few closed tears; sl. soiled. Sold w.a.f.
= Rare. Bartsch 46; Zerner 2. With a manuscript collector's mark "Tc" in pen and ink on recto (not in Lugt). On laid paper with a small unidentified watermark. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIX.
= Nice etching in the style of Fragonard.
- Left margin cut short, a few mm. within the image; otherwise trimmed just outside the borderline; a few sm. specks.
= Part of the series of the 12 Months. Robert-Dumesnil 230; IFF 16e siècle 205, probably 1st state of 2.
- Occas. trifle yellowed; 3x trimmed on/ just outside right border line.
= New Hollstein, The Van Doetecum Family 928-930, 937, 938, 945, 947, 949 and 954. Comprises i.a. views of Goa, Abyssinia, China and Java.
- "John" trimmed on/ just within the borderline; the other prints w. ample margins, sl. agetoned w. sl. offsetting from passepartout.
= Hollstein 33, 42, 43, all 1st state of 2; New Hollstein (De Gheyn) 90, 98, 99, all 1st state of 2.