5323 - 5647 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
- Both prints w. sl. unevenly trimmed left blank margin (remaining width of blank margin still at least 1 cm.).
- Both prints w. sl. unevenly trimmed left blank margin (remaining width of blank margin still at least 1 cm.).
- Trifle foxed/ spotted. Folded as published.
"Laburnum, seu Anasyris flore luteo (...).". Col. etching, 32x21 cm., numb. "N.618" in top right corner, from the same work as the preceding.
- Both prints w. sl. unevenly trimmed left blank margin (remaining width of blank margin still at least 1 cm.).
ADDED: 3 contemp. handcol. engravings from H.L. DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Traité des Arbres Fruitiers (Paris, 1782. All fine).
- Left blank margin dustsoiled and strengthened on verso; closed tear in upper left blank corner.
"Oncidium imperatoris Maximiliani Rchb. fil." Col. lithograph by J. SEBOTH, 41x26 cm., from H. WAWRA VON FERNSEE, Botanische Ergebnisse der Reise Seiner Majestät des Kaisers von Mexico Maximilian I. nach Brasilien (1859-60) (Vienna, 1866). - AND 4 other col. lithographs, incl. 2 from the same work as the preceding: "Begonia neglecta" (2 sm. tears in margins) and "Dalechampia Ilheotica".
- Both prints w. sl. unevenly trimmed left blank margin (remaining width of blank margin still at least 1 cm.).
AND 1 other from A. MUNTING, Naauwkeurige beschryving der aardgewassen: "Vitis Canadensis" (handcol. engr., 32x21,5 cm., Leyden/ Utr., 1696. Upper blank left corner torn off).
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.
"Tulipifera virginiana tripartito Aceris folio anthera filamento." Col. etching, 32,5x20,5 cm., numb. "N.998" in top corner, from the same work as the preceding.
- Both prints w. sl. unevenly trimmed left blank margin (remaining width of blank margin still at least 1 cm.).
- Partly sl. yellowed and a few plates sl. foxed. Otherwise fine.
= I.a. "Orchis mascula"", "Hyacinthus non scriptus", "Geranium pratense", "Hydrocharis Morsus ranoe", "Sempervivum tectorum", "Carduus marianus", "Convallaria majalis" and "Scabiosa arvensis".
= Including many finely handcol. prints. I.a. from H.L. DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU, Traité des arbres Fruitiers / nouvelle edition (Paris, 1768/ 1807-1835. Nissen BBI 550 and 551). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.
- Lower margin trimmed to the borderline; restored tear in upper margin and right margin.
= DeVesme 8, only state.
= Wildenstein 11, the first state of 2, before the number "5".
AND 1 other etching by the same, Le festin d'Antoine et de Cleopatre (Wildenstein 12, the first state of 2, before the number "6").
- Trimmed on the borderline; sl. foxed and browned. = Hollstein 406.
AND 1 other engraving with a night interior view by Crispijn DE PASSE the younger: Byblis writes her brother Caunus a love letter (Hollstein 236ad).
- Closed tear in upper part. = New Hollstein 18, 2nd state of 2. Part of the Theatrum Biblicum.
Idem. The Discovery of Holofernes's corpse. Engraving after Marten VAN HEEMSKERCK, 20,4x24,8 cm.
- Trimmed on the platemark; w. extended margins.
= New Hollstein 86. With the collection marks of the Bibliotheque National de France (Lugt 400 and 409).
AND 7 others by the same, i.a. after Marten VAN HEEMSKERCK, i.a. Daniel refusing to worship Bel (New Hollstein 93, 2nd state); The Annunciation to Zacharias (lower right corner repaired; New Hollstein 175, 1564, 1st state of 3) and The People of Sodom struck blind (dam. and frayed; New Hollstein 7).
- Sl. browned and w. sm. waterstain in lower margin, sl. within the caption; ample margins.
= New Hollstein 383, 1st state of 2. Part of a series of 8 engravings depicting personifications of trades and professions.
- Trimmed on/ just within the borderline. = Hollstein 478, 1st state (of 4).
= DeVesme 15, only state.
AND 3 other small etchings by the same, i.a. The Rape of Proserpina.