5323 - 5647 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
79 5343 Beham Sebald 1500 1550 
- Upper left corner w. sm. chip; sl. fingersoiled and some foxing; trimmed on/ just outside the image.
= Pauli/ Hollstein 86, 3rd state of 3.
79 5344 Beham Sebald 1500 1550 
- Fine, trimmed 1 mm outside the borderline. = Pauli/ Hollstein 34, 5th state of 5. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVI.
79 5345 Bella Stefano della 1610 1664 
- Duststained; sm. closed tear in the caption; sl. rubbed along the upper edge; vague waterstain in lower part; paper remnants of former passepartout on verso.
= On thick, probably late 17th/ 18th cent. laid paper. De Vesme 93, prob. 4th state of 4.
79 5346 Bella Stefano della 1610 1664 
79 5346 Bella Stefano della 1610 1664 
= Depicting cartouches/ ornaments (4x) and lions (margins sl. dam.).
79 5347 Bellekin Cornelis van ±1625 ±1700 
- Upper margin frayed, a few sm. tears just within the image; sl. yellowed; central vertical fold strengthened on verso.
= The only known print by Cornelius van Bellekin, from JEAN LE CARPENTIER, L'Histoire généalogique des Pais-Bas ou Histoire du Cambray et du Cambresis (Leiden, 1664). It shows the states general of the prince-bishopry of Cambray in session. Van Bellekin is mostly known as a painter and engraver of mother-of-pearl.
79 5348 Bendorp Carel Frederik 1736 1814 
79 5348 Bendorp Carel Frederik 1736 1814 
79 5348 Bendorp Carel Frederik 1736 1814 
79 5348 Bendorp Carel Frederik 1736 1814 
- First and last blank yellowed from offsetting of wr.
= Extremely rare: only one other copy traced, at the auction of the collection M.Ch.van Hulthem, Ghent, 1846. From the collection of P.J. and L. Buijnsters-Smets. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.
79 5349 Berchem Nicolaas 1620 1683 
- Upper margin sl. cut short as often; a dark and strong impression.
= Hollstein 1, the 3rd state (of 5), with the address of N. Visscher. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
79 5350 Berchem Nicolaas 1620 1683 
- On laid paper w. partial foolscap watermark. Cut on/ just inside the platemark.
= Hollstein 11, 3rd state (of 5), with number "4" in lower right corner below image.
ADDED: 2 printdrawings, published by Ploos van Amstel, i.a. after Nicolaas Berchem.
79/5351 Bible prints Lot of 34 engravings 
79/5351 Bible prints Lot of 34 engravings 
- A few prints sl. yellowed and vaguely waterst.; occas. sl. frayed and w. some marginal tears.
79/5352 Birds Ardea Nycticorax Kwak 
79 5353 Birds Benard Robert 1734 1786 
79 5353 Birds Benard Robert 1734 1786 
79 5353 Birds Benard Robert 1734 1786 
79 5353 Birds Benard Robert 1734 1786 
= Nissen, IVB 301.
ADDED: 3 contemp. handcol. engravings of fruit by SELLIER (19th cent.).
79 5354 Birds Martinet François Nicolas 1725 1804 
79 5354 Birds Martinet François Nicolas 1725 1804 
79 5354 Birds Martinet François Nicolas 1725 1804 
79 5354 Birds Martinet François Nicolas 1725 1804 
79 5354 Birds Martinet François Nicolas 1725 1804 
79 5354 Birds Martinet François Nicolas 1725 1804 
= Nissen, IVB 145/ 301.
79/5355 Birds Lot of 6 handcol engravings/ lithographs of birds 
79/5355 Birds Lot of 6 handcol engravings/ lithographs of birds 
79/5355 Birds Lot of 6 handcol engravings/ lithographs of birds 
79/5355 Birds Lot of 6 handcol engravings/ lithographs of birds 
79/5355 Birds Lot of 6 handcol engravings/ lithographs of birds 
79/5355 Birds Lot of 6 handcol engravings/ lithographs of birds 
= 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.
- Three prints dam. in upper blank margin; all partly foxed.
79 5357 Birds Lot of 70 engravings/ lithographs 
79 5357 Birds Lot of 70 engravings/ lithographs 
79 5357 Birds Lot of 70 engravings/ lithographs 
79 5357 Birds Lot of 70 engravings/ lithographs 
79 5357 Birds Lot of 70 engravings/ lithographs 
79 5357 Birds Lot of 70 engravings/ lithographs 
- Occas. browned.
= I.a. from M.A.P.O. DESMURS, Musée ornithologique illustré, ±1886 (Nissen, IVB 240) and E. LE MAOUT, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, 1853 (Nissen, IVB 542).
79 5358 Biscaino Bartolomeo ±1632 1657 
- Professionally restored (old horizontal central flaw/ tear). = Bartsch 7. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.
79 5359 Biscaino Bartolomeo ±1632 1657 
- Restored copy (closed tears). = Bartsch 22.
79 5360 Bisschop Jan de 1628 1671 
79 5360 Bisschop Jan de 1628 1671 
- Without the titles and textlvs. First volume most lvs. soiled/ w. stains, mostly in margins; a few prints cut on the platemark and later laid down; the Paradigmata series lacks plate 44 and 47; all plates cut a few mm outside the platemark and tipped-in on contemp. lvs.; a few plates w. sm. stains.
= On the first 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 reproducing Greek and Roman sculpture, the second series after i.a. Caracci, Dominichino and Michelangelo.
79 5361 Bloemen Jan Frans van 1662 1749 
- Fine, w. ample margins. = Le Blanc 1, rare early/ first state before the letters. On 18th century laid paper.
79 5362 Bol Ferdinand 1616 1680 
- Traces of former tipping-in on verso in corners (partly w. some dam.); vague foxed spot near Gideon's right foot; a few obligue folds in lower left quarter (not visible on recto); trimmed to the border/ just inside top border).
= Hollstein 2, prob. 3rd state (of 5) (before the ribbon on the angel's forehead). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.