5865 - 6291 FINE ARTS - GRAPHIC ART, 16th-19th CENTURY
- Fine impression w. broad margins. A few foxed spots. = Delteil 4, the second state (of 2). Rare.
- Yellowed; a few very tiny scratched spots in the image.
= Delteil 15, the rare first state (of 4). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
= Delteil 20, 4th and final state.
- Cut on the platemark.
AND 13 others, i.a. 8 others similar by i.a. the same, Q. BOEL, P. van LISSEBETTEN and L. VORSTERMAN, after i.a. TITIAN.
= All but one from Théatre des peintures de David Teniers (±1700).
- Womhole in left part; otherwise fine.
= With 2 collection stamps of Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam on verso (Lugt 789a and 2228).
AND 2 engravings after Jan VAN GOYEN, one showing the river Maas (by Maxime LALANNE) and the other showing Brussels (by Ludwig Hans FISCHER).
- Ample margins. Sl. (finger)soiled; occas. trifle/ sl. foxed; plates no.4-7 of the 2nd series w. sm. waterstain in lower outer corner.
= Very rare, complete double series. Wurzbach II, p.1; Atlas van Stolk 3019; De Groot/ Vorstman 161-163; not in Hollstein, Schenck; Hollstein, Van der Laan does not exist. Ingalls p.9-13, depicting the 16 prints on whaling: "The (...) set of sixteen is among the classics of whaling prints. The exceptional comprehensiveness, historical accuracy, maritime detail, and artistry are rare in the history of the pictorial documentation of the industry." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
- Both trifle agetoned; second print cut on border line and w. three vague tiny white stains in upper right corner.
= Hollstein (Pieter de Laer) 1 and 4, both 1st state of 2. First print is the title print of the series and has two collector's marks of the Rijksprentenkabinet (Lugt 789a and 2228) on verso.
AND 1 anonymous etching of three sheep and a herd dog on wove paper.
- Fine copy. = Hollstein 6.
- Trimmed on the platemark; two sm. stains in left corners.
= Hollstein 4, the 1st state (of 2) before the number.
- Horizontal fold; slightly soiled; 5 closed marginal tears (occas. just affecting the image).
= Huelsen 109a.
AND 2 similar engravings from the same series by Giovanni ORLANDI and Nicolaus VAN AELST (both w. defects).
= Beraldi 75, proof before the title.
Idem. (A boy walking alongside a donkey-drawn cart). Etching after Constant TROYON, 13,5x17 cm., w. engr. "C. Troyon" and "Lalanne sc." in the plate (not traced in Beraldi). Idem. Bordeaux, vue prise de la côte de Cénon. Etching from the series of 22 Vues diverses, 1879, 17x25 cm., signed "Lalanne" in the plate (Beraldi 97). - AND 5 others similar by the same, i.a. Beraldi 35, 100 and 133.
= Beraldi 53, 65, 69, 121 and 123. From A. Augé, Rouen Illustré, 1884.
AND 5 others similar by the same, all French views, i.a. La Cavalier and Château de la Brède (Beraldi 74 and 99).
= Beraldi 125.
Idem. "Aux environs de Paris". Etching, 21,5x30,5 cm., with "Maxime Lalanne Sculpt" and "Imp. Delâtre, Rue St. Jacques, 303, Paris" in letterpress below the image, letterpress title in caption below, on chine collé.
- Foxed (mainly) in blank margins. = Not in Beraldi.
AND 4 others similar by the same, all views in Paris, i.a. À Neuilly (Bras de Seine avec lavoir) and Vue de Bas-Meudon, bords de la Seine (both on chine collé. Beraldi 7 and 124).
= Not in Le Blanc. Part of a series of vases.
- All trimmed ±3 mm outside the border line; a few w. small defects; mostly fine.
- Richly inked impression.
Idem. (Man sitting on a horse that is drinking from a river, a bridge in the background). Etching and drypoint, 10,8x14,5 cm., signed "A. Legros" in pencil, on laid paper.
- Except for a few foxed spots fine.
AND 2 others similar by the same, i.a. Paysannes des environs de Boulogne (signed "A. Legros" in the plate).
- A few foxed spots; nevertheless fine.
= Hollstein 3, the second state (of 2). With an unidentified blue collector's mark on verso.