Lot n° 108
Including 41 plates from the Nancy set, 1621, and four from the Florence set, 1617, lacking five plates, all on laid paper, good to very good impressions, mostly with small margins, some trimmed to the platemark, all tipped onto laid paper sheets; also including a number of similar subjects in the manner of Callot and seven various plates by Stefano della Bella; all bound in a late 18th century quarter-calf binding with marbled boards and end-papers, the binding worn; generally in good condition
244 x 196 mm. (album)
The complete set of eleven etchings, 1635, on laid paper, four sheets with watermark Posthorn in Shield under Crown (similar to Lieure 49), the others without watermark, a fine, uniform set of early impressions, the title second, final state (the completed state), the others second state (of three), before the plate numbers have been added, the full sheets with wide margins above and below and smaller margins at the sides, some minor foxing and time staining, otherwise in very good condition
Plates 61 x 81 mm., Sheets 155 x 95 mm. (and similar)
The complete set of four etchings, 1621, on laid paper, the first plate with watermark Cross of Lorraine (Lieure 29), the others with an associated countermark 4/NG (Lieure 35), a very fine, uniform set of early impressions, the first plate second state (of four), the others second, final state, printing with great contrasts, a light plate tone and inky plate edges, with margins, very good condition
Plates 124 x 238 mm., Sheets 137 x 249 mm. (and similar)
The complete set of 18 etchings including title, 1633, on laid paper, eight plates with watermark Posthorn (Lieure 44-46), the others without watermark, a very fine, uniform set, the frontispiece third, final state, the others second state (of three), with the plate number but before the erasure of Silvestre’s address, with wide margins, in very good condition
Plates 89 x 190 mm., Sheets 156 x 279 mm. (and similar)
Etching, 1617, on laid paper, watermark Lion and Star (Lieure 38), a fine, early impression of the only state, trimmed inside the platemark but retaining a fillet of blank paper outside the borderline on three sides, trimmed to the borderline below, in very good condition
Sheet 285 x 335 mm.
(Griffiths & Hartley 38)
Etching and engraving, the second state (of three), on laid paper, with watermark Bunch of Grapes, trimmed to the lower borderline, with 10mm margins on the other three sides, the lower left corner made-up, some horizontal folds
Lot n° 5
(Griffiths & Hartley 16)
Etching and engraving, circa 1630, on laid paper, with watermark Bunch of Grapes and countermark A.I.R, trimmed to the borderline, with two skilfully repaired tears in the lower half of the sheet and one at the centre right edge, pale time staining
Lot n° 443
11,5 x 15,1cm
Salomon 116. Réunion de 3 très belles épreuves sur vélin, du 1er au 3e état, justifiées et signées au crayon. Joint : autre épreuve du 1er état, sur vélin, non signée, tirée en sanguine, avec fortes traces d’oxydation au verso. Toutes marges. Ens. 4 p.
