- All w. ample margins; the first print the words "Derde deel" erased, causing sm. holes in the paper; other prints partly w. sm. tape ghost in outer margins; trifle fingersoiled (first print sl. more). A fine set.
= Without no.12. On laid paper with foolscap watermarks. With the collector's s mark of Vester de Moor (not in Lugt). Hollstein 53 (3rd state of 4), 54-63, all 1st state of 2 (with the numbers). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.
Idem. "Het nut en Vermakelik Gebruyk van Verscheyde Binne-waters". Set of 4 (of 8) etchings, each ±13,3x20,4 cm., each signed in the plate.
- The 2nd title print foxed and w. repaired corner; H. 108 w. repaired tears and stained; H.109 somewhat browned and upper right corner cut short diagonally; H.111 trimmed just outside the platemark, upper left corner chipped; a few sm. spots.
= The title print supplied in 2 copies. Hollstein 104, 7th state of 8 (w. the address of M. de Broen and an unknown state (9th?) with the address of "Chez Pillot" (not mentioned by Hollstein); 108, 109 and 111, all 2nd state of 2 (w. the double border line). With the same collector's mark as above.
- Some sl. yellowing, mainly visible on verso.
= Copies in reverse of New Hollstein 115 (w. engr. caption "Liure de plusieurs Navires de Guerre et Vaisseaux Marchands"), 116 and 119.
- Lower blank margin thin sections.
AND 10 other prints, 17th/ 18th cent.
- Second print browned and w. a few sm. stains.
= Two of the earliest Dutch lithographs. On the first print: De eerste jaren der lithografische prentkunst in Nederland, p. 66, cat.nr. 88.
- Ample margins; sl. browned.
= From the work Theatrum Pictorium by David Teniers. Hollstein 74. With the collection stamps of museum Boymans van Beuningen (Lugt 356b (bequest Domela Nieuwenhuis) and 700a (stamp indicating duplicates)) and collector's stamp of Hermann Detmold (1807-1856) (Lugt 760).
AND 3 others by the same, all from the same work: after J. PALMA, L. BASSANO ('Winter' from the 4 seasons) and D. FETTI.
= Hollstein/ Godefroy 2, 5th and final state.
Idem. Peasant in pointed fur cap. Etching, ±1640, 6,8x5,7 cm., "Av.O" in the plate.
- Somewhat grey impression (although the borderline is very dark); ample margins.
= Hollstein/ Godefroy 3, 5th state of 7.
- Strong and fine impression on thin (17th cent?) laid paper, trimmed just outside the platemark.
= Hollstein/ Godefroy 22, the 4th state (of 7), 'rarissime' ("RRRRR") according to Godefroy. With a manuscript annotation/ collector's mark "rh 91267" and "B[artsch].22." in pen and ink on verso. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.
- Sl./ trifle duststained in margins.
= Hollstein 22 and 23, 2nd state of 2. Both with the stamp for duplicates of the Museum Boymans van Beuningen (Lugt 700a).
- First ±30 leaves (incl. title-p.) waterstained in lower half (diminishing towards p.XXXII); a few leaves loose. Vellum wrinkled.
= Rare. Veldman, Profit and Pleasure, VI and p.61-72; Hollstein 855, cf. the second edition of 1616; the engravings in first state (without the number in lower right).
- All sl. yellowed. = Hollstein 852b (listing the complete series w. 103 engravings).
- Laid down and foxed.
= Rare. Franken 359; not in Hollstein. The series show couples from all over the world in local dresses, combined with astrological signs. These engravings are attributed to Crispijn de Passe II, probably because the plates of the series appear in the inventories of the De Passe firm from 1639 (Veldman, p. 453, nr. 199: 'Twaelf maenden in drachten in 12 plaetgen') and 1653 (Veldman, p. 456, nr. 32). Franken was the first to ascribe the engravings (on the basis of only six plates: described as those 'très belles gravures') to Crispijn II.
Backer, J. de (1540/45-1590/91). (Allegory of Taste). Etching, 15x19,6 cm., "Iacob de Backer invenit" in the plate.
- Sl. fingersoiled; trimmed a few mm outside the borderline.
= Hollstein 4, 2nd state of 2. From the series of the Five Senses. According to annotation on the mount from the collection of Fred. J. Bianchi (but withoout his usual stamp).
- Upper and lower edge cut short, ±1 mm within the image. = Rare. Hollstein 21; Bartsch 28.
= Probably part of the series described by Le Blanc as Paysages ornés de ruines d'architecture (Le Blanc 121-126).
- Trimmed to the borderline; partly mounted.
= Hollstein 36, 2nd state (of 2). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.
- A few thin spots; restored w. paper on verso along central fold; two sharp folds and 1 sm. tear in outer blanks; sl. foxed/ duststained, mostly along edges.
= Wilton-Ely 445; Focillon 312.
- (Sl.) unevenly browned/ offsetting, mostly in margins; waterstains in margins along edges; sl. frayed.
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Focillon 771; Hind 85, 1st state of 4 (rare). With an unidentified collector's mark on verso, not found in Lugt. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- Margins frayed and w. uneven brown offsetting; leaf sl. browned; waterstain in left margin.
= The so-called villa of Maecenas, Tivoli (Sanctuary of Hercules Victor (Tivoli)). From the series Vedute di Roma. Hind 65, 1st state of 3; Focillon 768.
- A few sm. closed (?) tears along central fold and one in upper margin, just touching image.
= Wilton-Ely 373; Focillon 238. On Le Antichità Romane: "After over eight years of careful study and excavation Piranesi produced this four-volume work which swiftly established his reputation in Europe as the leading protagonist of Roman archeology. (...) His aim, as with all his archeological publications, was two-flold - to record the vanishing past for scholars and to inspire contemporary designers to emulate the achievements of the past." (Wilton-Ely, p.327).
- Sl. foxed; central horizontal fold, as often.
= From the series Vedute di Roma. Depicts the column of Marcus Aurelius on the Piazza Colonna. Focillon 799; Hind 52, 3rd state of 7.