- Old fold (as published). = F.M. 3546 (11).
- One plate agetoned. = Wurzbach 1. Rare series.
- Later impressions (18th cent.?) on greenish laid paper, with fleur-de-lis watermark.
= New Hollstein 549, 553, 556, 557, 560.
AND 17 engravings on the same paper as above, by Johannes WIERIX and Abraham DE BRUYN, published in Biblia Sacra (...) (Antw., C. Plantijn), all later impressions.
- All laid down on mount; all cut on the borderline, the first print partly sl. within; first print w. a few sm. brown stains; 2nd print soiled and w. horizontal fold; 3rd print w. large brown stain in centre near right edge and sl. soiled.
= Very rare. New Hollstein (Heemskerck) 183, 185 and 186. On laid paper, 2x with Gothic "P" watermark.
- Doubled; lacks tiny portion of both left corners; worn along margins; trimmed to the border line.
= New Hollstein 158, the first state (of 3).
- Slightly vague impression, cut just on/ inside the borderline; old middle-fold; some marginal repairs.
= New Hollstein 82, the second state (of 4).
- Trimmed to the image; formerly folded; tiny small cut and a small tear in lower margin closed.
= Hollstein 173, 2nd state of 4 (before the crack in the plate). Part of the series The Works of Hercules (10 engravings).
- Sl. foxed, waterstain in lower blank margin.
= Bartsch 63 and Le Blanc 49, 2nd state of 2. The Story of Cupid and Psyche.
AND 2 others by the same, from the same series, no. 10 and 30.
- Sl. foxed, mostly in margins; narrow vertical blue stain on verso, shining through on the right side.
= Part of a pair of two prints, showing a gentleman and a woman dancing/ walking with Death. Hollstein 90 ad.
ADDED: ±30 (very) sm. etchings and engravings, taken from various works, showing mostly allegorical scenes, i.a. 2x a vanitas scene.
- Ample margins; trifle/ sl. foxed. = Hollstein 19-21, 1st state of 3.
Visscher, Jan de (1633-after 1682). (Pastoral landscapes). Three (of 8) etchings after Nicolaes BERCHEM, each ±24,8x34,5 cm. (borderline).
= Hollstein 108, 109, both 1st state of 2 and 112, 1st or 2nd state.
AND 2 others by the same after the same: Hollstein 105 (3rd state of 3) and 114 (later impression).
- Most plates trifle foxed; some w. vague waterstain in lower blank margin; one plate w. closed tear in lower blank margin.
= The original work contains 24 plates, 12 concerning good and bad behaviour of boys/ men and 12 of girls/ women; this lot consists of the complete series concerning boys (but without the title-page), most plates juxtaposing different moral attitudes or situations connected to a certain age, i.a. "Économie (12 ans.)"-"Vagabondage (12 ans)", "Travail (20 ans)"-"Débauche (20 ans)" and "Bonheur (30 ans)"-"Misère (30 ans)". The Album moral was published as the first prize winner of the 'Prix Delessert', a contest instituted by the industrialist, banker, inventor and botanical collector Benjamin Delessert (1773-1847). France littéraire, tome XXVII, Cinquième année (Paris, 1836), p.256: "Nous avons dit que le prix de 2,000 fr., offert par M. Benjamin Delessert, pour la composition d'un album moral, ayant pour but de representer les suites de la bonne et de la mauvaise conduite chez les ouvriers, avait été adjugé (...) à M. Jules David. (...) La manière dont les douzes scènes choisies par M. J. David ont d'ailleurs été traitées, est aussi ingénieuse que adaptée à l'intelligence populaire. (...) [Ces oeuvres] doivent puissamment contribuer à l'amélioration des moeurs populaires, l'une des tendences de la civilisation."
- Old flattened middle-fold. = Hollstein 20.
- Mounted under passepartout along margins; sl. yellowed.
= Large historical print with allegorical elements but also with the execution of Egmont and Van Hoorne in the background. Hollstein 97a; F.M. 514 ("Zeer fraaije en belangrijke pl."); Atlas van Stolk 408. Rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVII.
AND 1 other (dam.) print.
= Hippert & Linnig 11.
Idem. Le paysage à la barriere rustique. Etching, 13,9x19,7 cm., signed "J.L. Demarne f" on verso in pencil.
= Hippert & Linnig 10.
AND 1 other etching by the same, unif. signed in pencil: Le Pont naturel (Hippert & Linnig 9).
- All trifle foxed, otherwise fine. = All printed on laid paper. Prints by this artist are scarce.
= From B. RICCI, Triumphus Jesu Christi Crucifixi (Antwerp, 1608). Hollstein 1838-1842.
AND 15 other small devotional prints and holy pictures, i.a. the Adoration of the Magi (engraving by AMBROSIUS FRANCKEN on vellum, monogrammed in the plate. Rare), a female saint seated near a field (engraving by G. HURET); Saint John the Baptist as a child (engr. by C. GALLE) and 6 plates by ADRIAEN COLLAERT from the series Virginis Mariae Vita.
= New Hollstein 46, 1st state. With the collector's mark of P.M. van Doorne (1896-1971) (Lugt 4731) and an unidentified collector (Lugt 2641b).
AND 5 others, i.a. by Philips GALLE and José DE RIBERA (poor copy of Saint Jerome hearing the Trumpet of the Last Judgment).
- Without the engr. title. All engravings trimmed to the borderline along upper and left and right margins, lower margin trimmed 1-2 mm. outside platemark. All in fine condition.
= Hollstein (Van Mander) 57-69; Hollstein (Dolendo) 10-22; Hollstein (De Gheyn family) 37-49. The series in uniform impressions w. extended margins on paper without watermark. Hollstein 56 in 3rd state (of 3) w. the address of Jacob Colom in lower margin; all other engravings in the second state (of 2). Hollstein 56, remarks that this 3rd edition/ state was "used in Jeremias de Decker, Goede Vrijdag, Ofte het Lyden onses Heeren Jesu Christi, Amsterdam Jacob Colom, 1654." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXVIII.
BOUND IN: J. DE DECKER, Alle de Rym-Oeffeningen (Amst., 1726, 2 vols., 11 engr. plates/ div. titles, contemp. unif. blindst. vellum, 4to. Occas. sl. foxed (not affecting the Dolendo Passion plates)).
- Partly foxed; all formerly rolled.