- First print trimmed ±2 mm. outside the borderline; second print cut on the borderline; both prints trifle foxed; paper remnants and vague glue stains in corners on verso.
= Strauss 142; New Hollstein 261 and 262, 2nd state of 2. Very rare. With the collector's mark of Theodore Hippert (1839-1919) (Lugt 1377). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCI.
- Lower left blank corner restored.
= From the series of the Four Elements. New Hollstein 653, 3rd state of 3. With the collector's mark of Friedrich II August of Saxony (Lugt 971) on recto.
- Cut on/ just within the platemark; some parts strengthened on verso; a few sm. tiny closed marginal tears; sl. fingersoiled.
= New Hollstein 398, attributed to Jan SAENREDAM. From the series of The Wives of Patriarchs.
- Trimmed just outside the platemark; a few tiny spots.
= New Hollstein 554, 1st state of 2. Scene from OVID's Metamorphoses, book II.
Idem. Jupiter and the Gods asking Helios to resume control of the chariot. Engraving after Hendrick GOLTZIUS, 17,7x25,5 cm. (platemark), 4-line caption below, "5" below.
- Brown (large) spots in lower part. = New Hollstein 552-571, 1st state of 2. From the same series.
- Sl. unevenly cut; trifle foxed and fingersoiled. = Not in Hollstein.
Galle, Philip (1537-1612). The Vision of St. Peter. Engraving after Johannes STRADANUS from the series of 35 Acts of the Apostles, 20x26,5 cm., 4-line caption below, numb. "20" lower right, "Jo. Strada inve" and "P. Galleus excu."
- Cut close to the borderline; sm. tear/ dam. spot in upper right corner. = Hollstein 207, the 2nd state (of 3).
- Sl. foxed/ dustsoiled. Narrow paper strip on verso outer edges (from former mount/ passepartout); trimmed to the image.
= Hollstein 2. On contemporary laid paper. With 19th century manuscript collector's mark not found in Lugt ("A. W...?" and "847") and a collectors's mark "PMMH" (Pieter Hoogeweegen?, not in Lugt) and Albert Pieter van den Briel (Lugt 407a).
- Trimmed on the platemark, w. manuscript framing line; sl. soiled. = Hollstein 1, 2nd state (of 2).
- Trifle yellowed. = Harris 130; Delteil 146, final state (of 5).
AND 1 other after the same: "Los Chinchillas" (from Caprichos).
= Illustration to W. OF AUVERGNE, Postilla super Epistolas et Evangelia (Basel, 1511). Hollstein 110.213.
Wolgemut, Michael (1434-1519) and Pleydenwurff, Wilhelm (±1460-1494). (Portraits of the Greek philosophers and authors Xenophon, Archytas, Plato, Antistenes, Speusippos, Hippocrates, Zeno, Socrates, Hippocrates and Thucidides). Ten woodcuts on leaf LXXIII of HARTMANN SCHEDEL, Das Buch der Chroniken und Geschichte (Nurnberg, 1493). - AND 5 other similar lvs. from the same work and a leaf from VIRGILIUS MARO, Opera (Lyon, 1517) with a woodcut illustration by J. GRÜNINGER (workshop).
- Agetoned; prob. cut on the platemark.
= Very rare, no other copies traced by us. Not in the usual reference works. The name Granthomme suggests the artist, publisher and printmaker Jacques Granthomme (±1560-1622), who is known for his copies after Dutch masters. So the address could read as "P(ar) J(acques) Granthomme P(rieuré) (or Près) S(aint) J(ean) de Latran" (near the commanderie de Saint-Jean de Latran in Paris). Granthomme was active in Paris between 1588 and 1609. Perhaps part of a series showing the Four Seasons. Copy(?) in reverse of the print by Crispijn de Passe, cf. Hollstein 563, but without the caption below and without the number. Contrary to the De Passe print, the decorative border and the inset scene are separately engraved and printed. With the collector's mark of Franz Josef graf von Enzenberg (1802-1879) (Lugt 845) and an annotation in German (by Von Enzenberg?) mentioning Nicolaes de Bruyn, who created a set similar prints (four elements) with very similar borders (cf. New Hollstein 276-279). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
AND 1 other by Adriaen COLLAERT: The Holy Family in the stable (Month January) (engraving after Hans BOL. Cut to the borderline, without the caption. New Hollstein 238. Part of the series of 13 Emblemata Evangelica ad XII signa coelestia (title and 12 scenes from the life of Christ representing the months).
- Four prints (sl.) (water)stained (no.1, 2, 6 (1x) and 7); 1 print yellowed.
= Rare series. J. Greive, Johan Conrad Greive, p.38f.
- Vertical central fold; vague diagonal fold; cut on the platemark; strong, dark impression on sl. thick laid paper (perhaps late 17th/ early 18th cent.).
= Bartsch 38; Bellini 35, 1st state of 2.
- Without no.7-12 of the final series and without the letterpress title; occas. sl. foxed and stained (mostly affecting blank margins). Binding trifle rubbed along edges.
= Near complete set of all 7 series (marked A to F, the last series without letter), each print w. series letter, number (1 to 12) and title engr. in caption. The 2nd state (of 3) of this fine series of Dutch sailing vessels. See De Groot/ Vorstman p.8 ("The most specialized artist in the field at the end of the eighteenth century was Gerrit Groenewegen, with his views of the port of Rotterdam and his series of eighty-four ship types, which was published in instalments"), p.20ff and no.191-202. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- Mostly fine.
= Series A (no.8), B (no.2 and 5), C (no.1), E (no.1, 4 and 9) and F (no.2, 4, 7 and 12).
AND 7 others by the same from other series, i.a. De Groot/ Vorsterman 204.
- Three plates w. sm. brown stain in lower (blank) margin. A good/ fine copy.
= Complete set of all 7 series (marked A to F, the last series without letter), each print w. series letter, number (1 to 12) and title engr. in caption. The 2nd state (of 3) of this fine series of Dutch sailing vessels. See De Groot/ Vorstman p.8 ("The most specialized artist in the field at the end of the eighteenth century was Gerrit Groenewegen, with his views of the port of Rotterdam and his series of eighty-four ship types, which was published in instalments"), p.20ff and no.191-202.
- Each tipped onto paper mount.
= See De Groot/ Vorstman p.8: "The most specialized artist in the field at the end of the eighteenth century was Gerrit Groenewegen, with his views of the port of Rotterdam and his series of eighty-four ship types, which was published in instalments".
AND 14 others, all (handcol.) engravings of sailing vessels/ boats (mainly) at sea (18th-19th cent., various engravers and sizes).
- All sl. (unevenly) browned/ agetoned; trimmed ±0,5 cm. outside the platemark.
= All on laid paper w. foolscap watermark. Hollstein 7-10, 2nd state of 2. Scarce.
Idem. Cows in the water. Etching after A. VAN DE VELDE, 18x27,5 cm.
- Cut to the borderline; foxed spots. = On laid paper with foolscap watermark. Hollstein 44.
Idem. (Harbour view with a fountain in the foreground). Etching after J. LINGELBACH, 15,3x23,9 cm., numb. "2" in the plate.
- Trimmed just outside the platemark. = Hollstein 31. From a series of 12 harbour views after Lingelbach.
Idem. (Rural view of houses near a bridge). Etching after A. VERBOOM, 14,2x19,6 cm., numb. "2" in the plate.
- Sl. fingersoiled. = Hollstein 47. Part of a series of 6 landscapes after Verboom.
AND 2 landscape etchings after JAN VAN GOYEN, from a series of 8 (Hollstein 23 and 27).
- Leaf sl. soiled.
= Large illustration on entire leaf CCVI from VIRGIL, Opera (Strassbourg, publ. by Johann Grüninger, 1502. Edited by S. Brandt). La Gravure d'illustration en Alsace au XVIe siecle, I. Jean Gruninger, no. 402, ill. p.233.
AND 5 others, all lvs. w. woodcuts from 16th century works of VIRGIL, incl. 2 lvs. from the same work as above.
- Occas. browned.
Roux, Jacob, Christian (early 19th cent.). (Anatomical view of the male erogenous zones, showing arteries). Two partly handcol. lithogr. plates, each 71x51 cm., from TIEDEMANN, Tabulae arteriarum corporis humani, 1822.
- Each sl. foxed.
- Strong dark impression; trimmed outside the platemark; two vertical blank printing folds in the image; professionally added margins w. Japanese paper.
= Hollstein 3, 2nd state (of 2), with strong borderlines and the number added.
AND 2 others, i.a. a landscape etching (Hollstein 36) by JAN VAN ALMELOVEEN on wove paper.