after Johannes STRADANUS – The Invention of distillation, ca 1588-91

New Hollstein nr 329 (I/III). Very good impression of first state (of 3), before name of editor change. Oxidation of the sheet; slight vertical creases, notably median and some tiny pinholes. Good margins. Plate to the set of twenty, whose a title, relating “Les nouvelles inventions des temps modernes”, ca 1591. Watermark : crowned double C.