after Johannes STRADANUS – The Invention of glasses, ca 1588-1591
1523 Bruges + 1605 Florence
Engraving by Jan Collaert II
New Hollstein nr 337 (II/IV). Very good impression of 2nd state (of 4), with Philippe Galle’s address. Rare marginal defects; some tiny pinholes; some creases notably vertical median; a small stain on the litle boy calf. Good margins. Plate to a set of “New inventions of modern times”, 1588-1591. Watermark : dobble C crown.
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