cf New Hollstein (van Ostade) nr 24 copy d. Very good impression. Slight oxidation of the sheet; some very slight creases, notamment l’un horizontal. Thread margins on three sides. Our ingraving resume that of A. van Ostade wich dates from about 1652. The state of our impression is undiscribed.
J. Lothe nr 279; Duplessis nr 1375. Good impression trimmed at the platemark, with Le Blond’s address. Second plate of the set “Le Mariage à la ville”.
New Hollstein (after Goltzius) nr 548 (II/II) and 550 (II/II). Very good impressions of 2nd state (of 2), with the engraved numbers. Some creases, mostly in the corners. Thread margins. Plate to the set of “Ovid’s Metamorphoses”, 1589, including 20 subjects.
Bartsch Ill nr 153. Good impression trimmed out the borderline. Strong fold at upper left; a break fold vertical at top; creases in the angles and horizontal.
Van den Noort nr E.132 (II/II). Very good impression on laid paper, published in the “Société des Aquafortistes” during 1864. Some creases mostly soft and mostly marginal; slight stains on the edges of margins. Wide margins.
Robert-Dumesnil nr 61 (V/V). Very good impression trimmed at the platemark of the last state. Some slight creases. Seventh plate to a set for pour the “Roman comique” by Scarron of which only part was engraved by the artist.
Hollstein nr 23. Good impression trimmed at the subject, d’un édition indéterminée but very certainly of XVIth century. Angle supérieur gauche anciennement restauré; small hole restauré près du bord droit; six wormholes; rests of glue and of mounting paper on the back; other smamll defects. Last plate to a set of quatorze illustrant la “Passion”.
Traces of adhésive in the upper corners; vertical stains in the lower part; small lack in the angles. On the back an old inscription by brown ink in italian.
Lieure nr 476 (I/II). Good impression of first state (of 2), before the engraved number. Glued in part on old laid paper; slight small stains. Thread margins. Plate of the set of “Caprices” engraving in Nancy.
cf Guilmard p.85. Very good impression for a set of “Corbeille” (?). Creases mostly marginal; slight vertical median crease; many small foxings mostly marginal and on the back. Watermark : coat of arms of Le Tellier (close to Gaudriault nr 132), ca 1680
New Hollstein nr 282 (II/II). Good impression of 2nd state (of two). Significant vertical tear restored about 40mm at top; small marginal lacq restaured at top and in the upper right corner; some small thin paper areas. Thread margins. Edition ogf XVIIIth century.
Recueil composé de six bois; le clown, l’homme orchestre, l’écuyère, la folle, le pirate, le vieil. La planche de titre (jaunie) numbered and signed à la plume by the artist. Impressions on thin japan paper, chacune sous passe-partout de l’époque. Le tout dans une chemise cartonnée avec une vignette collée de l’artiste. Rare foxings à […]
Good impression on wove paper printed in Colors, annotated “Epreuve (not corrected)”, signed and annotated again at foot. Some creases; tiny stain and slight marginal oxidation.
Good impression glued by three angles on strong old laid paper; rests of glued on the back; rare small stains. Copy executed in the same direction as that of Étienne Delaune, engraved two years later.