P. de Baudicour nr 37. Good impression. Diagonal strong fold; some other creases and small defects. Plate engraving for the first part of “Recueil d’Ostéologie et de Myologie” by Gamelin, Toulouse, 1779. The title “real” in the book is “Vignette au bas de l’explication pour un enfant âgé de cinq ans”.
New Hollstein nr 3 (V/VI). Good impression of 5 state (of 6), les initiales de G. Hendrick effacées. Oxidation of the sheet; slight pli d’impression dans l’angle inférieur droit. Wide margins. Watermark : grapes.
Cf Portalis and Beraldi page 270. Good impressions trimmed out the borderline, forming pair. Contrecollées sur vélin; foxings; strong stains and oxidation.
New Hollstein nr 325 (I/III). Good impression of first state (of three), before la modification de l’adresse. Forte oxydation du feuillet; traces de pli vertical médian; some tiny pinhole and innombrable small rousseurs éparses. Good margins. Watermark : double C couronné. Plate to the set of “Nouvelles inventions des Temps Modernes”, 1588-1591.
Bartsch nr 25 (U. da Carpi); Bartsch Ill nr 25; cf Takahatake “The chiarosccuro wwodcut in Renaissance Italy” p. 130. Good impression printed in two plates of tons and a plate of trait, of 2nd state (of 2), du tirage d’A. Andreani ca 1608-1609. Vertical median fold; some rare creases; contrecollée.
New Hollstein nr 32 (V/V). Very good impression trimmed at the platemark, of the definitive state, with the last small retouches. Some very légères creases and some very slight stains visible on the back. Edition of XVIIIth century.
New Hollstein nr 88 (II/II). Impression widely trimmed on three sides (160 x 118 instead of 177 x 160); of 2nd state (of 2), the platemark used but very probably printing in XVIIth century. Some strong thin paper areas reinforced on the back, some se déchirant; a pinpoint on the cuisse; old inscription on the […]
I.F.F. nr 97. Very good impression on simili japan paper, signed. Very slight oxidation and tiny foxings; marginal thin paper areas on the back. Good margins. Dry stamp of “Cercle de la Librairie”.
Faucheux nr 62-16 and 210. Good impressions. Strong oxidation and / or trace of glue along the edges; backed on old laid paper. Thread margins. Two plates of two set of différent view.
B. nr 280; Strauss nr 154 (II/II); New Hollstein nr 347 (II/III). Very good impression irregularly trimmed in the platemark, trimmed of some mm in width, of 2nd state (of 3). Laid down on old laid paper; vertical median crease; fold of edition open on the left edge; other rare small defects. Plate to a […]
S. Laboureur nr 123. Very good impression on wove paper, signed and annotated “25 ep”. Edition of 25 or 30 impressions. Good margins. According to S. Laboureur, this stamp was printing on 30 impressions.