New Hollstein (van Dyck) nr 144. Very good impression. Slight oxidation mostly visible on the back; a few slight creases. Good margins. Edition of beginning XVIIIth century. The original painting by van Dyck was sold at auction in December 2014 for nearly 3 million pounds. Liberti was a chorister and organist at Antwerp Cathedral for […]
Good impression of the last state. Edition of beginning XVIIIth century. Wide margins. Pieter de Jode called the old (1570 Anvers – 1634 Anvers) was a flemish engraver; he produced a significant number of prints after Italian Renaissance masters.
L. Marchesano and C. Michel nr 3; Robert-Dumesnil nr 42. Very good impression in two sheet assemblées. Slight foxings, mostly in the lower. Vertical median fold; some tiny épidermures and some marginal short tears. Girard Audran and Gérard Édelinck traduisirent, between 1672 and 1678, les grandes toiles peintes par Charles Le Brun illustrant les Batailles […]
Hollstein nr 15. Good impression of the only state. Oxidation of the sheet; foxings; four wormhole or by pin; some vertical creases. Small margins. Watermark : stationer’s name and coat of arms (?). Edition probably slightly late. The painting by Rubens (and his workshop) is preserved à l’Académie de View.
Robert-Dumesnil nr 105 to 119. Very good impressions. Complete set of a title, a frontispeice and thirteen plates. A foxing at the limit of the composition in plate 4; few rare small stains and marginal foxings otherwise very good condition. Edition about 1680-1700.
Robert-Dumesnil nr 440 (II/III). Very good impression of 2nd state (of 3), with the number. Slight vertical crease at left; some slight foxings. Good margins. Second plate to a set of twelve illustrating the “Troisième partie des Poissons de Mer”. Watermark : coat of arms.
Robert-Dumesnil nr 469 5II/II). Very good impression of 2nd state (of 2), with the number. Slight oxidation of the sheet and some very slight foxings visible mostly on the back. Thread margins. Plate to a set of twelve forming the second “Partie de Poissons d’Eau douce”. Ex collection Defer-Dumesnil (Lugt nr 739).
Hollstein nr 27 (III/III). Good impression of the last state with the last works. Title inscription on the back; some soft small creases; small thin paper area on two angles and small ink stain (?) on the left edge. Watermark : fragment of the Amsterdam coat of arms.
Hollstein nr 102 (V/V). Very good impression of the last state, withe the last works. Some small amincissures on the edges, one slightly tear at upper left; tiny marginal tear; some rare small stains and slight marginal oxidation. Watermark : paper maker’s name. Ex collection R.P. Goldschmidt (Lugt 292) and B. Keller (Lugt 384). D’un […]