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Mensis Aprilis. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of April: a man dances(?), carrying a two of spoon-like precussion instruments. One foot is on wooden blocks similar to a xylophone. To his left is a candlestick with snail feet. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42179] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mensis Febuarius. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of February: a woman holds one bird while a heron-like bird looks up at her. On one side a falling urn spills fluid; on the other a fish seems to be hitting the ground. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42178] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mensis Januarius. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
An classical allegory of January: a priest burns incense in a turibulum, a cockerel at his feet. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42177] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mensis Martius. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of March: a bare-chested man with an animal skin around his waist restrains a goat with one hand and holds the other out towards a perching bird. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42535] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mensis Maius. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of May: a woman collects flowers on a basket, a peacock at her feet. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42180] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mensis November. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of November: a man stands holding a tray in one hand on which are leaves and a snake, the other holding a musical instrument. At his feet is a goose and on a plith a sculpture of an ass's head. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42181] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
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