Auri vexavit nitidi nos fira cu,, pido, Nuc me paupertas premere vall,, de solet.
Gabriel Spizel inv et excud. Aug.Vinel. [n.d. c.1750] Fine & rare mezzotint printed in blue. Plate 230 x 180mm (9 x 7"), with large margins. Alchemy print with lines in Latin and German. A man holds his head in alarm as his experiment makes sparks.
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Sanguinea. An fortuna ridens, an sint mihi tempora acerba, / Semper ero constans, semper ero imobilis.
Gabriel Spizel inv. et excud. a.v. [n.d., c.1750]. Scarce mezzotint, printed in greenish blue. 335 x 260mm (13¼ x 10¼") very large margins. Crease, tears in edges of margin. Stain bottom right margin. A smiling woman holds up scales marked 'Lucky' and 'Unlucky' in her right hand, her left hand on a pack of cards. The Latin text translates as 'Whether fortune laughs, whether times are bitter for me, I will always be steadfast, I will always be immovable'. One of a set of four Temperaments by Spizel (or Spitzel, 1698-1760).
[Ref: 60488] £390.00