Grosvenor Prints

[Camel hunt] Horrida Barbariæ regio nutrire Camelos Dicitur eximios... 28
Joan. Stradanus invent. Joan. Collaert Sculp. 1577.
Phl's Galle excud [Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Soldiers shoot camels with muskets, butchring them on a beach and taking the meat back to galleys waiting offshore. Plate 28 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54132] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Deer hunt] Sardi equites Ceruos & Ceruas... 31 & XII
Joan. Stradanus invent. Car. de Mallery Sculp. 1577.
Phl's Galle excud [Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Riders lasso wild deer. Plate 31 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54134] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Deer hunt] Sic boue fictilio contecti sulphuris ictu Accensi occidunt pavidos formidine Ceruos.
Johan. Stra. inve. 1577.
[Antwerp: Philips Galle, c.1596].
Engravin, 16th century watermark. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Hunters use a dummy ox as a hide to shoot deer. Plate 32 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54135] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Deer hunt] Sic canibus celeres agitant in retia ceruous Inq[ue] fere timidum iactant venabula pectus. 33
Johan. Stra. inve. 1577.
[Antwerp: Philips Galle, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Dogs drive deer into nets and snares. Plate 33 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54136] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Deer hunt] Veloces canibus Ceruos per aperta fatigant Pascua, quos feriunt ferrati cuspide teli. 34
Jo.es. Stradanus. inven. 1577.
Phl's Galle excud [Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving, 16th century watermark; 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
A deer chase by riders with spears and dogs. Plate 34 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54137] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Deer hunt] A Canibus Ceruus quandoque agitatus odoris... 35 & XXXVIII
Joan. Stradanus invent. 1577. Joan. Collaert Sculp.
Phl's Galle excud [Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving, part 16th century watermark; 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Deer being tracked by sniffer dogs. They try to avoid detection by climbing on the back of and ox and hanging from a branch by their antlers. Plate 35 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54138] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Hunting cranes] Auceps è chartis confectis arte cucullos / Interius visco linit... 40 & XXVIII
Joan. Stradanus invent. Carol. de Mallery Sculp.
Phl's Galle excud [Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Hunters place conical hoods in holes, in which the cranes' heads get trapped. Plate 40 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54139] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[An inexperenced hunter being rescued from a hole] Sæpe quidem incautus Venator in antra, cavernar, / Et Latÿ cryptas herbis tectas cadit... 42 & XXXVIII
Joan. Stradanus invent. J. Collaert Sculp. 1577.
Phl's Galle excud [Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving, 16th century watermark. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Three hunters haul a rope up, dragging their collegue from a snake-infested pit. Plate 42 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54140] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Capturing a giant serpent] Ter denos longum cubitos Ægyptia tellus / Serpentem olim habuit, qui bellica tela, sarisas, / Tympana; terribilesq[ue] tubas fugitans, per opacum / Tensos iin cases male providus incidit antrum. 45 & XXXI
Joan. Stradanus invent. Cornelius Galle Sculpsit. 1577.
Phl's Galle excud [Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Long tear with old repair, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
A giant serpent of Egypt driven into a cave by the noise of drums and trumpets. Plate 45 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54141] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Hunting wolves] Sic canibus spiculisq[ue] lupos sectantur agrestes Albaq[ue] suspendunt hirsutis lintea dumis. 49.
Joha. Stradanus inve.
[Antwerp: Philips Galle, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Riders hunting wolves with dogs in a fenced-off area. Plate 49 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54143] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Hunting wolves] Sic ouis occis[a]e lupus extis fallitur, arcto Aut laqueo, aut tectis frondoso vimine fossis. 50
Joha. Stradanus inve.
[Antwerp: Philips Galle, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse. Stain top centre.
A rider drags a ram's carcase to lure wolves into snares. Plate 50 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54144] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Hunting porcupines] Sic specubus ruptis, per compita strata viarum Retibus aptatis cauti capiuntur Echini. 54
Joes. Stradan inven. 1577.
Phl's Galle excu [Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. in top margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Men dig out porcupines, trap them in nets and kill them with axes. Plate 54 of 'Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnæ Bestiariorum: & mutuæ Bestiarum', a book depicting battles between man & beast and between beasts, drawn by Jan van der Straet (1523-1605, a Flemish painter working in Florence. The verse was written by Cornelis Kiliaan (1528-1607) of Duffel, poet and lexicographer, author of an important Dutch-Latin dictionary, 'Dictionarium Teutonico-Latinum', 1574. The 'Venationes' was first issued in 1577, when van der Staet met Philips Galle in Antwerp. The original series had no plate numbers, but these were added as the series was expanded in 1596.
[Ref: 54145] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Sic per tesqua ruens venator consita dumis, Incautos fallit Anates, Fulicasq[ue] palustres.' 72.
Iohan Stra. inven.
[n.d. c.1578.]
Engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 209 x 291mm (8¼ x 11½").
Duck Hunt with Shotguns; in the left foreground, four hunstman, armed with shotguns, accompanied by two dogs, approach a river to the right, in which ducks are seen swimming; in the midground, far left, two men pull ropes, closing a net over a flock of ducks, centre; several towns visible in the distance. From a series of 104 plates dedicated to the jurist Henricus van Osthoorn en Sonnevelt, "Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnae Bestiariorum: & mutuae Bestiarum".
[Ref: 28574] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Intentus merulis Auceps, sic retia tendit Cauta die, at noctu candelae lumine fallit. 74.
[n.d. c.1578.]
Engraving with large margins, paper watermarked, verso in ink W. Wood. Plate 215 x 292mm (8½ x 11½"). Foxing.
Hunting Party on its Way to a Woodcock Hunt; in the foreground, a party of huntsmen descend the steps of a classical villa, carrying crossbows, a bell and an unlit torch; to far left, in the valley below, the party proceeds through a wood; centre, blackbirds resting on a domed building, camouflaged by leave and studded with poles upon which birds of prey are perched, are targeted by the huntsmen; beyond, a castle stands upon a hill. From a series of 104 plates dedicated to the jurist Henricus van Osthoorn en Sonnevelt, "Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnae Bestiariorum: & mutuae Bestiarum".
[Ref: 28577] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Retibus aut iaculis capitur sic s[a]epe Palumbes, Qu[a]e mortem propri[a]e prolis amore subit. 75.
Iohan Stra inven. 1577.
[n.d. c.1578.]
Engraving with large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 215 x 292mm (8½ x 11½"). Stain in sky, slight creasing.
The Sale of Wood Pidgeons; in the foreground, three women and a man line up to buy braces of wood pigeon from a basket strapped to a donkey; to left and right, wood pigeons are trapped by nets covering trees; beyond, men hunt with poles and nets in a wooded area. From a series of 104 plates dedicated to the jurist Henricus van Osthoorn en Sonnevelt, "Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnae Bestiariorum: & mutuae Bestiarum".
[Ref: 28578] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Incautas Anglus tenebrosa nocte Volucres Exturbat nidis Auceps: consistere ramis Ne possint, baculis abigit, flammisque fatigat; Lassata donec potiatur denique praeda. 82.
1577. Ioan. Stradanus invent. Adr. Collaert sculp. Phls Galle excu.
[n.d. c.1578.]
Engraving with large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 196 x 266mm (7¾ x 10½"). Slight stain on right & creasing.
The Catching of Night Owls; in the left foreground, three huntsmen are seated around a lantern, two holding burning torches; in the midground, huntsmen carrying cages beat the trees in which the birds nest, while the birds perch on sticks placed there to facilitate their capture; in the background, to the right, a tree burns. From a series of 104 plates dedicated to the jurist Henricus van Osthoorn en Sonnevelt, "Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnae Bestiariorum: & mutuae Bestiarum".
[Ref: 28580] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Sic anidas Lutras venatur Lintre cauata, Per refluas uncis feriuntq tridentibus undas. 90.
Ion. Stra. inve. Phls Galle fe. 1577.
[n.d. c.1578.]
Engraving with large margins, paper watermarked, verso in ink W. Wood. Plate 215 x 293mm (8½ x 11½"). Foxing, slight creasing.
Otter hunt; in the foreground, a huntsman holding a trident, standing on a river bank, is viewed from behind; in the midground, men on boats and on the river banks hunt otters with the aid of dogs; beyond, a bridge and fortified town are seen. From a series of 104 plates dedicated to the jurist Henricus van Osthoorn en Sonnevelt, "Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnae Bestiariorum: & mutuae Bestiarum".
[Ref: 28584] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Sic per sagnantes divellunt retia ripas, Impleat ut piscis textam de vimine nasam. 98.
1577.
[n.d. c.1578.]
Engraving with large margins, paper watermarked, verso in ink W. Wood. Plate 215 x 292mm (8½ x 11½"). Foxing, slight creasing.
Fishing with Drag Nets on the River Arno; in the foreground, a river god holding a cornucopia is seated upon a lion, representing Florence; beside and beyond him fishermen men wade in the river with poles and nets; the city of Florence flanks the river to the left, with the dome of the Duomo visible. From a series of 104 plates dedicated to the jurist Henricus van Osthoorn en Sonnevelt, "Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnae Bestiariorum: & mutuae Bestiarum".
[Ref: 28588] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Vulture & Snake.]
J. Northcote R.A pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds sculp.t.
London Publish'd 5th April 1799 by Jeffryes & Co, Ludgate Hill.
Mezzotint. 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Slight mount burn and staining, small surface crack. Laid on board.
A vulture grips a forked-tongued serpent in its claws.
Whitman: 422, state i of ii.
[Ref: 11838] £650.00

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