Grosvenor Prints

[A fight between a lion, bull, bear and two wolves] Instructo Spectant Proceres Spectacula circo... 12
Joan. Stradanus invent. Joan. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excu. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. numbers in margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
An animal fight in a room built as an arena, with men watching from galleries. Plate 12 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: 54107] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Animals from Ethiopia and an elephant hunt] Æthiopum tellus gignit genus omne Ferarum... 13
Joan. Stradanus invent. Joan. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excu. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Extensive tear patched, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Lions, a leopard, deer, ostriches, a goat and bull. Behind is a waterfall with a group of 'Sciapodes', a people who use their over-sized feet to shield themselves from the sun, as described by Isadore of Seville (c. 560-636). Plate 13 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: 54108] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Emperor Commodus killing a leopard] Pensilis è cavea Tigris rabiosa theatri...
Joan. Stradanus invent.
Phl's Galle excud. [Antwerp, 1577-c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper at corners, stains.
A leopard leaves its cage to leap at an unarmed man. Commodus fires an arrow from the stand, hitting the animal. Commodus (161-192AD, joint emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius from 177-180, then sole emperor until his death) often entered the arena: Dio records that he once killed a hundred lions in a single day. A plate from '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. This example has no plate number but has the original 1577 date removed.
[Ref: 62438] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Emperor Commodus killing a leopard] Pensilis è cavea Tigris rabiosa theatri... 14
Joan. Stradanus invent.
Phl's Galle excu. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
A leopard leaves its cage to leap at an unarmed man. Commodus fires an arrow from the stand, hitting the animal. Commodus (161-192AD, joint emperor with his father Marcus Aurelius from 177-80, then sole emperor until his death) often entered the arena: Dio records that he once killed a hundred lions in a single day. Plate 14 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: 54109] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Attilius Regulus fighting a giant African serpent] Attilius consul Romanus, Regulus, arcu [...]
Joan. Stradanus invent. Car. de Mallory Sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. [Antwerp, 1577-c.1596].
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper at corners.
Roman troops surround a dragon, peppering it with arrows. From'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. This example has no plate number but has had the original 1577 date removed.
[Ref: 62440] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Bear hunt with nets] Sic capitur gladijs, et acute cuspidis hastis, Preceps sanguinea dum se rotat ursus arena. 20
Joan. Stra inven. 1577.
[Antwerp: Philips Galler, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
A bear hunt, with a bear biting the arm of one hunter as other hunters try to save him. Plate 20 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: 54111] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Bear hunt] Pellibus hirsutos, et diros unguibus ursos Per virides lucos sequitur venator anhelus. 21
Joan. Stradanus inven. 1577.
Phl's Galle excu. [Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Bear hunt, driving them into nets with dogs and lancing them. Plate 21 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: 54112] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Boar hunt] Sic truculentus Aper assurgens s[a]euus in ira, Vel canib[us] capitur, vel prona mergitur unda. 23
Jons Strad inve. 1577.
[Antwerp: Philips Galle, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Trimmed to plate lower left, sliver of paper glued over edge of image, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Boars being driven towards a fenced pit by dogs. Plate 23 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: 54129] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Bear hunt] Ense Urbum invadit rabidum cataphractus: et Ursus / Ungibus arripens hominem conatutur hamatis / Sternere... 26 & XIIII
Joan. Stradanus invent. Corn. Galle 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.
Men in armour stab bears with daggers, as cubs watch from a cave. Plate 26 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: 54130] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Buffalo hunt] Bubalus agrestis, Rabidus, trux et ferus est Bos... 27 & XXXIII
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.
Riders with lances and dogs hunting wild cattle. Plate 27 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: 54131] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[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)

[Killing dragons in Eygpt] Ecquis in Ægypto crista et tergo else Dracones / Serratis credat flammis ? ... 46.
Joan. Stradanus invent. Joan. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excud 1577. [Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Men decapitate two dragons with axes on lettered cloths, while a third dragon chases two unfortunates in the background.
Plate 46 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: 54142] £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 nudus piscator aquas, limosaq tranans Elumina, vete novis quadratum piscibus implet. 97.
1577.
[n.d. c.1578.]
Engraving with large margins, paper watermarked. Plate 215 x 286mm (8½ x 11¼"). Slight creasing & stain in sky.
Fishing with Concave Nets in the River Arno; fishermen, some of whom are naked, wade in the river Arno with nets; in the foreground, to left, a river god holding a cornucopia reclines beside a lion, representing Florence; the city of Florence flanks both sides of the River Arno which recedes to the hills 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: 28587] £260.00 (£312.00 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)

Vencatadrapa, Roi de Narsingue. Tire de Floris.
Touze d. Fem. Duflos.
Paris rue St. Victor chez Duflos.
Engraving with strong contemporary colour and a gold leaf line border. 274 x 163mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 2158] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Combat de la Roche sur Yon, Vendée. (26 Aout 1793 Tom 1.er page 241 de Victoires Conquetes.)
F. Grenier. 1818. Lithog. de C. de Last.
au dépot gén.al de Lithog.ie ruë Jacob. No.14.
Lithograph. Printed area: 350 x 300mm (13¾ x 11¾"), with very large margins. Title faint.
A military scene showing the uprising of the Royalist supporters in the Vendée region of France, the war between the Republican army and the royalist supporters led to the deaths of tens of thousands of French civilians. A lady holding a pistol is fending off the French troops. A plate from ''The Victories, Conquests, Disasters, Reverses and the Civil War of the French from 1789-1815'' published in 1818.
[Ref: 44816] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Napoleon Le Grand. Cloire Nationale.
Victor Baltard del. E. Conquy sculp.
Rare engraving. Sheet 900 x 625mm (35½ x 24½"). A few repairs and creases from rolling.
A print of Napoleon's triumphal column in the Place Vendôme with colourful informational timeline. The Column was erected in 1810 but here showing the statue of Napoleon in military dress replaced by Louis-Philippe I (reigned 1830-46), because the first statue had been melted down at the Bourbon Restoration. The Paris Commune pulled down the whole column in 1871, but it was re-erected three years later with a copy of the original statue. The column was based on Trajan's Column in Rome, with scenes from Napoleon's career in a spiral up the column. Here the column is flanked by tables of events grouped by month rather than year. Different version see Ref: 36852
[Ref: 55904] £750.00

Colonne Nationale. Fastes militaires de la France de 1792 à 1815.
Houite Sculp.
Paris, chez Binet, Rue Aubrey-le-Boucher, 34.
Engraving. Sheet 900 x 625mm (35½ x 24½"). A few repairs, laid on backing sheet.
Napoleon's triumphal column in the Place Vendôme, originally erected in 1810 but here showing the statue of Napoleon in military dress replaced by Louis-Philippe I (reigned 1830-46), because the first statue had been melted down at the Bourbon Restoration. The Paris Commune pulled down the whole column in 1871, but it was re-erected three years later with a copy of the original statue. The column was based on Trajan's Column in Rome, with scenes from Napoleon's career in a spiral up the colymn. Here the column is flanked tables of events grouped by month rather than year
[Ref: 36852] £420.00

Crieur de peaux de Connin Ce drole crie a pleine teste Ayant retroussé son chapeau, Que s'il na pas mange la beste Du moins il achete la peau.
R. Bonnart del. Chez H. Bonnart au Coq avec privillege.
Paris [n.d. c.1680-1700].
Etching and engraving, 17th century watermark. 270 x 185mm (10½ x 7¼") very large margins. Creasing in title area. Some toning along top margin.
A vendor selling rabbit skins, holding one of the skins. Engraved by Robert Bonnart and published by Henri Bonnart II, known for the breadth of their works of contemporary French costume and fashion.
[Ref: 54898] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Venetian Courtezan. How diffr'ent Beauty from its Self appears...
Ph. Mercier inv.t et pinx.t. I. Faber fecit 1739.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament.
Mezzotint, 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), with large margins. Tear in image repaired, stains in margins.
A woman beckons from a window.
CS 408.
[Ref: 67002] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Venetian Lady.
Angelica delin. Holin sculp.
To be sold at F.Vivares in great Newport Street London. [n.d., c.1780.]
Stipple, printed in colours. Sheet 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½") Trimmed into platemark.
After Kauffman?
[Ref: 112] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Venetian woman taking fruit from a tray]
Franco f [c.1610]
Engraving, sheet 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Trimmed to image; large nick on left side; glued to backing sheet.
Plate from the series 'Habiti delle donne veneziane intagliate nuovamente da Giacomo Franco' (c.1610), a set of twenty plates with explanatory text in Italian and Latin. Giacomo Franco (1550-1620) was based in Venice and specialised in prints showing the topography, life and customs of the city.
[Ref: 46413] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

De La Guayra, on the Spanish Main.
G.T. Inv.t. Richards sc.
Published 31st Jan.y, 1808 by Joyce Gold, 103 Shoe Lane, Fleet Street, London.
Aquatint. 130 x 220mm.
Caracas. Published in the 'Naval Chronicle'.
[Ref: 4364] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

H.M.S. Vengeance. Captain Lord E. Russell.
F. Tickel. G. Muir Lith.
Brocktorff. Malta. [n.d., c.1851.]
Tinted lithograph with large margins, very rare. Printed area 280 x 355mm, 11 x 142. Damaged; creased throughout
HMS Vengeance, an 84-gun second rate ship of the line launched 1824, nicknamed 'the wind's-eye liner' because of its speed. In August 1851 Vengeance left Portsmouth for the Mediterranean, commanded by Captain Lord Edward Russell: after stops at Lisbon and Gibraltar she arrived at Malta on 2 October. Later that year William R. Mends took over as commander. When the Crimean War broke out in 1853 she helped transport the troops to the Black Sea and took part in the bombardment of Odessa and the Battle of Alma.
[Ref: 27771] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[The City of Venice.]
Sam.l Prout del.t. Henry Le Keux Sculp.t.
Published 1834, by F.G. Moon, 20, Threadneedle Street, _& Sold also by H. Hodgson, Boys & Graves, 6, Pall Mall.
Engraving, on india. Sheet: 660 x 490mm (26 x 19¼"). Marking, tear in top edge and in left edge. Damaged.
A view of Venice, looking across the mouth of the Grand Canal to Piazza San Marco.
[Ref: 44268] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Gondola Veneziana.
ang. Tramontini dis. dal vero. Premiata Iritogr. Deye.
a. Tramontini e G. Deye Editori in Venzia. [n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph. Sheet 209 x 279mm. 8¼ x 11".
A Venetian Gondola with a view of Venice and the Campanilla in the background.
[Ref: 24119] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Part of the Principal Canal, and the Grand Church of S.t Mark, at Venice. Drawn (with permission,) expressly for this work, from the beautiful original Picture of Canaletti, in the Collection of a Nobleman.
W.M. Craig del. T. Smith sculp.
[n.d., c.1816.]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 265mm (8 x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of St Mark's Basilica from the Grand Canal, with a gondolla.
[Ref: 67137] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Repubblica di Venezia P. II.
[by Vincenzo Coronelli.]
[Venice, c.1670.]
Engraving. 130 x 180mm (5¼ x 7") Old ink numeral in the margin.
A decorative half-title from one of Coronelli's smaller format works, featuring the Venetian Lion, wings spread and sword in paw. Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) was official cartographer of the Republic of Venice, and many of his publications glorified their achievements.
[Ref: 41451] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

''Venice' (The Grand Canal) [pencil]. Just Published, ''Venice'' Original Drypoint by J. Alphege Brewer. (Limited Edition).
J. Alphege Brewer [pencil].
[n.d., c.1930.]
Drypoint, signed by the artist. 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"), very large margins. In original mount with printed title label of Alfred Bell & Co. Mint.
The Grand Canal, with the dome of Santa Maria della Salute.
[Ref: 49246] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[St Mark's Basilica and Piazzetta, Venice.]
[Robert Charles Goff]
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching. 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5").
Proof by Robert Charles Goff (1837-1922).
[Ref: 67844] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[The Grand Canal, Venice, with goldolas.]
[Robert Charles Goff]
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching. 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5").
Proof by Robert Charles Goff (1837-1922).
[Ref: 67845] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Fuhrwerkeines Landmanns im venezianischen Flachenlande. Chariage d’un paysan veneciens du pays plat.
[n.d. c.1825.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 260 x 222mm. 10¼ x 8½".
A Venetian farmer walking along the road with two ornately decorated oxen, pulling a cart of grass. The oxen's tails delicately placed into a loophole on their back-covers, to avoid swinging.
[Ref: 20306] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[The Doge's Palace.]
Giallina 91. David Law [pencil signature.].
London Published February 29th 1892 by Henry Graves & Co, Proprietor's 6 Pall Mall. USA Copyright Henry Graves & Co.
Etching, 325 signed proofs. 520 x 225mm (20½ x 8¾"). Laid into mount at edges. Time stained
A view of an archway leading to a flight of stairs. Two swallows fly towards the viewer.
[Ref: 53117] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

"Beautiful Venice!"
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare mezzotint on steel. Printed area 290 x 210mm, 11½ x 8¼". Damp stain in margin, surface crack entering image.
An atmospheric view from a balcony of two ladies and a scheming courtier, with the Campanile of St Mark's behind.
No record of this print has been found.
[Ref: 21738] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

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