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L'Homme Condamne a la Peine ou Talion
[French n.d., c.1780.]
14 colour-printed stipples cut to image and pasted onto a card, title underneath. Total 590 x 750mm (23¼ x 29½"). Some surface wear.
An extremely rare series of images illustrating a fable in which animals get revenge on Man the hunter. Around the outside are ten matching hunting scenes, including coursing, ferreting, goat shooting, hunting a bull with dogs and lion hunting. (The two scenes in the top corners differ in being identifiable mythological scenes: top left is Saint Eustace's vision of a stag with a crucifix lodged between its antlers; top right is Actaeon turning into a stag.) The two larger central scenes show a hunter and his dogs being led into a court headed by a lion, and the hunter being cooked on a fire, basted by a bear and goat, while his dogs are lynched as collaborators.
[Ref: 51971] £780.00
[French n.d., c.1780.]
14 colour-printed stipples cut to image and pasted onto a card, title underneath. Total 590 x 750mm (23¼ x 29½"). Some surface wear.
An extremely rare series of images illustrating a fable in which animals get revenge on Man the hunter. Around the outside are ten matching hunting scenes, including coursing, ferreting, goat shooting, hunting a bull with dogs and lion hunting. (The two scenes in the top corners differ in being identifiable mythological scenes: top left is Saint Eustace's vision of a stag with a crucifix lodged between its antlers; top right is Actaeon turning into a stag.) The two larger central scenes show a hunter and his dogs being led into a court headed by a lion, and the hunter being cooked on a fire, basted by a bear and goat, while his dogs are lynched as collaborators.
[Ref: 51971] £780.00
Der Pardel über einem Cameel.
Joh. El. Ridinger inv. et del. M. El. Ridinger sculps. Aug Vin.
[Augsburg, c.1760.]
Engraving, watermark M. Heusler, 350 x 290mm (13¾ x 11½"). Some wear to margins.
A family of big cats bringing down a camel in a cave. Despite being described as leopards, the cats look more like a lioness and her cubs. Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767) is regarded as one of the best German engravers of animals, especially horses, hounds and hunting scenes
[Ref: 55342] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Joh. El. Ridinger inv. et del. M. El. Ridinger sculps. Aug Vin.
[Augsburg, c.1760.]
Engraving, watermark M. Heusler, 350 x 290mm (13¾ x 11½"). Some wear to margins.
A family of big cats bringing down a camel in a cave. Despite being described as leopards, the cats look more like a lioness and her cubs. Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767) is regarded as one of the best German engravers of animals, especially horses, hounds and hunting scenes
[Ref: 55342] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Cat and the Mice.
Howitt.
London: Pub. Feby. 1. 1810 by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King, Engraver & Publisher, Bond Street, corner of Brook St.t
Etching. Plate 165 x 216mm. 6½ x 8½".
A cat sleeping on the ground in a stable, on the shelf above the left a broom and bucket, and to the right mice in the straw. Samuel Howitt (1756-1822) was an English painter, illustrator and etcher of animals, hunting, horse-racing and landscape scenes.
[Ref: 21504] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Howitt.
London: Pub. Feby. 1. 1810 by Edw.d Orme, Printseller to the King, Engraver & Publisher, Bond Street, corner of Brook St.t
Etching. Plate 165 x 216mm. 6½ x 8½".
A cat sleeping on the ground in a stable, on the shelf above the left a broom and bucket, and to the right mice in the straw. Samuel Howitt (1756-1822) was an English painter, illustrator and etcher of animals, hunting, horse-racing and landscape scenes.
[Ref: 21504] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Four Bulls] Quadro esistente nella Galleria di S.M. il Re di Sarddegna.](jpegs/35389.jpg)
[Four Bulls] Quadro esistente nella Galleria di S.M. il Re di Sarddegna.
Paulus Potter f 1649. Paolo Potter dipinse. A. Boucheron disegno. L. Poggioli, litografo.
Torino, lit di D. Festa 1835.
Lithograph, rare; Blind stamp in bottom right margin. 425 x 550mm (16¾ x 21¾"). Small hole on left. Slight creasing at top.
After Paulus Potter (1625-54), a Dutch painter who specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point. He executed 100 paintings before dying young, of tuberculosis, at the age of 28.
[Ref: 35389] £420.00
Paulus Potter f 1649. Paolo Potter dipinse. A. Boucheron disegno. L. Poggioli, litografo.
Torino, lit di D. Festa 1835.
Lithograph, rare; Blind stamp in bottom right margin. 425 x 550mm (16¾ x 21¾"). Small hole on left. Slight creasing at top.
After Paulus Potter (1625-54), a Dutch painter who specialized in animals within landscapes, usually with a low vantage point. He executed 100 paintings before dying young, of tuberculosis, at the age of 28.
[Ref: 35389] £420.00
Our Herds, No.4, Dairy Cows.
Painted by T.S. Cooper, A.R.A. On Stone by J. West Giles. [Etched in image:] T.S. Cooper RA. 1851.
London, Published November 20th. 1851, by E. Gambart & Co. 25, Berners, St. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.
Coloured lithograph with gum-arabic, very rare. 616 x 736mm. 24¼ x 29". Some spotting.
A group of long-horned cattle; a group seated at the front, with two further cows, one drinking and one standing, in the stream behind. A further group of cows and a cottage can be seen in the distance. Frrom Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 23348] £620.00
Painted by T.S. Cooper, A.R.A. On Stone by J. West Giles. [Etched in image:] T.S. Cooper RA. 1851.
London, Published November 20th. 1851, by E. Gambart & Co. 25, Berners, St. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.
Coloured lithograph with gum-arabic, very rare. 616 x 736mm. 24¼ x 29". Some spotting.
A group of long-horned cattle; a group seated at the front, with two further cows, one drinking and one standing, in the stream behind. A further group of cows and a cottage can be seen in the distance. Frrom Thomas Sidney Cooper's (1803-1902) 'Groups of Cattle, Drawn from Nature', 1839. He was an English landscape painted noted for his images of cattle and farm animals.
[Ref: 23348] £620.00
The Death of the Elk, Engrav'd from the Original Picture, late in the Houghton Collection.
Rubens pinx.t. W. Ward Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d. June 24. 1791 by T.Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, shaving publication line.
A scene of hunting dogs running down an elk.
See Frankau 87, this state between i and ii; CLB ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5287] £650.00
Rubens pinx.t. W. Ward Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d. June 24. 1791 by T.Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, shaving publication line.
A scene of hunting dogs running down an elk.
See Frankau 87, this state between i and ii; CLB ii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5287] £650.00
The Death of the Elk, Engrav'd from the Original Picture late in the Houghton Collection.
Rubens pinx.t. W. Ward Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d. June 24. 1791 by T. Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
A scarce mezzotint. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾"), with very large margins. Creasing.
A fine impression of this scene of hunting dogs running down an elk.
Frankau: 87
[Ref: 46251] £360.00
Rubens pinx.t. W. Ward Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d. June 24. 1791 by T. Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
A scarce mezzotint. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾"), with very large margins. Creasing.
A fine impression of this scene of hunting dogs running down an elk.
Frankau: 87
[Ref: 46251] £360.00
The Death of the Elk, Engrav'd from the Original Picture late in the Houghton Collection.
Rubens pinx.t. W. Ward Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d. June 24. 1791 by T. Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾"). Narrow margins, minor tears and stains.
A fine impression of this scene of hunting dogs running down an elk.
[Ref: 8610] £550.00
Rubens pinx.t. W. Ward Sculp.t.
London. Pub.d. June 24. 1791 by T. Simpson St. Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾"). Narrow margins, minor tears and stains.
A fine impression of this scene of hunting dogs running down an elk.
[Ref: 8610] £550.00
Der Hühnerhund. Canis avicularius. Le Braque. Der Dachsund. Canis vertagus. Le basset. 41.
[n.d. c.1847.]
Lithograph with added hand-colour, rare with small margins. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9¼").
A Pointer and cat staring at each other, both in a defensive position; a hound attacked by a cat on the nose, with a Dachshund. From "Panorama der Saeugethiere lithographirt und herausgegeben von H. Reichert".
[Ref: 29494] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1847.]
Lithograph with added hand-colour, rare with small margins. 330 x 235mm (13 x 9¼").
A Pointer and cat staring at each other, both in a defensive position; a hound attacked by a cat on the nose, with a Dachshund. From "Panorama der Saeugethiere lithographirt und herausgegeben von H. Reichert".
[Ref: 29494] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Fighting dragons.]](jpegs/58071.jpg)
[Fighting dragons.]
P. J. Loutherbourg del. J. Landseer fecit Engraver to the King & F.S.A.
[Published Nov.r 5, 1815 by T Cadell & W Davies.]
Proof etching on chine collé. Printed area 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8¾"). Some staining on right.
A pair of fighting dragons. The plate was used as a head-piece to 'The rest of the chapters of the book of Esther', in Macklin's Bible. This proof impression does not have the publication line.
[Ref: 58071] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
P. J. Loutherbourg del. J. Landseer fecit Engraver to the King & F.S.A.
[Published Nov.r 5, 1815 by T Cadell & W Davies.]
Proof etching on chine collé. Printed area 190 x 220mm (7½ x 8¾"). Some staining on right.
A pair of fighting dragons. The plate was used as a head-piece to 'The rest of the chapters of the book of Esther', in Macklin's Bible. This proof impression does not have the publication line.
[Ref: 58071] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Eagle & Fox.
J. Northcote R.A pinx.t. J. Murphy sculp.t.
London Published Dec.r 9 1799 by James Daniell & Co, Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Cracks to platemark, mounted on card at edges, some staining and scratching. Small margins. Slight crease.
An eagle perched on a rock ledge, a dead pheasant under its talon, in a showdown with a crouching fox.
[Ref: 51162] £1,500.00
J. Northcote R.A pinx.t. J. Murphy sculp.t.
London Published Dec.r 9 1799 by James Daniell & Co, Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road.
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand-finished. 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Cracks to platemark, mounted on card at edges, some staining and scratching. Small margins. Slight crease.
An eagle perched on a rock ledge, a dead pheasant under its talon, in a showdown with a crouching fox.
[Ref: 51162] £1,500.00
Coxedges Adventures with Tommy at the Zoo. The Gentleman's Journal. Plate XIV.
William Dickes, Chromo. Farringdon Road, London.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Rare chromolithograph. Sheet 240 x 325mm (9½ x 12¾"). Spotting and stains.
A man trapped on the ground between an elephant's tusks, as two other keepers attack the beast with a pitchfork and shovel. A scene probably illustrating a short story in 'The Gentleman's Journal of Literature, Information and Amusement', which was published unsuccessfully between 1869-72.
[Ref: 57635] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
William Dickes, Chromo. Farringdon Road, London.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Rare chromolithograph. Sheet 240 x 325mm (9½ x 12¾"). Spotting and stains.
A man trapped on the ground between an elephant's tusks, as two other keepers attack the beast with a pitchfork and shovel. A scene probably illustrating a short story in 'The Gentleman's Journal of Literature, Information and Amusement', which was published unsuccessfully between 1869-72.
[Ref: 57635] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Der Elephant und das Nashorn. So groß und mächtig ist kein Wesen kein in der Welt...
Joh. Elias Ridinger inv. et del. M. El. Ridinger sculps. Aug. Vind.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Watermark: M. Heuslar; Plate: 360 x 290mm (14 x 11½"). Repaired tear in top edge.
A scene showing a fight between an elephant and rhinoceros.
[Ref: 46832] £580.00
Joh. Elias Ridinger inv. et del. M. El. Ridinger sculps. Aug. Vind.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Watermark: M. Heuslar; Plate: 360 x 290mm (14 x 11½"). Repaired tear in top edge.
A scene showing a fight between an elephant and rhinoceros.
[Ref: 46832] £580.00
![No. 2. [Driving Cattle to Market.]](jpegs/18626.jpg)
No. 2. [Driving Cattle to Market.]
R. Hills delint.
Pubd. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1825.
Scarce hand coloured aquatint, sheet 390 x 500mm, 15¼ x 19¾". A fine and clean impression, with fresh and bright original colour. Mint.
Cattle and sheep beside a stream; one man with a stick crossing a bridge, another ahead driving a cart with calves on board. From the rare folio of 12 plates 'A Selection of Fac-Similes of Water-Colour Drawings, from the Works of the Most Distinguished British Artists', 1825; a first issue, before the title below the image. After Robert Hills (1769 - 1844); other striking compositions in the book are contributed by Samuel Prout, Francis Nicholson, John Smith and William Collins.
Abbey, Life: 197, 2. BL: 003332105.
[Ref: 18626] £280.00
R. Hills delint.
Pubd. by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1825.
Scarce hand coloured aquatint, sheet 390 x 500mm, 15¼ x 19¾". A fine and clean impression, with fresh and bright original colour. Mint.
Cattle and sheep beside a stream; one man with a stick crossing a bridge, another ahead driving a cart with calves on board. From the rare folio of 12 plates 'A Selection of Fac-Similes of Water-Colour Drawings, from the Works of the Most Distinguished British Artists', 1825; a first issue, before the title below the image. After Robert Hills (1769 - 1844); other striking compositions in the book are contributed by Samuel Prout, Francis Nicholson, John Smith and William Collins.
Abbey, Life: 197, 2. BL: 003332105.
[Ref: 18626] £280.00
Désappointement. Better Luck Next Time.
Peint par Verlag. Gravé par Cottin.
Imprimé & Publié par Goupil et C.ie _ 1.er Janvier 1855. Paris _ London _ Berlin _ New York.
Coloured steel engraving. 580 x 715mm, 22¾ x 28".
A duck flees a fox, leaving feathers behind. The fox watches, disgusted.
[Ref: 10056] £490.00
Peint par Verlag. Gravé par Cottin.
Imprimé & Publié par Goupil et C.ie _ 1.er Janvier 1855. Paris _ London _ Berlin _ New York.
Coloured steel engraving. 580 x 715mm, 22¾ x 28".
A duck flees a fox, leaving feathers behind. The fox watches, disgusted.
[Ref: 10056] £490.00
![[Man with goat.]](jpegs/14296.jpg)
[Man with goat.]
Huett delt. B. Green Sc.
Pubd. Augst. 1st. 1780 by Wm. Davis No. 25 Ludgate Hill.
A fine etching. 278 x 368mm. 11 x 14½". Some spotting. Wormholes to the left-hand margin and bottom right-hand margin. Crease vertically through left-hand margin. Uncut sheet.
[Ref: 14296] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Huett delt. B. Green Sc.
Pubd. Augst. 1st. 1780 by Wm. Davis No. 25 Ludgate Hill.
A fine etching. 278 x 368mm. 11 x 14½". Some spotting. Wormholes to the left-hand margin and bottom right-hand margin. Crease vertically through left-hand margin. Uncut sheet.
[Ref: 14296] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Chivied.
Painted by Samuel J. Carter. Engraved by A.C. Alais. Printed by A. Holdgate.
London. Published July 17th 1886, by Henry Graves & Co. Proprietors Publishers to HM the Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint with engraving. Platemark: 695 x 550mm (27¼ x 21½"). Damage to edges of sheet. Staining in margins. Very large margins.
Two kittens look down at three puppies, who have chased them up into a tree. A later issue of this print was published with the title, 'Baffled'. After reputed animal painter Samuel John Carter (1835-1892).
[Ref: 39244] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Samuel J. Carter. Engraved by A.C. Alais. Printed by A. Holdgate.
London. Published July 17th 1886, by Henry Graves & Co. Proprietors Publishers to HM the Prince & Princess of Wales, 6 Pall Mall. Copyright Registered.
Mezzotint with engraving. Platemark: 695 x 550mm (27¼ x 21½"). Damage to edges of sheet. Staining in margins. Very large margins.
Two kittens look down at three puppies, who have chased them up into a tree. A later issue of this print was published with the title, 'Baffled'. After reputed animal painter Samuel John Carter (1835-1892).
[Ref: 39244] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
A Lion and Tiger Fighting.
Painted & Engraved by James Ward, Painter & Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales.
[London, Published June 1st. 1799 by James Ward & Co. No. 6 Newman Street.]
Mezzotint. 605 x 475mm. Laid on board with overmount obscuring publication line and edges, rubbing and repairs.
A Study of 'Lion and Tiger' was exhibited in the Academy in 1798, and it was after this that James Ward became anxious for public approval for his painting. A prolific artist, James Ward. R.A (1769-1859) was one of the finest animal, portrait, and landscape painters of Regency England. Brittle, pious, and argumentative, Ward worked well into the mid-19th century, creating dynamic compositions that epitomized Romanticism. He was devoted to the art of Rubens and Van Dyck, and emulated them more than any of his contemporaries.
Frankau 51. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6446] £450.00
Painted & Engraved by James Ward, Painter & Engraver in Mezzotinto to His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales.
[London, Published June 1st. 1799 by James Ward & Co. No. 6 Newman Street.]
Mezzotint. 605 x 475mm. Laid on board with overmount obscuring publication line and edges, rubbing and repairs.
A Study of 'Lion and Tiger' was exhibited in the Academy in 1798, and it was after this that James Ward became anxious for public approval for his painting. A prolific artist, James Ward. R.A (1769-1859) was one of the finest animal, portrait, and landscape painters of Regency England. Brittle, pious, and argumentative, Ward worked well into the mid-19th century, creating dynamic compositions that epitomized Romanticism. He was devoted to the art of Rubens and Van Dyck, and emulated them more than any of his contemporaries.
Frankau 51. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6446] £450.00
![[The Lion and Boar.]](jpegs/5642.jpg)
[The Lion and Boar.] [From the Original Picture Painted by Snyders, In the Collection of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle.]
Snyders pinx.t. R.Earlom Sculp 1771.
J.Boydell Excudit, Publish'd January 1.st 1772.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 420 x 505mm. Crack in paper top left, with loss in margin.
Whitman state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5642] £450.00
Snyders pinx.t. R.Earlom Sculp 1771.
J.Boydell Excudit, Publish'd January 1.st 1772.
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title. 420 x 505mm. Crack in paper top left, with loss in margin.
Whitman state i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5642] £450.00
![[A lion and tiger fighting over a native.]](jpegs/1148.jpg)
[A lion and tiger fighting over a native.]
C.Callon jnr invt et fecit.
London published april 10th 1785 by J.R.Smith No 83 Oxford Street.
Etching. 285 x 350mm. Narrow margins, a few short tears.
[Ref: 1148] £580.00
C.Callon jnr invt et fecit.
London published april 10th 1785 by J.R.Smith No 83 Oxford Street.
Etching. 285 x 350mm. Narrow margins, a few short tears.
[Ref: 1148] £580.00
Lioness and Whelp's. The young were whelp'd in the Tower of London, in the y.r 1792.
Painted by J. Northcote. Engrav'd by R.Earlom.
Publish'd Sep.r 1793, by J. & J .Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & Cheapside.
Mezzotint. 495 x 635mm (19½ x 25"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, surface rubbing.
A lioness and two cubs in a den, the lion in the background.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4442] £750.00
Painted by J. Northcote. Engrav'd by R.Earlom.
Publish'd Sep.r 1793, by J. & J .Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & Cheapside.
Mezzotint. 495 x 635mm (19½ x 25"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, surface rubbing.
A lioness and two cubs in a den, the lion in the background.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 4442] £750.00
Lions at Play. In the Gallery at Houghton.
Rubens, Pinxit. Will.m Walker, Sculpsit. John Boydell excudit, 1782.
Published June 1st 1782 by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¾").
[Ref: 5290] £320.00
Rubens, Pinxit. Will.m Walker, Sculpsit. John Boydell excudit, 1782.
Published June 1st 1782 by John Boydell, Engraver, in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¾").
[Ref: 5290] £320.00
Our Herds, No.5, Lord of the Herd.
Painted by T.S. Cooper, A.R.A. On Stone by J. West Giles. [Etched in image:] T.S. Cooper RA. 1853.
London, Published 1st. Sept.r 1853, by E. Gambart & Co. 25, Berners St. Oxford St. Printed by M & N. Hanhart.
Coloured lithograph with gum arabic, very rare. Publisher's stamp lower left. 610 x 730mm. 24 x 28¾". Some spotting.
By a stream three horned cows sit resting, with a lone bull keeping guard; three sheep, one standing, rest to the right with a running stream in the background.
[Ref: 23349] £620.00
Painted by T.S. Cooper, A.R.A. On Stone by J. West Giles. [Etched in image:] T.S. Cooper RA. 1853.
London, Published 1st. Sept.r 1853, by E. Gambart & Co. 25, Berners St. Oxford St. Printed by M & N. Hanhart.
Coloured lithograph with gum arabic, very rare. Publisher's stamp lower left. 610 x 730mm. 24 x 28¾". Some spotting.
By a stream three horned cows sit resting, with a lone bull keeping guard; three sheep, one standing, rest to the right with a running stream in the background.
[Ref: 23349] £620.00
The Affrighted Bird.
Druck u. Verlag v. Ed. Gust. May in Frankfurt a M.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 240 x 355mm. Laid on card, title excised and pasted on verso.
A caged canary under attack by a Persian cat.
[Ref: 4160] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Druck u. Verlag v. Ed. Gust. May in Frankfurt a M.
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 240 x 355mm. Laid on card, title excised and pasted on verso.
A caged canary under attack by a Persian cat.
[Ref: 4160] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Menagerie.]](jpegs/37305.jpg)
[Menagerie.]
Paul Meyerheim pinx. Photogravure Hanfstaengl.
[n.d., c.1885.]
Photogravure. Platemark: 170 x 235mm (6¾ x 9¼"). Very large margins. Laid. On India paper.
Traveling menageries were touring collections of live exotic animals, increasingly popular in Europe and the United States from the late 18th century, throughout the 19th century. After Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1842 - 1915) a German painter and graphic artist best known as a painter of animals.
[Ref: 37305] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Paul Meyerheim pinx. Photogravure Hanfstaengl.
[n.d., c.1885.]
Photogravure. Platemark: 170 x 235mm (6¾ x 9¼"). Very large margins. Laid. On India paper.
Traveling menageries were touring collections of live exotic animals, increasingly popular in Europe and the United States from the late 18th century, throughout the 19th century. After Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1842 - 1915) a German painter and graphic artist best known as a painter of animals.
[Ref: 37305] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ducks on a pond.]](jpegs/53083.jpg)
[Ducks on a pond.]
D. Teniers Pinx.t. H. Houston fecit.
Printed for Jn.o Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1765.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") with narrow margins.
A rustic scene, with ducks and ducklings, a kingfisher, with rabbits on the bank. It was engraved by Richard Houston after David Teniers the Younger. Houston absconded for debt in 1762; perhaps the 'H' in the inscription is to disguise the attribution.
[Ref: 53083] £380.00
D. Teniers Pinx.t. H. Houston fecit.
Printed for Jn.o Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill. [n.d., c.1765.]
Fine & rare mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾") with narrow margins.
A rustic scene, with ducks and ducklings, a kingfisher, with rabbits on the bank. It was engraved by Richard Houston after David Teniers the Younger. Houston absconded for debt in 1762; perhaps the 'H' in the inscription is to disguise the attribution.
[Ref: 53083] £380.00
A Porcupine & Dogs. To Job Hart Price Clarke Esq.r of Sutton Hall, in the County of Derby, this Plate is most respectfully Inscribed by his much obliged & devoted Servant, John Murphy.
Snyders Pinxit. Murphy Sculpsit.
London. Published by J. Murphy, Sept.r 10 1798. North side Paddington Green.
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 485 x 610mm (19 x 24"). Repaired tear through title area into image; margins folded back; C L-B's collector's stamp verso.
Extraordinary print of a large porcupine surrounded by three dogs, one of which howls in pain due to a porcupine needle stuck in his side. Engraved by the Irish mezzotinter John Murphy (c.1778-c.1817, fl.). 'Among his most striking pieces were large mezzotints of animals after Northcote, Snyders and Stubbs' (DNB). The Flemish painter Frans Snyders (1579-1657) specialised in paintings of animals.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32431] £520.00
Snyders Pinxit. Murphy Sculpsit.
London. Published by J. Murphy, Sept.r 10 1798. North side Paddington Green.
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 485 x 610mm (19 x 24"). Repaired tear through title area into image; margins folded back; C L-B's collector's stamp verso.
Extraordinary print of a large porcupine surrounded by three dogs, one of which howls in pain due to a porcupine needle stuck in his side. Engraved by the Irish mezzotinter John Murphy (c.1778-c.1817, fl.). 'Among his most striking pieces were large mezzotints of animals after Northcote, Snyders and Stubbs' (DNB). The Flemish painter Frans Snyders (1579-1657) specialised in paintings of animals.
Ex: collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 32431] £520.00
![[The Stag at Bay.]](jpegs/39547.jpg)
[The Stag at Bay.]
[After Edwin Landseer.]
London, Published Oct.r 15th, 1874 by Henry Graves & Co., the Proprietors, , Publishers to H.M. the Queen; and H.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales: 6 Pall Mall._Copyright Registered.
Engraving. Printsellers association blind stamp. Printed area: 405 x 420mm (16 x 16½"). Unexamined out of frame.
An stag standing in water, with a dog lying on its back in pain at the left. After Edwin Landseer (1802 - 1873).
[Ref: 39547] £360.00
[After Edwin Landseer.]
London, Published Oct.r 15th, 1874 by Henry Graves & Co., the Proprietors, , Publishers to H.M. the Queen; and H.R.H. the Prince & Princess of Wales: 6 Pall Mall._Copyright Registered.
Engraving. Printsellers association blind stamp. Printed area: 405 x 420mm (16 x 16½"). Unexamined out of frame.
An stag standing in water, with a dog lying on its back in pain at the left. After Edwin Landseer (1802 - 1873).
[Ref: 39547] £360.00
A Tigress. In the Possession of the Duke of Marlborough; to whom this place is most humbly dedicated, by his Graces most dutiful & obedient Serv,t John Dixon.
G. Stubbs Pinxt. J. Dixon fecit. J. Dixon fecit.
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 1st Feb.y 1773. & sold by J. Boydell Cheapside, S. Hooper Ludgate Hill, T. Bradford Fleet Street, T. Burford Bridge Street Westminster, & J. Dixon Kempe's Row, facing Ranelagh Walk (near theWhim) Chelsea.
Mezzotint. Sheet 390 x 550mm (15¼ x 21¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, through publication line at bottom, a few marks & repairs, laid on archival tissue.
An example of Dixon's rare mezzotint rendering of the Stubbs painting of a recumbent tigress, probably the Royal Tiger in Stubbs's possession when he died. It is described in Lennox-Boyd as 'the most highly praised print after Stubbs in its day'. Impressions are rare because, according to the 'Monthly Magazine' (1806), the plate was melted in a fire at the printers. New plates were engraved by Robert Laurie and John Murphy.
Lennox-Boyd et al, George Stubbs Engraved Works 33, iv of iv. Please note that the print is trimmed losing 70mm at the top and 34mm from the sides compared to the one in the above Christopher Lennox-B
[Ref: 60808] £1,250.00
G. Stubbs Pinxt. J. Dixon fecit. J. Dixon fecit.
[Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, 1st Feb.y 1773. & sold by J. Boydell Cheapside, S. Hooper Ludgate Hill, T. Bradford Fleet Street, T. Burford Bridge Street Westminster, & J. Dixon Kempe's Row, facing Ranelagh Walk (near theWhim) Chelsea.
Mezzotint. Sheet 390 x 550mm (15¼ x 21¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, through publication line at bottom, a few marks & repairs, laid on archival tissue.
An example of Dixon's rare mezzotint rendering of the Stubbs painting of a recumbent tigress, probably the Royal Tiger in Stubbs's possession when he died. It is described in Lennox-Boyd as 'the most highly praised print after Stubbs in its day'. Impressions are rare because, according to the 'Monthly Magazine' (1806), the plate was melted in a fire at the printers. New plates were engraved by Robert Laurie and John Murphy.
Lennox-Boyd et al, George Stubbs Engraved Works 33, iv of iv. Please note that the print is trimmed losing 70mm at the top and 34mm from the sides compared to the one in the above Christopher Lennox-B
[Ref: 60808] £1,250.00
A Tigress.
Engraved by John Murphy by Permission of Mr. George Stubbs from the Picture Painted by himself and in his Possession.
London, Published July 27, 1798 by J. Murphy, North side Paddington Green.
Coloured mezzotint. Sheet 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Trimmed to platemark. Very slight hole above tiger's head.
A very rare mezzotint, probably engraved from the life-size portrait of the Royal Tiger in Stubbs's possession when he died. The painting had originally been engraved by John Dixon in 1772; however that mezzotint plate had been destroyed, so John Murphy was allowed to engrave a new plate. A beautifully-coloured example of one of the finest images produced in the history of mezzotint.
Lennox-Boyd 133: ii of ii.
[Ref: 54787] £4,500.00
Engraved by John Murphy by Permission of Mr. George Stubbs from the Picture Painted by himself and in his Possession.
London, Published July 27, 1798 by J. Murphy, North side Paddington Green.
Coloured mezzotint. Sheet 490 x 610mm (19¼ x 24"). Trimmed to platemark. Very slight hole above tiger's head.
A very rare mezzotint, probably engraved from the life-size portrait of the Royal Tiger in Stubbs's possession when he died. The painting had originally been engraved by John Dixon in 1772; however that mezzotint plate had been destroyed, so John Murphy was allowed to engrave a new plate. A beautifully-coloured example of one of the finest images produced in the history of mezzotint.
Lennox-Boyd 133: ii of ii.
[Ref: 54787] £4,500.00
The Unwelcome Visiter.
London Published by W. Soffe, 401 Strand, July 20th, 1830.
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 240 x 280mm (9½ x11"). Trimmed inside platemark losing publication line.
A rare hand coloured aquatint showing two cats frightened by a dog in an interior scene. A line of manuscript on the reverse reads, 'For the scrap book with [Richards?] compliments if you think it worthy of it'.
[Ref: 33563] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by W. Soffe, 401 Strand, July 20th, 1830.
Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet size: 240 x 280mm (9½ x11"). Trimmed inside platemark losing publication line.
A rare hand coloured aquatint showing two cats frightened by a dog in an interior scene. A line of manuscript on the reverse reads, 'For the scrap book with [Richards?] compliments if you think it worthy of it'.
[Ref: 33563] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Ignibus accensis Antris Vulpecula fallax Fallitur, hirsutis que frigora pellibus arcet. 57.
Ioann. Stradanus inven. P. Galle excu. 1577.
[n.d. c.1578.]
Engraving with large margins; verso in ink W. Wood. Plate 214 x 279mm (8½ x 11"). Some foxing and creasing.
Fox Hunt: on a hillock in the foreground, a hunter, armed with a spear from which dangles a dead fox, stands beside a donkey, laden with the kill, both viewed from behind; he and a mounted hunstman observe a fox hunt in the left background, within an enclosure; in the right foreground, a fox is cornered by two dogs, while behind them two huntsmen smoke the foxes out from underground; beyond, to the right, a hunter aims at foxes with a shotgun; on the horizon, to the left, a grand house is 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: 28570] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Ioann. Stradanus inven. P. Galle excu. 1577.
[n.d. c.1578.]
Engraving with large margins; verso in ink W. Wood. Plate 214 x 279mm (8½ x 11"). Some foxing and creasing.
Fox Hunt: on a hillock in the foreground, a hunter, armed with a spear from which dangles a dead fox, stands beside a donkey, laden with the kill, both viewed from behind; he and a mounted hunstman observe a fox hunt in the left background, within an enclosure; in the right foreground, a fox is cornered by two dogs, while behind them two huntsmen smoke the foxes out from underground; beyond, to the right, a hunter aims at foxes with a shotgun; on the horizon, to the left, a grand house is 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: 28570] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cavemen with axes hunting elephants] Trogloditæ insidijs Elephantem fallere docti... III](jpegs/54100.jpg)
[Cavemen with axes hunting elephants] Trogloditæ insidijs Elephantem fallere docti... III
Joan Stradanus invent. Joan Collaert Sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Left margin with damage, just affecting image, old ink mss. numbers in margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
''Cavemen'' hunting elephants with axes. Plate 3 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: 54100] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Joan Stradanus invent. Joan Collaert Sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Left margin with damage, just affecting image, old ink mss. numbers in margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
''Cavemen'' hunting elephants with axes. Plate 3 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: 54100] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[An arena fight between a lion, dog and elephant attended by Alexander the Great.] Magnus Alexander populo Spectacula præbet... IIII](jpegs/54101.jpg)
[An arena fight between a lion, dog and elephant attended by Alexander the Great.] Magnus Alexander populo Spectacula præbet... IIII
Joan. Stradanus invent. Carol de Mallory Sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼") large margins. Old ink mss. numbers in margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
A huge dog and a lion lunge at each other. A hairy-tailed elephant lies on its side, having been defeated by the dog. Plate 4 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: 54101] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Joan. Stradanus invent. Carol de Mallory Sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼") large margins. Old ink mss. numbers in margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
A huge dog and a lion lunge at each other. A hairy-tailed elephant lies on its side, having been defeated by the dog. Plate 4 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: 54101] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Fight among a lion, horse, bull and dogs] Sic Leo, Taurus, Equus, facilesque in bella Molosi... 6](jpegs/54102.jpg)
[Fight among a lion, horse, bull and dogs] Sic Leo, Taurus, Equus, facilesque in bella Molosi... 6
Joan. Stradanus inven.
Phl's Galle excu. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving, 16th century watermark, 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼") large margins. Old ink mss. numbers in margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
The animals battle in a fortified room. Plate 6 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: 54102] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Joan. Stradanus inven.
Phl's Galle excu. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving, 16th century watermark, 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼") large margins. Old ink mss. numbers in margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
The animals battle in a fortified room. Plate 6 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: 54102] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Roman soldier fighting one of Hannibal's elephants in an arena] Annibal in bello captos confligere cogit [...]](jpegs/62441.jpg)
[A Roman soldier fighting one of Hannibal's elephants in an arena] Annibal in bello captos confligere cogit [...]
Joan. Stradanus invent. Car. de Mallory Sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. [Antwerp, 1577-c.1596].
Engraving. Sheet 195 x 260mm (7¾ x 10"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted on album paper at corners.
A soldier slices off the trunk of an elephant with his sword. The arena floor is filled with dead soldiers. 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: 62441] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Joan. Stradanus invent. Car. de Mallory Sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. [Antwerp, 1577-c.1596].
Engraving. Sheet 195 x 260mm (7¾ x 10"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted on album paper at corners.
A soldier slices off the trunk of an elephant with his sword. The arena floor is filled with dead soldiers. 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: 62441] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lion hunting with dogs by narives with bows] Arboribus teneros piperis decerpere ramos...](jpegs/54103.jpg)
[Lion hunting with dogs by narives with bows] Arboribus teneros piperis decerpere ramos...
Joan. Stradanus invent. Joan. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. mumbers in margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Hunters with helmets and skirts, armed with bows and spears, chase lions across a wooded and mountainous landscape. A troop of monkeys ignore the chasing dogs, but a less fortunate one is in the jaws of a lion. Plate 8 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: 54103] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Joan. Stradanus invent. Joan. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. 1577 [but Antwerp, c.1596].
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"), with margins. Old ink mss. mumbers in margin, ink ownership inscription of 'W. Wood' on reverse.
Hunters with helmets and skirts, armed with bows and spears, chase lions across a wooded and mountainous landscape. A troop of monkeys ignore the chasing dogs, but a less fortunate one is in the jaws of a lion. Plate 8 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: 54103] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A leopard caught and tamed by King Arsaces] Magnus Parthorum maculis Rex versicolorem / Venatu nactus Pantheram, ornare monuli... 9](jpegs/54104.jpg)
[A leopard caught and tamed by King Arsaces] Magnus Parthorum maculis Rex versicolorem / Venatu nactus Pantheram, ornare monuli... 9
Joan. Stradanus invent. Joan. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. 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.
A Parthian king petting the head of a leopard wearing collar and chain. Plate 9 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: 54104] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Joan. Stradanus invent. Joan. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. 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.
A Parthian king petting the head of a leopard wearing collar and chain. Plate 9 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: 54104] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[A leopard caught and tamed by King Arsaces] Magnus Parthorum maculis Rex versicolorem / Venatu nactus Pantheram, ornare monuli...](jpegs/62439.jpg)
[A leopard caught and tamed by King Arsaces] Magnus Parthorum maculis Rex versicolorem / Venatu nactus Pantheram, ornare monuli...
Joan. Stradanus invent. Joan. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. [Antwerp, 1577-c.1596.]
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"),. Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper at corners
A Parthian king petting the head of a leopard wearing collar and chain. 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 date 1577 removed.
[Ref: 62439] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Joan. Stradanus invent. Joan. Collaert sculp.
Phl's Galle excud. [Antwerp, 1577-c.1596.]
Engraving. 200 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"),. Trimmed to plate, mounted on album paper at corners
A Parthian king petting the head of a leopard wearing collar and chain. 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 date 1577 removed.
[Ref: 62439] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Catching lions with nets] As tu qui satagunt validum illaqueare Leonem... 10 & VI](jpegs/54105.jpg)
[Catching lions with nets] As tu qui satagunt validum illaqueare Leonem... 10 & VI
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.
Persians carrying shields and flaming torches drive lions into nets. Plate 10 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: 54105] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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.
Persians carrying shields and flaming torches drive lions into nets. Plate 10 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: 54105] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lion hunting with blankets] Arte Leo astutis mira superatur ab Afris... 11 & VII](jpegs/54106.jpg)
[Lion hunting with blankets] Arte Leo astutis mira superatur ab Afris... 11 & VII
Joan. Stradanus invent. Corn. Galle 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.
Hunters with swords throw blankets over the heads of attacking lions. Plate 11 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: 54106] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Joan. Stradanus invent. Corn. Galle 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.
Hunters with swords throw blankets over the heads of attacking lions. Plate 11 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: 54106] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[A fight between a lion, bull, bear and two wolves] Instructo Spectant Proceres Spectacula circo... 12](jpegs/54107.jpg)
[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)
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](jpegs/54108.jpg)
[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)
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...](jpegs/62438.jpg)
[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)
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)
![[Attilius Regulus fighting a giant African serpent] Attilius consul Romanus, Regulus, arcu [...]](jpegs/62440.jpg)
[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)
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](jpegs/54111.jpg)
[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)
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](jpegs/54112.jpg)
[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)
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](jpegs/54129.jpg)
[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)
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](jpegs/54130.jpg)
[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)
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](jpegs/54131.jpg)
[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)
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)