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Diversi Animali fatti Stef.no Della Bella.
[Drawn & etched by Stefano Della Bella.]
[n.d., c.1680.]
22 etchings (of 24). Each c. 90 x 110mm (3½ x 4¼"), mounted together on two album sheets. Narrow margins, creasing where glued at corners.
The title page and 21 numbered etchings of animals and birds (lacking 5, recumbent lion & 14, girl and goat). Originally published c.1641 by Pierre Mariette in Paris: these are from the third state, with Mariette's name erased from the title. See BM 1871,0513.56 for the second state of the title.
[Ref: 65557] £680.00
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[Two Fighting Fish.]
[Engraved by Antonio Tempesta.]
[n.d., c.1600. Published by Nicoluas van Aelst.]
Etching. 130 x 90mm (5 x 3½"). Trimmed with some time-staining.
Two fish battling. From a series of twenty-six prints depicted two animals fighting each other. By Antonio Tempesta (c.1555-1630) painter, draughtsman, and etcher from Florence, he was a pupil of Stradanus. He was active in Rome around 1580, with his earliest dated prints appearing in 1589. Published by Nicolas van Aelst (c.1550's- 1613) engraver, printer, print dealer and print publisher, from Brussels, working in Rome.
[Ref: 65266] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
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