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[Abraham offering up his son Isaac.]
T Worlidge 1758
Etching. Plate: 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"), with large margins. Dusty.
Abraham offering up his son Isaac, as recounted in the Hebrew Bible. God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, before preventing him from doing so at the last minute, having received proof that he is god-fearing. Etching by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt', a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. W.36.
[Ref: 49743] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Agriculture.]
B. West R.A. Historical Painter to his Majesty pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Historical Engraver to his Majesty sculp.t.
[London Published as the Act directs Oct.r 1789 by B. West, Newman Street.]
Oval etching. Printed area (at most) 515 x 640mm (20¼ x 25¼"). Framed. Unexamined out of frame, probably trimmed within plate, losing publication line?
An idyllic harvest scene, with figures cutting corn with sickles, binding sheaths, gathering grapes and plouching with oxen. One of nine designs by Bartolozzi for the ceiling of the Queen's Lodge at Windsor, which was pulled down in 1823 by George IV. De Vesme 1331.
[Ref: 50428] £1,200.00
Opus quod in æde Viginis Deiparæ Annunciatæ Collegii Romam societatis IESW. Federicus Zuccarus S. Angeki in Vado ad Ripas Mitauri perfecit æneis tabellis expressum. Ioannes sadeler excud: Coloniæ Agrippa: A.D. MDLXXX.
Raphael Sadeler sculpsit Ætatis suæ. 19.
In Venetia Stefano Scolari Forma a S. Zulian. [1580.]
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 440mm (11¾ x 17¼''). Trimmed, creased, stained & damaged.
A scene set under an arch, an angel, holding a rose announces to the Virgin that she will be the mother of the messiah, above her are hoards of angels and around her are the saints. Engraved by Raphael Sadeler I (1560-1632).
[Ref: 49724] £180.00
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[Aphrodite.]
H.C. [Jan Collaert I.]
[n.d., c.1577.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾''). Trimmed in an oval losing a decorative border, laid on album sheet.
A mythological scene showing Aphrodite, with Cupid at her feet. From a series of six engravings showing the character from the myth of the Judgement of Paris by Jan Collaert I (1525-1580).
[Ref: 49684] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Apollo calling up the Fine Arts and Sciences.]
B. West inv.t Historical Painter to his Majesty, R.A. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t Historical Engraver to his Majesty.
[London Published as the Act directs Oct.r 1789 by B. West, Newman Street.]
Oval etching. Sheet 530 x 660mm (21 x 26"). Framed. Trimmed within plate, losing publication line?
Apollo alighting, torch in hand and wings spread, gesturing towards allegorical figures of the arts and sciences. Half-hidden is a bas-relief of George III. One of nine designs by Bartolozzi for the ceiling of the Queen's Lodge at Windsor,which was pulled down in 1823 by George IV. De Vesme 557.
[Ref: 50427] £2,000.00
The true and perfect manner of the execution of one Richard Atkins, Englishman at Rome. Anno. 1581.
[n.d., c.1600?]
Rare woodcut. Sheet: 195 x 280mm (7¾ x 11''). Trimmed. Creasing.
A series of four vignettes showing events that led to the execution of the Protestant martyr Richard Atkins. Atkins was travelling in Rome with his New Testament where he was arrested by the Inquisition. He was tortured and finally burnt at the stake.
[Ref: 49702] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
[St. Babia Refusing Sacrifice.] All Ill.mo Sig. et Pron. Col.mo Il Sig. Marcello Sacchetti. Ill.mo Sig.nel presente folgio, chi io ho...
In Roma li 20 di Decembre 1626. Gio. Batta Mercati F.
Superior pmissu. [1626.]
Engraving. Sheet: 270 x 210mm (10½ x 8¼''). Trimmed.
A religious scene showing St. Babia refusing to make sacrifices to the pagan dieties.
[Ref: 49735] £130.00
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The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.
Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.
Mezzotint. 600 x 485mm (23½ x 19"). Thread margins, tears entering plate on right. Slight vertical crease.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'. CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49969] £160.00
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The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.
Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.
London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.
Mezzotint. 600 x 485mm (23½ x 19"), with large margins. Surface abrasions in inscription area. Small tear on left.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'. CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49970] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green. Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esq.r to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obed.t Humble Serv.t W.m Ward.]
[Painted by W.m Owen. Engraved by Will.m Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York.]
[London Pub.d April 2, 1804 by Mess.rs Wards & Co, No. 6, Newman Street.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 560 x 475mm (21¾ x 18¾"). Very fine colour. Trimmed to image on all sides, title reinstated in manuscript, laid on thick paper.
A grey-haired beggar in a rustic setting, his pretty daughter standing with one had on his shoulder and the another open and outstretched. A scene from a popular Elizabethan ballad ('The Blind Beggar of Bethnall Green'), in which the beggar gives a surprisingly generous dowry for his daughter's wedding to a knight. The Blind Beggar public house in Whitechapel (infamous for its connection to the Kray twins) is reputed to be the site of his begging. A version of the ballad was recorded by Ewan McColl for the Riverside anthology 'Great British Ballads Not Included in the Child Collection'. CS 95. Ex Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox Boyd. Frankau 30.
[Ref: 49971] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Adam and Eve Mourning Abel.] Hornâ fruge Cain lectoque aram imbuit agno...
A. Blomaert inv.
[n.d, c.1605.]
Engraving. Sheet: 265 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾''). Trimmed.
A biblical scene showing Adam and Eve mourning over the body of Abel, in the background Cain is shown killing Abel amd in the far right Cain is shown running away. A reverse copy of an 1604 Jan Saenredam engraving after Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651).
[Ref: 49734] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
[Six Illustrations from Calendar of Shepherds.]
[Wynkyn de Worde.]
[n.d., c.1508.]
6 woodcuts. Sheet: 150 x 125mm (6 x 5''). Trimmed, paper tone.
Six illustrations from Wynkyn de Worde's 'Calendar of Shepherds' showing figures in various seasonal activities like harvesting hay, making wine and gardening. Each illustration has celestial signs in the image. Wynkyn de Worde (d. 1534) was a printer and publisher known for his work with William Caxton, he was the first to popularise products of the printing press.
[Ref: 49655] £900.00
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[Cows, Goats and Sleeping Family.]
C.P. Berghem inventer et fecit [but engraved by Christian Gottlieb Geyser].
[Berlin, n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. Sheet: 210 x 255mm (8¼ x 10''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Staining.
A rural scene showing a urinating cow, a herd of goats and a sleeping man, woman and child. A copy of an etching by Dutch printmaker Nicolaes Berchem (1621-1683) by Christian Gottlieb Geyser (1742 - 1803). BM S.6476.
[Ref: 49654] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Crucifixion.]
B.T.A.
[n.d., c.1630.]
Woodcut. Sheet: 210 x 130mm (8½ x 5¼''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A scene of the crucifixion showing Christ, dressed in robes and an ornate crown upon the cross, the sun in the top left corner and the moon in the top right. A woodcut cut by the monogrammist BTA, probably cut for a Carmelite order in Venice in the first half of the 16th century.
[Ref: 49647] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Uriah before David.] Rex rogat Urian de bello, mittit et illi, Addita nectarys vina
[Johann Sadeler I.]
[Gerard de Jode.][1585.]
Engraving, 16th century watermark. Plate: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet on left.
A biblical scene showing Uriah, in his uniform kneeling before King David. From 'Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti...'. Engraved by Johann Sadeler I (1550-1600).
[Ref: 49727] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[King David playing the harp.]
[Engraved by Georg Lemberger.]
[Wittenburg: Hans Lufft, c.1550?]
Woodcut. Sheet 115 x 140mm (4½ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border, small loss right bottom, laid on album paper.
King David seated on a throne playing the harp, the Holy Spirit as a dove flying above his head. ''The series of Old Testament illustrations appears to have been first published in the Low German Bible printed by Michael Lotter in Magdeburg, 1536. Others were added in following editions (see Dodgson, II, p. 366).The majority of the BM impressions are from a High German Bible apparently printed by Lufft, probably the 1550 edition'' (BM 1848,0304.8). BM 1848,0304.110.
[Ref: 49771] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Diogenes. Intuitus Puerum concaua bibentem manu...
Eques Carolus Maratti invent. Andreas Procacinus sculp.
Cum privil. Sum: Pont et regis Christ.mi. [n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 380 x 235mm (15 x 9¼''). Trimmed, mounted into album sheet. Staining.
A scene showing Diogenese watching a young man drinking directly from a stream, causing him to cast aside his last possession, a cup which lies discarded on the ground.
[Ref: 49755] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Duel.] Vol. II p.255.
F. Hayman inv. et del. C. Grignion sculp.
[n.d., c.1753.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 225 x 180mm (9 x 7''). Small margins. Creasing and tears.
A scene showing a duel between two Hanoverian men, one man lies on the ground while a woman and child kneel next to him. An illustration to Jonas Hanway's 'An Historical Account of British Trade over the Caspian Sea'.
[Ref: 49894] £75.00
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[Mercury Delivering the Enfant Bacchus.] All' Ill.mo Sig.re Sig.re Pron Colmo Il Sig.r Marchese Nicolo Maria Pallauicino...
Eques Carol Maratti inv. Andreas Procaccini sculp.
Cum Privil. Sum. pont et Regis Christianissimi. [n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving. Sheet: 310 x 430mm (12 x 17''). Trimmed, repaired tear, light staining.
A classical scene showing Mercury delivering the infant Bacchus to a group of women, in the background the house from which the child has been saved from the flames. Engraved by Andrea Procaccini after Carlo Maratti.
[Ref: 49747] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Adonisedeck Oham Pharam Iaphia Dabir Regem Quinq Eadem Pugna Pr Ostratis Exercitibus Reges Ipsos Patibulis Suspendi Ivbet Iosue. Iosie Cap:10.
[Harman Jansz Muller.]
[Gerard de Jode.][1585.]
Engraving. Plate: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet on left. Loss central top.
A biblical scene showing Joshua hanging five kings on five trees. Engraved by Dutch printmaker Harman Jansz Muller (1540-1617).
[Ref: 49726] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Expulsion of Paradise.] Reddita lux oculus; pudor et gravis...
A. Bloemaert. [After Jan Saenredam.]
[1604, but later.]
Engraving. Sheet: 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½''). Trimmed. Laid on sheet at top corner.
A biblical scene showing a penitent Eve and a shocked Adam reacting to an Angel with a flaming sword chasing them from Eden. An engraving after an engraving by Jan Saenredam.
[Ref: 49731] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Flight into Egypt.]
G. R. In. L. Lolius. s.
[n.d., c.1680.]
Etching. Sheet: 305 x 240mm (12 x 9½''). Trimmed, creasing and staining.
A biblical scene showing Mary, the infant Jesus and Joseph on their journey into Egypt to escape the wrath of Herod. An etching by Lorenzo Loli (1612-1691) after artist Guido Reni (1575-1642).
[Ref: 49656] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Flight into Egypt.] Al M.to Ill.emto R. P. Sig.mio...
Pier Fran.co Mola. [after Francesco Albani.]
[n.d., c.1665.]
Engraving. Sheet: 465 x 310mm (18¼ x 12¼''). Very damaged, trimmed, torn and stained.
A biblical scene showing the flight into Egypt of the Holy Family. The enfant Christ plays with a crucific and angels. Engraved by Pier Francesco Mola.
[Ref: 49754] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
Et Apparverut Illis Dispertitae Liguae Taqua Ignis, Sedito Super Sigulos Eorv et Repleti Oes Spiritu Scto. Act.2.
M. de Vos Invent. Johannes Sadeler fecit et excud:
Cum privilegio. [n.d., c.1585.]
Engraving. Plate: 205 x 240mm (8 x 9½''). Staining in margins top left.
A biblical scene showing the apparition of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove. Engraved by Jan Sadeler after Maarten de Vos.
[Ref: 49740] £50.00
(£60.00 incl.VAT)
Jason endormant Le Dragon.
Matheus f.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Plate: 115 x 140mm (4½ x 5½''). Damage on right.
A classical scene showing Jason fighting the dragon who guards the Golden Fleece. Engraved by Jan Matheus.
[Ref: 49752] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
Cum regni scys Roboam consulta capescit Dicta senum refugit rex Iuuenumpque probat. 3. Reg. 12.
[Jan Collaert I after Ambrosius Francken.]
[Gerard de Jode I.]
Engraving. Sheet: 205 x 290mm (8 x 11½''). Trimmed and staining. Laid on ablum sheet on left.
A biblical scene showing Jeroboam and the congregation of Israel before Rehoboam. From Gerard de Jode 'Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti...' 1585.
[Ref: 49739] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
[Vision of St. Jerome.] Angelico quoties tuba perslatur...
Jo. Bap.t Pasqualinus del. et sculpsit Roma. [After Guercino.]
Jo: Jacomo de Rossi formis Romae 1648 alla Pace.
Engraving, with elaborate 17th century watermark. Sheet: 295 x 240mm (11½ x 9½''). Trimmed, damage and staining.
A biblical scene showing the vision of St Jerome. Engraved by Giovanni Battista Pasqualini and published by Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi.
[Ref: 49749] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Job praying for his three friends.]
[Engraved by Georg Lemberger.]
[Wittenburg, c.1550?]
Woodcut. Sheet 120 x 140mm (4¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed border, laid on album paper.
Job praying for his three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar. ''The series of Old Testament illustrations appears to have been first published in the Low German Bible printed by Michael Lotter in Magdeburg, 1536. Others were added in following editions (see Dodgson, II, p. 366).The majority of the BM impressions are from a High German Bible apparently printed by Lufft, probably the 1550 edition'' (BM 1848,0304.8). BM 1848,0304.109.
[Ref: 49773] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[An Angel Announcing to Zacharias the Birth of St. John.] Dum pius Abiades adoleret thura sacerdos...
Andrea de Sarto Invent. Teodoro Cruger sculptor.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet: 300 x 330mm (11¾ x 13''). Trimmed, staining, creasing and damage. Pencil grid.
A plate from 'Vita D. Ioannis Baptistae ex archetypo Andreae Sartii Flor. Pict. celeberr. ad vivum expressa' engraved by Theodor Krüger after the grisaille frescoes in the Chiostro dello Scalzo in Florence by Andrea del Sarto and Francesco Franciabigo.
[Ref: 49669] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[The Visitation of the Virgin to her Cousin Elizabeth.] Concipit Elizabeth divini numinis auras...
Andrea de Sarto Invent. Teodoro Cruger sculp.
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 330mm (11¾ x 13''). Trimmed, staining, creasing and damage, manuscript outline on background figure.
A plate from 'Vita D. Ioannis Baptistae ex archetypo Andreae Sartii Flor. Pict. celeberr. ad vivum expressa' engraved by Theodor Krüger after the grisaille frescoes in the Chiostro dello Scalzo in Florence by Andrea del Sarto and Francesco Franciabigo.
[Ref: 49668] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[The Birth of St John the Baptist.] Maximus exoritur miris natalibus Heros...
Andrea del Sarto Invent. Teodoro Cruger sculp.
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17''). Trimmed, staining, creasing and damage.
A plate from 'Vita D. Ioannis Baptistae ex archetypo Andreae Sartii Flor. Pict. celeberr. ad vivum expressa' engraved by Theodor Krüger after the grisaille frescoes in the Chiostro dello Scalzo in Florence by Andrea del Sarto and Francesco Franciabigo.
[Ref: 49673] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[John the Baptist Preaching to the Masses.] Hactenus excoluit divinis moribus orbem, Pristina sollicito cordis revocate dolore Namque novam coelo lucem demisit ab alto 9 Nunc lingua populas dagmata sacra dacet Crimina, vas coeli...
Andrea de Sarto Inve. Teodoro Cruger Sculp 1617.
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 330mm (11¾ x 13''). Trimmed, staining, creasing and damage.
A plate from 'Vita D. Ioannis Baptistae ex archetypo Andreae Sartii Flor. Pict. celeberr. ad vivum expressa' engraved by Theodor Krüger after the grisaille frescoes in the Chiostro dello Scalzo in Florence by Andrea del Sarto and Francesco Franciabigo.
[Ref: 49664] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[John the Baptist Taking Leave of His Parents.] Non tibi prima genas vestiuit flore iuuenta...
Il Francia Bigio Inven. Teodoro sculp.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet: 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17''). Trimmed, staining, creasing and damage.
A plate from 'Vita D. Ioannis Baptistae ex archetypo Andreae Sartii Flor. Pict. celeberr. ad vivum expressa' engraved by Theodor Krüger after the grisaille frescoes in the Chiostro dello Scalzo in Florence by Andrea del Sarto and Francesco Franciabigo.
[Ref: 49671] £170.00
(£204.00 incl.VAT)
[John the Baptist Baptising the Masses.] Præurus hic puro populas baptismate lustrat, Fortior inde venit cuius...
Andrea de Sarto Inve. T.C. Sculp 1618.
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet: 300 x 330mm (11¾ x 13''). Trimmed, staining, creasing and damage.
A plate from 'Vita D. Ioannis Baptistae ex archetypo Andreae Sartii Flor. Pict. celeberr. ad vivum expressa' engraved by Theodor Krüger after the grisaille frescoes in the Chiostro dello Scalzo in Florence by Andrea del Sarto and Francesco Franciabigo.
[Ref: 49665] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Young John the Baptist Meeting Christ.] Brachia dum iungunt, teneris amplexibus hærent, Pectora coelisti...
Andrea de Sarto Inve. Teodoro Cruger sculp.
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 330mm (11¾ x 13''). Trimmed, staining, creasing and damage.
A plate from 'Vita D. Ioannis Baptistae ex archetypo Andreae Sartii Flor. Pict. celeberr. ad vivum expressa' engraved by Theodor Krüger after the grisaille frescoes in the Chiostro dello Scalzo in Florence by Andrea del Sarto and Francesco Franciabigo.
[Ref: 49666] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[John the Baptist Baptising Christ in the River Jordan.] Incola Iordanis Christum ter flumine mergit...
A. d. Sarto Invent. T. Cruger sculp.
Engraving. Sheet: 300 x 330mm (11¾ x 13''). Trimmed, staining, creasing and damage.
A plate from 'Vita D. Ioannis Baptistae ex archetypo Andreae Sartii Flor. Pict. celeberr. ad vivum expressa' engraved by Theodor Krüger after the grisaille frescoes in the Chiostro dello Scalzo in Florence by Andrea del Sarto and Francesco Franciabigo.
[Ref: 49670] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Eight Scenes Showing the Life of Christ.]
B.T.A.
[n.d., c.1630.]
16 woodcuts. Sheet: 90 x 65mm (3¾ x 2½''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. One has hand colour.
Fifteen woodcuts showing scenes from the life of Christ, including the Annunciation, the Visitation, the birth in the stable, Christ teaching in the Synagogue and his arrest. The first scene is engraved IHS for Christ. A woodcut cut by the monogrammist BTA, probably cut for a Carmelite order in Venice in the first half of the 17th century.
[Ref: 49649] £1,600.00
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[Massacre of the Innocents.] Almo.to Ill.re e prone oss.mo il sig.r Cesari Leoncelli Sec.rio dell'Illmo et Ecc.mo Sig.r Don Philippo Collonagram Conte Stabile dei Regno di Napoli. Per mostrare in parte it dessi.o chi' ho di far cosagrata a V.S. finsieme per offerirmeli servitore asse.mo ho'uolto dedicare la presente Imagine et mestesso A V.S 1627.
F. Villamena F.
Gio. Marco Paluzzi Formis Romae.
Engraving. Sheet: 390 x 250mm (15½ x 9¾''). Trimmed, damaged. Central crease.
A biblical scene showing the massacre of babies ordered by Herod following the birth of Christ. Engraved by Francesco Villamena (1565-1624).
[Ref: 49730] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Mercury.]
H.C. [Jan Collaert I.]
[n.d., c.1577.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾''). Trimmed in an oval losing a decorative border, laid on album sheet.
A mythological scene showing Mercury, holding his winged staff. From a series of six engravings showing the character from the myth of the Judgement of Paris by Jan Collaert I (1525-1580).
[Ref: 49685] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
Macte animo felix cuius clementia mitem Laurea prima...
[Harman Jansz Muller after Maarten van Heemskerk.]
[n.d., c.1566.]
Engraving, fine impression, 16th century watermark. Plate: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾''). Foxing and creasing.
A biblical scene showing Moses, his wife, Miriam and Aaron in conversation before Moses's tent. In the background God appears to Miriam, Aaron and Moses in a tent.
[Ref: 49745] £150.00
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[A feast with Persians being murdered.]
[Engraved by Matthias Merian.]
[Frankfurt, Merian, c.1619.]
Rare engraving. 100 x 140mm (4 x 5½), set in German letterpress text.
An untitled classical scene, with a Graecian king at the end of the table standing up with a sword as women around the table stab their Persian guests. The surrounding text refers to Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia but we have been unable to identify the event illustrated. From Gottfried's Historische Chronik.
[Ref: 49775] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Paris.]
H.C. [Jan Collaert I.]
[n.d., c.1577.]
Engraving. Sheet: 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾''). Trimmed in an oval losing a decorative border, laid on album sheet.
A mythological scene showing Paris holding up the golden apple, his bulls in the background. From a series of six engravings showing the character from the myth of the Judgement of Paris by Jan Collaert I (1525-1580).
[Ref: 49683] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Christ Handing the Keys to St. Peter.] Ill.o et R:do D et prono maxine colendo...
Io. Fran.s Cent.s Inv. Superioru Permiss. Io. Bapt.a Pasqualinus Cent. Delia. et Sculp.
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Sheet: 370 x 275mm (14½ x 10¾''). Trimmed, staining.
A biblical scene showing Christ handing the keys to St. Peter. Engraved by Giovanni Battista Pasqalini.
[Ref: 49750] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Aequabit Olympo.
Cyrus Ferris inven. P. Lucadeus delin. B. Farjat sculp. Romae 1675 Sup: permis.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 310 x 215mm (12 x 8½''). Small margins.
A classical scene showing the building of Rome. The British Museum has conflicting descriptions of the print, describing it as Romulus at the building of Rome and Aeneas meeting Anchises in Elysium. After Ciro Ferri (1633-69). British Museum V,9.34. & British Museum 1873,0510.3621.
[Ref: 50100] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[The Death of Sennacherib.] Impia qui dudum convicia iecerat Assur Samherib a natis ceditur ecce suis. 4. Reg. 19.
[After Maarten de Vos.]
[Gerard de Jode.][1585.]
Engraving. Sheet: 195 x 290mm (7¾ x 11½''). Trimmed. Laid on album sheet on left.
A biblical scene showing the death of Sennacherib at the hands of his two sons. From Gerard de Jode's 'Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti...' 1585.
[Ref: 49737] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Solomon and the Temple of Jerusalem.] Ecce vides altris sublimia templa columnis, Et clari imprimis nobile regis opus. 3. Reg. Cap.6.
[Jan Collaert I.]
[Gerard de Jode.][1585.]
Engraving. Plate: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A biblical scene showing King Solomon standing in the building site of the Temple of Jerusalem. From 'Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti...'. Engraved by Johann Sadeler I (1550-1600).
[Ref: 49728] £140.00
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[Judah and Tamar.] Iudas et Thamar Coevnt Promittitur Hoedus Annulus, Armillæ, Atquæ Pedum Pro Pognore Dantur.
Mheemskerck In. ML fe.
I. Boel exc. [n.d., c.1585.]
Engraving, 16th century watermark. Plate: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾'').
A biblical scene from Genesis showing Judah and Tamar in conversation beneath a tree. Engraved by Harman Jansz Muller (1539-1617) after Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574).
[Ref: 49725] £140.00
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[Tamar Brought to Execution by Judah.] Vincta Venit Flammis Iam Iam Tradenda Paratis Huius Ait Natos Peperi Qui His Utitur Armis.
ML fc. Mheemskerck In.
[n.d., c.1585.]
Engraving. Plate: 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾''). Thread margins. Slight stain top right.
A biblical scene from Genesis showing Judah taking Tamar to the pyre for her execution, Tamar presents the staff to prove her innocence. Engraved by Harman Jansz Muller (1539-1617) after Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574).
[Ref: 49703] £140.00
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Uit-lesing vande Tienden der Kudde.
[Jan Luyken.]
[n.d., c.1683.]
Engraving. Plate: 145 x 295mm (5¾ x 11½'').
A print showing shepherds tending their flock. By Dutch printmaker Jan Luyken (1649-1712).
[Ref: 49658] £110.00
(£132.00 incl.VAT)
[The Visitation.]
B.T.A.
[n.d., c.1630.]
Woodcut. Sheet: 180 x 120mm (7¼ x 5''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A biblical scene showing the Visitation when Mary travelled to visit her cousin Elizabeth to inform her of her pregnancy, on arriving she discovers her cousin is miraculously pregnant also. A woodcut cut by the monogrammist BTA, probably cut for a Carmelite order in Venice in the first half of the 16th century.
[Ref: 49648] £240.00
(£288.00 incl.VAT)
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