The Seven Famous Cartons of Raphael Urbin, Drawn at the Command of Pope Leo the 10th as Patterns for Tapesty: They were bought by K. Charles the first (at the Persuasion of Sr. P. P. Rubens) and brought from Flanders into England: afterwards K. William fix'd them in his Palace of Hampton-Court in the Gallery here Represented. In 1707 they were drawn and Engraven by Sim: Gribelin and by him most humbly Dedicated to Her Late Majesty.
S.G. Inv.t et Sculp.t & excudit 1720.
Frontispiece and seven plates. Each c. 185 x 220mm (7¼ x 8¾"). Frontispiece with paper tone, frontis laid on album paper, nicks and tears to all plates.
The seven plates were first published in 1707; the frontispiece accompanied their re-issue in 1720.
[Ref: 69389] £550.00
Frontispiece and seven plates. Each c. 185 x 220mm (7¼ x 8¾"). Frontispiece with paper tone, frontis laid on album paper, nicks and tears to all plates.
The seven plates were first published in 1707; the frontispiece accompanied their re-issue in 1720.
[Ref: 69389] £550.00