1646. Five hand-coloured engravings, each with a caption in image and a plate number “215, 237, 247, 389” and “415” upper right, 30 x 20cm (approx. each). Slight creases, tears and stains to uneven margins. Framed. Captions read (1) Limon perettae consimilis, (2) Limon a rivo sev rio, (3) Aurantium..... More
1483. Single leaf printed in black letter on both sides on laid paper with woodcut illustration, 28.3 x 19.6cm (paper). Paper singed around edges, with loss to margins, slight crinkles, minor water stains, tipped to old backing. The Golden Legend, a “medieval compendium of the lives of the saints…is a massive..... More
1729. Engraving, titled in Italian, Latin and French in plate lower centre, 33.2 x 42.2cm. Old vertical fold, stains and minor missing portions to margins. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Text in Latin and French reads “Volatus, ignes artificiales, aliique lusus die Jovis in Bacchanaliis” and “Volee, feux d’artifice, et..... More
c1645. Engraving, text including title, artist and engraver “Pieter de Jode” in text below image, 24.1 x 17cm. Slight foxing to centre of image and margins, missing portions to lower right margin. Text reads “Pictor Noctium, Mechliniensis. Ant. van Dyck pinxit, Petrus de Jode Sculpsit. Cum priuilegio.” Held in British..... More
![Item #CL206-3 La Noblesse [Nobility]. After Jacques Callot, c1592–1635 French](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL206-3.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1667357920)
1624/c1800s. Set of 12 etchings, artist’s name and plate number in plate lower left to right, 14.5 x 9cm (approx. each). Most are trimmed to platemark, some with minor tears to edges. Ref: Lieure #549-560. Complete set of 12 images of noblemen and ladies. Etched after Callot in the late 18th..... More
1635/c1690. Engraving with etching, reverse copy, artist’s name and engraver “Pacot” in plate lower right and below image, 35.9 x 46.4cm. Trimmed to platemark, repaired corners upper and lower right, minor tears to edges, foxing overall. French text includes dedication to “A Monseigeneur l’Abbe Bignon Conseiller d’Etat ordinaire, et President..... More
![Item #CL206-2 [Landscape With Stag Hunt]. After Jan Brueghel the Elder, Nicolaes de...](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL206-2.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1667357909)
1607/later printing. Engraving, artist’s and engraver’s names with date in plate lower left, 44.5 x 69.4cm. Old vertical fold to centre, minor crinkles to edges, slight foxing and soiling overall, tears and missing portions to margins. The Rhode Island School of Design Museum (USA) exhibition catalogue The Brilliant Line, September 2009..... More
![Item #CL198-4 [Anatomical Studies: Posterior Plane]. After Jan Wandelaar,...](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL198-4_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1576815228)
1748. Two engravings, text including plate number, engraver, publisher and date in plate above and below image, 56.7 x 40.2cm (approx. each). Old horizontal fold, tears, stains and slight foxing to margins. Latin text reads (1) “Tab. V. S.F. Ravenet sculp. Impensis J. & P. Knapton, Londini 1748.” This is..... More
![Item #CL184-12 The Portraiture Of Crab [Arabian Horse] Late The Property Of The Right Hon....](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL184-12.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1486012853)
1755. Hand-coloured mezzotint, artist, title, text and date in plate below image, 31 x 35.3cm. Minor scratch in image lower left, cracks and slight stains to lower platemark and margin. Text includes “Spencer del. These sets of prints are sold by the proprietor Tho’s Spencer & Rob’t Clee in Panton..... More
c1530/1570. Engraving, monogrammed “A.V.” in image lower left, title and “Claudii Duchetti formis” in plate below image, 44 x 33.2cm. Old fold and slight stains to image, repaired tears and missing portions to margins. Laid down on acid-free tissue. This image of Saint Christopher was published by Claudio Duchetti (active..... More
c1503/18th century impression. Woodcut, monogrammed in plate lower centre, 29.4 x 20.9cm. Missing portion to upper left edge, minor stains, tipped to old backing. From Dürer’s series The Life of the Virgin. Ref:Knappe #230. Held in The Met, NY. More
c1503/18th century impression. Woodcut, monogrammed in block lower centre, 29.9 x 20.7cm. Stains to image upper right and lower portion, minor foxing overall, trimmed to border. From Dürer’s series The Life of the Virgin. Ref:Knappe #241; Kurth #189. Held in Art Institute, Chicago. More
c1502/late 16th century impression. Woodcut, monogrammed in block lower centre, 29.6 x 21cm. Old horizontal fold, minor stains. Strong unbroken border. From Dürer’s series The Life of the Virgin. Ref: Knappe #245; Kurth #191. Held in The Met, NY. More
1510/c1612. Woodcut, dated and monogrammed in block upper and lower centre, numbered “XXII” and annotated in Latin in ink in an unknown hand in upper and lower margins, letterpress text in Latin verso, 12.8 x 9.7cm. Minor foxing and creases to margins, tipped to backing. From Dürer’s series The Small..... More
c1505/17th century impression. Woodcut, monogrammed in block lower centre, 21 x 14.1cm. Slight foxing. A strong impression, with only two minor breaks in the border. Ref: Knappe #224; Bartsch #108. Held in The Met, NY; and NGV, with the inclusion of “Modest Woodcut 8.” The term “modest” was used by..... More
![Item #CL184-8 Hans Sachs Alter 51 Jar [51 Years Old], Lucas Cranach the Elder, c. German](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL184-8.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1486091892)
1545/c1600. Woodcut, dated and titled in block lower left to right, 31.6 x 28.1cm. Repairs and slight stains to image, minor tear to left edge. Good impression with complete borders, with only minor breaks. Ref: British Museum. Hans Sachs (1494-1576) was a German meistersinger, poet, playwright and shoemaker. Sachs became..... More
c1506. Engraving, replica of Durer’s monogram, and number “II” in plate lower left and centre, 29.3 x 21.1cm. Pinholes, minor tears, creases and stains to margins. Second state of two. From Dürer’s series The Life of the Virgin. Held in V&A. Albrecht Dürer was reported to have been enraged by..... More
c1503/17th century impression. Engraving, replica of Durer’s monogram, and numbered “15” in plate lower centre, 29.5 x 21cm. Minor foxing and creases overall, pinholes, tears and perforations to margins. From Dürer’s series The Life of the Virgin. Held in de Young Museum, San Francisco. Albrecht Dürer was reported to have..... More
1638/c1796. Etching, signed “Rembrandt f.” and dated in plate lower centre, 17 x 13.1cm. Trimmed platemarks. This impression is by Pierre Francois Basan (1723-1797) from the original plate. Ref: Rijksmuseum; White & Boon #B28. More
1641/1868. Etching, signed and dated in plate upper right, 14.4 x 11.3cm. Minor foxing to margins, old mount burn. Published in Hamerton’s book in 1868 from the original plate. Ref: Bartsch #118, 2nd state; Hind #183, listed as Jacob and Laban. A crisp, clean impression with wide margins. More
1640/later printing. Etching, title and text including names of artist and engraver in plate above and below image, 22.4 x 15.9cm. Slight foxing to edges of image, trimmed margins. Laid down on acid-free backing. In 19th century frame. After Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528). Title reads “1497. Albrecht Thurer der Elter..... More
c1616/1621-1625. Set of 20 etchings including frontispiece, mounted together, titled and dated “1616” in frontispiece, each image numbered in plate lower right, 7 x 9cm (approx. each). All trimmed to platemarks, some with minor tears, stains or repaired corners. Text in frontispiece continues “fatto in Firenza l’anno 1616. I. silvestra..... More
1635/later printing. Etching, signed in plate upper centre, 9.5 x 6.5cm. Crinkles to image, repaired paper loss to margins. Ref: Bartsch #80; Hind #123. This etching was most likely printed during the early 19th century. More
c1661. Etching and drypoint, signed in image lower right, 34.5 x 23.5cm. Slight foxing to image, minor crinkles to margins. Third state. Ref: Wallace, The Etchings of Salvator Rosa, 1979, plate 101. Held in British Museum. Glaucus was “a Greek prophetic sea-god” who fell in love with the nymph Scylla..... More