Lot 27
  • 27

Bol, Hans and Adrian Collaert.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Emblemata evangelica ad XII signa coelestia sive totidem anni menses accommodata. [Antwerp]: Sadeler, 1585, engraved title by Giovanni Termini, 12 engraved plates by Adrien Collaert after Bol, plate 12 with one word of the caption corrected in a contemporary hand
  • Paper
Termini, Giovanni. Suite of 4 plates representing the 4 seasons.



Tempesta, Antonio. Suite of 12 plates by Jan and Marco Sadeler after Tempesta representing each month as a landscape animated by characters engaged in seasonal activities [not in Hollstein].



Van de Passe. Liber genesis. [Arnheim: Jan Janson, 1612], engraved title, 56 plates



oblong 4to (242 x 166mm.), contemporary limp vellum, tears (some repaired) to margins of some plates, browning, soiling and spotting, dampstaining at end, last few plates torn and frayed with repairs, binding worn

Condition

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Catalogue Note

A collection of work by some of the foremost Dutch and Flemish engravers and printers of their day.