Prints and Multiples
Prints and Multiples
Auction Closed
September 17, 04:10 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AFTER JAN VAN DER STRAET, CALLED STRADANUS
1523 - 1605
NEW INVENTIONS OF MODERN TIMES (NOVA REPERTA) (NEW HOLL. 322-341)
The complete set, comprising 20 engravings by Jan Collaert II, Theodoor Galle and others, circa 1591, very fine to very good impressions of the first states, from the first edition published by Philips Galle in Antwerp, most plates on paper with Gothic P watermarks, a few with indistinct watermarks and countermarks, each unframed
each plate: approx. 200 by 265mm 7⅞ by 9⅝in
each sheet: approx. 228 by 293mm 9 by 11½in