Lot n° 71
815x308 mm
Narrow to thread margins. Crossbow in a circle watermark. Good impressions of these scarce engravings, which together form a frieze-like composition.
We have found only 5 other impressions of tis subject at auction in the past 30 years. Bartsch 98.
Lot n° 77
[Lyon, Clément Baudin, 1556].
Petit in-4 oblong [106 x 156 mm] de 19 ff., 13 planches [A-D4, E3]: maroquin citron, armoiries dorées au centre des plats, dos à nerfs avec chiffres dorés répétés, pièce de titre rouge et verte, filet sur les coupes, large dentelle intérieure, tranches dorées (Lortic).
Édition originale.
Ce remarquable traité consacré aux pratiques funéraires antiques est l'oeuvre du “pourtrayeur & tailleur d'histoires” lorrain Pierre Woeiriot (1532-1599).
Le premier beau livre français orné de figures gravées sur cuivre.
32,3cmx51,5cm
Condition : On laid paper with watermark lily in a circle with a crown. trimmed without loss of image on the plate edge. Slightly stained. A minimal, smoothed, longitudinal fold. At the edges partly a bit wrinkled. In the upper right corner a stored tear of 1 cm. To the right, another minor edge damage.
Lot n° 107
40,5cmx57,3cm
Engraving, circa 1540-65, on laid paper, a very good impression of this very rare, large print, trimmed to or just fractionally inside the subject, the sheet laid down onto an 18th century sheet, a small hole at the upper left corner, a tear at lower centre, another further left, some very minor foxing, generally in good condition
