Lot n° 58
Etching, 1635. 358x467 mm; 14 1/4x18 1/2 inches, small margins. Third state (of 5). Proprietary watermark with an orb and a cross. A very good, dark, well-inked impression of this important etching, with all the details distinct, with little to no sign of wear and with strong contrasts.
Lot n° 57
Complete set of 21 etchings, 1616. Each approximately 70x90 mm; 3x3 3/4 inches, thread margins. Each in the first state (of 2), before the addition of Silvestre's address on the title plate and before the numbers on the other etchings. Superb, richly-inked, early impressions with strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Lieure 279 and 407-426.
Lot n° 56
Etching and engraving, circa 1612-16. 330x240 mm; 13 1/4x9 1/2 inches. A very good impression of the first state (of 2) of this extremely scarce etching, before Le Blond's address. With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark.
We have not found another impression at auction in the past 30 years. Griffiths/Hartley 4 .
