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94 [Potter, Paulus, after]
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Series of various oxen and cows (“Het Bullenboekje”)
, 17th c. Set of 8
etchings, publ. A. Blooteling, 11,5 x 16,3 cm (large margins); engr. numbers, names on pl. 1. Sewn.
Faint marg. traces, pl. 3 brown.
€ 150/250
Complete suite, 1st publ. 1650. Copy in reverse.
Ref.
Cp. Hollstein XVII, p. 212, 1-8.
95 ROGERS, Charles, ed.
- A collection of prints, in imitation of drawings, from the following
celebrated masters (...). London, Joseph Kay, [c. 1820? 1846?], folio, contemp. quarter calf (covers
rubbed, corners rounded and defect.), gilt titled red morocco label on upper cover, gilt. orn. spine on
5 raised bands (rubbed, joints locally split.), [2] pp., 101 pl. (portrait and dedic. fox., marg. fox. and
brown. throughout).
Cfr. ill.
€ 2600/3000
19th-c. ed. on vellum paper, without text (1st printing 1778). Contains a mezzotint frontisp.-portrait
of Ch. Rogers engr. by W.W. Ryland after J. Reynolds, a printed titlep., a calligr. engr. dedication to
King George III and
102 engr. on 99 pl.
, some in colours or monochrom, by Bartolozzi, Cipriani,
Ryland, Watts and others after drawings of mainly Italian artists (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael,
Correggio, the Carracci, Reni...) but also after Poussin, Rembrandt, Boucher, Rubens, etc., from
the collections of Rogers himself, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Hudson, etc. Charles Rogers (1711–
1784) was an art collector and connoisseur, a friend of H. Walpole, J. Reynolds, A. Pond and other
prominent men of his days; his considerable art collection included many prints and drawings.
Ownership label I.J. Sheldon.
96 [Satire]
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L’amoureux vieillard
, s.d. [fin XVIIe s.?]. Burin et eau-forte, publ. à Paris, chez Landry,
18 x 24 cm (marges inégales); non signé, nom de l’éditeur et courtes légendes gravés dans la pl.
Collé par le bord g. sous passe-partout. Coins gauches un peu abîmés.
€ 150/200
Amusante gravure satirique figurant un vieillard lutinant une belle qualifiée de “tombeau des
viellard”, alors qu’il a déjà “le pied sur le bord de la fosse”; autres détails plaisants, un chien qui
hurle et un chat qui éternue “de mauvais augure”, une lampe qui se consume, la mort qui décoche
une flèche, un singe myope vidant la bourse du vieillard, etc. Publiée “chez Landry à St François”,
i.e. le graveur et éditeur Pierre Landry (1630-1701)?
Joint: Matham, Jacob
- Sarah, s.d. Gravure d’après H. Goltzius, 22 x 16 cm (marges étroites); nom
gravé “IG inventor” et légende “Effoeto sterilis (...) Sara (...)” par C. Schonaeus. Collé par le bord
g. Tache claire au verso. Pl. d’une suite représentant les épouses d’Abraham, Isaac et Jacob. Belle
planche.
Ref.
Hollstein XI, p. 217, 21. (2 pcs)
97 [Splendid ceremonies]
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Lyk-staetsie van Zyne Doorluchtigste Hoogheid den heere Willem
Carel Hendrik Friso
, Prince van Orange en Nassau (...) Gehouden den IV. Februari MDCCLII.
Naeuwkeuriglyk nagetekent door P. van Cuyk, Junior, en in het kooper gebragd door J. Punt]. [The
Hague, Pieter Gosse Junior, 1755], 27 pls, 28 x +/- 52 cm. Stuck at corners with sellotape, under
blue passe-partout. Right and left margins trimmed, some pl. heavily dampstained, some marg.
defects, etc.
€ 120/160
27 (of 41) double plates depicting the funeral procession: n. 2-4, 6-10, 11-12, 17-21, 23-24, 26-27,
29-30 + 6 unidentified (numbers trimmed).
All in nice cont. hand-col.
Text lacking.
Ref.
Landwehr
231.
98 SUYDERHOEF, Jonas
- 2 engravings after A. Van Ostade. Stuck by upper part under passe-
partout.
€ 200/300
Peasants about to brawl at a table, s.d. Publ. by F. de Wit, 44 x 37 cm (trimmed to the borderline);
engr. names. Tear of +/- 4 cm in upper right part, tiny marg. defects. 4th state (of 4), with de
Wit’s address. - Peasant interior with a dancing couple, s.d. Publ. by J. Danckerts, 44,4 x 37,8 cm
(trimmed to the platemark); engr. names. Brown., lower corners stained, 2 sm. gaps in right lower
corner. 3rd state (of 3) with privil. added to Dankerts’ address.
Ref.
Hollstein XXVIII, p. 214 sq.,
26 & 27.