Lot n° 433

Venationes ferarum, avium, piscium. Pugnae bestiariorum: & mutuae bestiarum (...), s.d. [1634 ?]. Suite of 15 engravings, publ. Antwerp, Ph. Galle, +/- 20 x 26 cm (larges margins); engr. names and Latin captions. Rather poor condition with traces of...

Estimation : 200 / 300
Adjudication : 700 €
Description
use, marg. tears and folds, pl. 14 roughly repaired on verso, pl. 21 underlaid, etc. 
Ill. title-page with dedication to "Henrico ab Osthoorn et Sonnevelt" and 14 plates (of 105 incl. front.) engr. by Hans Collaert (nr. 3, 8, 9, 21, 33, 38), Corn. Galle (14, 20, 25, 26, 27) and C. de Mallery (23, 28, 30) representing hunting or fighting scenes : elephants, panthers, tigers, bears, various birds, oysters, corals, crocodiles, deers, etc.
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