Snowy village with a windmill
1934. Etching with drypoint printed in sepia on buff wove paper, 4 x 3 inches (100 x 75 mm), full margins. In good condition but with the area of the tree tops and birds appearing slightly misaligned. More
17th Century
Snowy village with a windmill
1934. Etching with drypoint on buff wove paper with a deckle edge, 4 x 3 inches (100 x 75 mm); sheet 14 3/4 x 11 (375 x 280 mm), full margins. In good condition with no visible defects. More
Sleeping Herdsman
Paris: 1644. Etching and engraving on high quality buff wove paper 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (124 x 114 mm); sheet 12 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches (321 x 318 mm), the full sheet. In very good condition with the artist's moniker in the image in the lower right..... More
St. John the Baptist in the wilderness; Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God)
c 1650. Pen and sepia ink and wash on vellum, 8 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (225 x 267 mm). In very good condition with some modern notations in pencil on the verso, minor cockling, and a 1-inch horizontal crack occurring in the space above the figure's right shoulder (left-top..... More
Head of a Laughing Peasant
c1650. Etching on white laid paper, 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 inches (41 x 38 mm), thread margins. In excellent condition with a light pencil inscription on the verso. [Hollstein 6]. More
The Mother Seated in an Inn
c1660. Etching on cream laid paper with an indiscernible horizontal watermark, 6 1/8 x 4 11/16 inches (154 x 120 mm). Thread margins. The first state (of two), before the additional work on the head and hair of the child, and before the removal of the spots on the left..... More
Beschryvinge Der Stadt Delft Betreffende des selfts Situatie Oorsprong en Ouderdom Opkonst en Voortgangh vermcerdering van Vryheydt en Jurisdictie Domeynen en Heerlijckleden. Voor-af met een Korte Beschrijvinge von Delflandt
Delft: Arnold Bon, 1667. 2 parts in one volume, 4o, 7 1/2 x 6 inches (190 x 152 mm); 891,(37),(33), (4) pp., lacks frontispiece, 1 folding plan and 2 views. Woodblock plates after C. Decker: 2 double-page plans, 30 views, 3 of which are folding and exhibit some tears, most..... More
Old man with a long beard and cap.
1640. Etching on cream laid paper, 3 x 2 1/4 inches (76 x 57 mm), margins. In very good condition with some minor losses at the extreme lower right corner. Pencil inscriptions on the verso. Formerly attributed to Rembrandt (B.295), now recognized as being in the manner of Rembrandt by..... More
The Wooden Bridge at Sulmona, near Tivoli; Plate 6 from Landscapes of the Environs of Rome
c1650. Etching on laid paper, 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (185 x 260 mm), the full sheet, unevenly trimmed margins. Some edge losses at the right sheet edge (see image), scattered light areas of discoloration. Laid down to a cardboard matrix. [Hollstein 10; Bartsch 10]. More
Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Ferdinand Bol).
c 1775. Etching and drypoint on heavy cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches (96 x 83 mm), narrow margins. In very good condition with some minor surface soiling. [Björklund's second state (of 2) copy]. More
The Workes of our Ancient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, Newly Printed
London: Adam Islip, 1602. Second Edition. Folio, 13 x 8 3/4 inches (328 x 223 mm); pp. xxvi (dedications and Chaucer's Life), title with armorial + xvi (Dedication to Henry VIII and Prologues) + ff. 376 + [14] glossary ('The hard words of Chaucer, explaned', + Latin + French +..... More
Galley slaves preparing a meal
Rome: M. Scheap, 1658. Engraving on cream laid paper, 4 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches (117 x 125 mm); sheet 5 x 6 1/8 inches (128 x 151 mm), narrow margins. In very good condition with paper tape remnants at the top corners on the verso. Adhesive residue at the..... More
Trophies of War, title page
Rome: M. Scheap, 1658. Engraving on cream laid paper, 4 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches (117 x 125 mm); sheet 5 x 6 1/8 inches (128 x 151 mm), narrow margins. In very good condition with paper tape remnants at the top corners on the verso, as well as on..... More
Frontispiece with stepped fountain; a stone wall with water spout pouring water into a rectilinear basin, from which a second spout pours water into a smaller rectilinear basin, flanked by tree branches.
1652. Etching on lightweight cream laid paper, 6 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches (155 x 136 mm), narrow margins. Archival paper tape remnants from a former mount at each top corner on the verso, otherwise in very good condition with no visible defects. [Hollstein VI.29.1.4]. More
Two men standing ankle-deep in a body of water with a rocky outcrop behind them, to the left a rocky bank, trees and a hilltop beyond
Amsterdam: 1658. Etching on light, fibrous, laid Japon paper, 5 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (132 x 158 mm), full margins. Scattered moderate foxing throughout, very minor printing creases (innate), and one small vertical adhesive-tape shaped stain along the extreme center-right sheet edge, well outside of image area. The lower..... More
Maximilien de Bethune, Duc de Sully
1696. Etching on fine cream laid paper, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (259 mm x 190 mm), narrow margins. In excellent condition with no visible defects. Printed 1700. An image from Charles Perrualt's 1700 volume, Les Hommes Illustres Qui ont Paru en France pendant ce Siècle. More
Three Men with a Lantern Standing Over Three Bodies
Engraving on heavy wove paper, mounted to archival laid paper, 2 3/8 x 3 inches (60 x 76 mm), margins. In very good condition with no visible defects. Perhaps a Guy Fawkes image. More
Frontispiece with tomb in a rocky landscape.
c 1630. Etching on cream laid paper, 4 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (123 x 160 mm), full margins. In good condition with some age tone around the sheet edges and an inscription in pencil on the verso. Allaert van Everdingen was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker, known..... More
Fountains of Rome
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1625. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (222 x 286 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light yellow discoloration in the margins and on the verso, the image area remains clean and bright. The inscription in..... More
Cupid prepares to shoot an arrow as Venus looks over her right shoulder, from "Sport of Love" (Scherzi d'amore)
1617. Etching on laid paper with a partial, indiscernible watermark, 5 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches (143 x 93 mm), margins. Scattered light areas of brown discoloration, especially apparent in the area of Venus's left arm in the center-sheet, and the lower left margin. Light handling wear. All conditions are..... More
Harbour with a Round Tower
1641. Etching on cream wove paper, 5 1/16 x 7 11/16 inches (128 x 195 mm), narrow margins. Printed 19th century on a remainder which has a partially trimmed, printed image of a Virgilia Heliodes specimen on the verso; a large, orange wildflower native to the American southwest, similar to..... More
Wapenhandelinghe van Roers, Musquetten ende Spiessen; Plate 4 from The Exercise of Arms
Amsterdam: 1607. Engraving on cream laid paper with an trefoil and sword watermark, 10 x 7 1/4 inches (254 x 184 mm); sheet 12 x 8 inches (305 x 204 mm), unevenly trimmed narrow to wide margins. Uniform toning and scattered light spots of discoloration, all consistent with age. From..... More
The Judgement of Solomon ; Falsa Ecclesia. Vera Ecclesia (Allegory of the true and the false church)
Haarlem: Hendrick Hondius, 1604. Engraving on cream laid paper with a partial Basel Crosier watermark in the left sheet, 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches (247 x 184 mm), margins. In excellent condition with minor scattered, unobtrusive spots of discoloration. A superb impression with all of the fine lines printing..... More
Study of a Head
1635. Etching on cream laid paper, 3 7/16 x 2 3/4 inches (87 x 70 mm), thread margins. Lacking the inscription in the plate; "Felix Biler in: W Hollar fee: 1635," generally found in the top left image. In very good condition with a minor area of skinning in the..... More
A study of whimsical architectural elements, including a Satyr's head, a Torch, a Winged Sphinx, and Sea Monster.
Etching on handmade laid paper with a large, indiscernible heraldic watermark, 3 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (94 x 222 mm), trimmed inside platemark. Several light spots of foxing along right edge, verso, one area of light thinning at bottom sheet edge, left quadrant (viewing from verso). A humorous composition..... More