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
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
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
Charcoal, ink wash, and white heightening on light cream-colored card stock. 6 3/8 x 2 7/8 inches (155 x 74 mm). Scattered small spots of foxing throughout, notations in Italian both recto and verso. White heightening in areas of robe drapery underneath figure’s left arm, and along lower left wrinkle..... More
1656. Engraving with hand coloring and heightening in watercolor on two leaves of expertly conjoined handmade laid paper, one leaf with a large watermark a feathered dragon, 7 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (183 x 285 mm). In excellent condition with superb coloring and heightening. The pigments and ink are..... More
1646. Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 4 x 3 3/8 inches (102 x 86 mm), 1/4 inch margins. Signed in the plate, lower left corner. The 3rd state (of 6), after the rounding of the plate corners and the reworked borderline, but before the addition of the fine..... More
c 1650. Engraving on cream laid paper, 9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches (234 x 161 mm), full margins. Water stain throughout bottom, diagonal creases in the area of the bottom right corner, paper tape along top edge on recto. A very well inked impression. Flemish painter and engraver Paulus..... More
c 1620. Etching with engraving on cream laid paper, 7 x 10 3/4 inches (184 x 273 mm), thin margins. Printing anomaly in the lower left quadrant with associated fold. Scattered handling wear and surface soiling, all consistent with age. Illegible inscription in ink on the verso, scattered ink smudge..... More
c. 1654. Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an early and large unidentified watermark with a sundial and a many-pointed star, and an unidentified collector's stamp in the shape of a beehive in purple ink on the verso (Lugt 2732). 9 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (247 x...... More
Genova: Giuseppe Pavoni, 1617. Agostino Carracci and Giacomo Franco after Bernardo Castello. Folio, 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in (297 x 197 mm); xvi + 255 +72 (notes) + 36 (places and allegory) + vi (index of names). 2 engraved titles, 20 full-page engraved illustrations set within architectural frames located..... More
c 1600. Engraving printed in black ink on hand-made, thin-laid paper, 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches (84 x 84 mm), 3/4 inch margins. In excellent condition, printed 19th century. More
1650. Etching on thin cream laid paper with a partial "M" or "W" watermark, 5 x 5 15/16 inches (126 x 150 mm), thread margins. Inscribed in the plate in the upper-right: “Antoni Waterlo fe. et in.” In very good condition with light toning in the top right and left..... More