Cosmus Med: Magn. Etruriae Dux / cum nobilissimus artificum...
c.1578. Binding: 33 (of 43) loose copper plates mounted on contemporary 16th century boards, with display string, half inch contemporary marbled paper around the plates., Notes: Flemish School Engravings by Philips Galle and Published by Philips Galle After: Jan van der Straet., Size: Oblong Folio (214 x 296 m, Illustration: 33 (of 43) loose copper plates mounted on contemporary 16th century boards, with display string, half inch contemporary marbled paper around the plates.Title with Medici coat-of-arms, surmounted by a crown, adorned below with the Order of the Golden Fleece and arranged upon hunting paraphernalia, including spears and horns; to far left, a statue of Diana, with bow, arrows and a crescent moon; to far right, another statue of a female associated with hunting; on either side of cartouche, a seated man with a spear; animals including stags, lions and hedgehogs cluster around the centre., References: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 421.II (Johannes Stradanus) ; New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 519 (Philips Galle)., Pages: P. Illustrated Title, 32 Plates. , Category: Book Europe Benelux; Book Sports; Book Early Printed 1500;. Plates worn with occasional scratches and loss of the image, with occasional commentary in period ink, generally a very charming series of old master’s plates of every day’s life (Farming, Hunting….) mounted on contemporary boards with cotton strings meant to display. Item #B5942
Binding: 33 (of 43) loose copper plates mounted on contemporary 16th century boards, with display string, half inch contemporary marbled paper around the plates., Notes: Flemish School Engravings by Philips Galle and Published by Philips Galle After: Jan van der Straet., Size: Oblong Folio (214 x 296 m, Illustration: 33 (of 43) loose copper plates mounted on contemporary 16th century boards, with display string, half inch contemporary marbled paper around the plates.Title with Medici coat-of-arms, surmounted by a crown, adorned below with the Order of the Golden Fleece and arranged upon hunting paraphernalia, including spears and horns; to far left, a statue of Diana, with bow, arrows and a crescent moon; to far right, another statue of a female associated with hunting; on either side of cartouche, a seated man with a spear; animals including stags, lions and hedgehogs cluster around the centre., References: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 421.II (Johannes Stradanus) ; New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 519 (Philips Galle)., Pages: P. Illustrated Title, 32 Plates. , Category: Book Europe Benelux; Book Sports; Book Early Printed 1500;.
Price: $4,750.00