(Twelve months)

Ca. 1650. Anonymous series of twelve engravings, depicting the seasons through rustic and biblical scenes, handcoloured, with French captions below. Modern half cloth, oblong sm. 4to.

Album containing 40 mounted drawings in var. techniques,

Belgium, first half 19th cent., most drawings either signed by the artist or w. the name of the artist written below the drawing in pen. Drawings by a.o. "Anaïs D.K.", Victorine...

Anonymous, late 18th/ early 19th cent. Girl sitting in a chair

Gouache w. details in gold, 11.5 x 9.3 cm (oval), mounted at upper margin on a leaf w. annotation "Burger meisje in Gron.[ingen?] costuum, omstreeks 1800" in the lower margin,...

[Architecture] Lanting, Meintes (148-1906) Twelve original ornamental drawings

Charcoal, 1893-94. Most w. black borders, signed in lower right. Some w. sketches on verso.

Arntzenius, Floris (1864-1925) (attributed to) Portrait of a Lady

Chalk on paper. Circa 1900. Under glass in passe-partout. 52 x 18 cm (image), 64 x 40 cm (total size).

[Arts & Crafts] Crane, Walter (1845-1915). Collection of Prospectuses

(1) The Shepheard's Calender. London & N.Y., Harper, 1897. 21 x 16 cm (folded). (2) Beauty's Awakening: An Edition Deluxe of the Book. Art Workers' Guild, 1899. (3) Scottish Widows...

Bary, H. (1640-1607). Old woman emptying a pot through the window

("gore besje"). Engraving, 25 x 17.7 cm, after Frans van Mieris (1635-1681), signed, w. address of Wilh. Engelbrecht Koning in Amst. and w. 4-line verse in Dutch in the plate below...

[Bauer, M.A.J.] Villiers de l'Isle Adam. Akëdysseril

Dutch transl. K.J.L. Alberdingk Thijm. Amst., Scheltema & Holkema, 1894. (4),32 p. With 8 original etchings by M.A.J. Bauer, all signed in pencil and loosely in passe-partout w....

Bauer, Marius (Under pseud. Rusticus. 1867-1932). (1) 27 Caricatures

Lithographic supplements to De Kroniek, 1896-99. 30 x 40 cm. Important series of Dutch political and cultural caricatures, most issued under Bauer's pseud. 'Rusticus'. Several...

Behot, Félix (1847-1898). L'hiver de 1879 a Paris

Etching and aquatint, 4th or 5th state. 23.5 x 34.7 cm. Mounted under passe-partout.

Berchem, N. (ca. 1621-1683). The set of the sheep

Eight etchings (incl. title "Animalia ad vivum delineata et aquâforti aeri impressa, Studio et arte Nicolas Berchemi"), all aprox. 10 x 11 cm, mounted at upper corners on 1 mount....

[Bible prints] Fourteen bible prints: (1-4) Galle, Ph. (1537-1612). Acts of the Apostles

Four engravings from the series of 35 dep. the acts of the Apostles, each approx. 20 x 27 cm. Two after Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574) (numbered 8 and 10) and two after Jan...

Bloemaert, C. (1603-1692) (?). Four pastoral scenes

Four etchings, all approx. 9.5 x 12.5 cm, reversed copies after Abraham Bloemaert, one w. address "Joost P. de Reyger Excud." in the plate, mounted along upper and lower margins,...

Bloemaert, Fr. (1614/17-1690). The five senses

Complete set of 5 engravings, 10.8 x 16 cm, after his father Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651). The first print signed, titled, w. the address of N. Visscher and numb. 1 in the plate...

Bloemen, Peter van (1657-1720), circle of. Water Well

Watercolour on blue paper. Circa 1700. 24 x 30 cm.

Bolswert, Schelte à (1586-1659). "Soo d'oude songen soo pepen de jongen"

(the family concert). Engraving, 33.5 x 46 cm, after J. Jordaens, under passe-partout. Trimmed just outside the platemark, central vertical fold expertly smoothed out. Hollstein...

Brokatpapier (gilt-printed paper)

(Augsburg, probably J.C. Munck, ca. 1780). Oblong folio sheet of orange painted wove paper, printed in gilt, 35.1 x 43.1 cm.

Bruijn, N. de (1571-1656). The vision of Ezechiel

Engraving, 41 x 51.5 cm. W. engr. caption "Proheta Ezechiel ex mandato dei ossa arefacta resurgere ac reviviscere tubet" above rhyming text, under passe-partout. Trimmed on the...

[Bullfighting] Fernandez Noseret, Lus. Coleccion de las principales suertes de una Corrida de Toros

(Madrid, ca. 1792). Engr. title-p., 12 numb. engr. plates. Modern half calf w. gilt title-vignette on front cover. Oblong folio.

[China] Group of people in landscape including children and domestic animals

China, ca. 1880. Large reverse painting on glass (85 x 54 cm) . Contemp. Chinese wooden frame (91.7 x 60.7 cm).

Cock, H. (1518-1570). Mercury holding the head of Argus

Etching from the series of 14 plates of landscapes w. biblical and mythological scenes, 22.8 x 32.7 cm, signed, dated 1558 and titled "Mercurius Argum interficit" in the plate,...

Coronelli, V. (1650-1718). Two rare ship prints

Both from Coronelli's Atlante Veneto (Venice, a spese dell autore, 1690). (1) Barca che va da Amsterdam ad Harlem/ Barca che va a Delft, Rotterdam, Gaude, et Haya. Copper engr.,...

Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) (after). Set of 23 engraved copies,

after prints from "The Little Passion" of ca. 1509 (consisting of 37 woodcuts, Meder/ Hollstein 125-161), likely published by Abraham van Waesberghe (1602-1672). Printed on laid...

Dutch school, 17th cent. Richly allegorical portrait of Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert (1522-1590)

Engraving, 39.7 x 29 cm, under passe-partout. Fine impression, trimmed on the plate mark, w. a few sm. closed tears and w. smoothed-out folds. Muller 1121 g. Issued on occasion...

Dutch school, early 19th cent. Interior of a barn with farmer and two cows

Drawing in pen and grey ink, grey watercolour, 17.5 x 15 cm, on laid paper w. part of Pro Patria watermark. Tiny tear in upper margin. Added: sm. engr. dep. sheep by Nicolaes Berchem.

Dyck, A. van (1599-1641), (after). Lot of eleven engraved portraits from the Iconography series

All approx. 23 x 16 cm, engraved by A. Stock, W.J. Delff, P. Pontius (5x), J. de Main, W. Hondius, P. de Jode and L. Vorsterman, on paper w. var. watermarks. All but one in very...

Eerelman, O. (1839-1926). Studies of horses

Three drawings in black chalk, sheets measuring 23 x 31.5, 22.5 x 22.5 and 24.8 x 31 cm. Each monogrammed and annotated "Otto Eerelman" (3x), one inscribed "Groningen 1890" (in...

Flemish school, 16th/ 17th cent. Two scenes dep. the miracle of the manna

Oil on oak panels, both 16.5 x 24.5 cm, without frames. Both w. (large) damaged areas and paint loss, the scene dep. the manna rain w. lower r. corner lacking (later replaced with...

[Fore-edge painting] English village with castle ruins in background

In contemp. watercolour, on: Little, T. The Poetical Works. London, Carpenter and Son, 1817. 13th ed., xxiv,172 p., richly gilt dec. and blindstamped morocco, all edges gilt.

Galle, Philips. (Life of St. Franciscus)

N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (P. Galle, ca. 1600). Series of 16 engravings by H. Wierix, after P. Galle. Second state. Later half morocco, oblong folio.

Goltzius, H. (1558-1617) (after). "Quis evadet?" (allegory of transitoriness, Homo Bulla)

Engraving, approx. 21.3 x 16 cm, w. address "HGoltzius excud." and 8-line Latin verse below the image in the plate, the title translating as 'Who will survive? Mounted at corners...

Goltzius, H. (1558-1617). "Quis Evadet?" (allegory on the transitoriness, Homo Bulla)

Engraving, approx. 21.3 x 15.5 cm, monogrammed and dated 1594. With a 4-line Latin verse below the image in the plate, the title translating as 'Who will survive?' Mounted at corners...

Goltzius, H. (1558-1617). Clio

Engraving, ca. 25 x 17 cm, from the series of The Nine Muses, monogrammed "HG fecit", numb. 4, and w. 4-line Latin verse below the image in the plate, mounted at upper corners...

Goltzius, H. (1558-1617). The Adoration of the Shepherds

Engraving, 16 x 15.4 cm. Mounted at upper corners under passe-partout. Good impression on fine laid paper, trimmed on the plate mark. The upper part w. the signature of Goltzius,...

Goya, Francisco (1746-1828). Los Caprichos

Madrid, Calcografía Nacional, 1857. 5th ed. (Cano 1999, 148). Bound set of 80 etchings with aquatint, drypoint, and burnisher. Contemp. half leather w. engraved no. '1' on front...

Hoefnagel, G. Aenigma

I. Chr. Weigel excudit. From Archetypa studiaque patris Georgii Hoefnagelii Iacobus F. genio duce ab ipso scalpta, omnibus philomusis amica D: ac perbenique communicat. Plate 3.4....

Holsteyn, C. (1618-1658) (after). The four elements

Four engravings, each 16 x 22 cm. Published by C. Danckerts, all engravings tipped onto the mount at the corners and loosely inserted in cl. portfolio. All trimmed within the platemark,...

Hondius, Hendrik (1573-ca. 1649). Four oval portraits

All. w. Latin captions, w. Dutch translation added below in brown ink. (1) Henricus Magnus Dei Gratia Galliae et Navarrae Rex (Henry IV). Amst., 1630. 42 x 29.5 cm. 1st and only...

Hondius, Hendrik (1573-ca. 1649). The Nativity

View of a rich Italian Renaissance city w. the humble Nativity scene at left. Engraving 18 x 23 cm, monogrammed "Hh Inventor et Sculps. Cum privillegio", w. 2-line Latin verse...

Hondius, Hendrik and Willem. Four oval portraits

All w. Latin captions and w. Dutch translation below in brown ink. (1) Philip Willem, Prince of Nassau-Orange. The Hague, 1628. 42.1 x 30.4 cm. 1st and only state. New Hollstein,...

Humphrey, W. (1740-1810). A scene in the park

(Dr. Tiptoe, the essence of a Fine Old Gentleman & Miss Prim, the Quitessence of a Fine Young Lady. London, published by the artist, 1772. Mezzotint caricature, 35 x 25 cm. Cut...

[Hydraulics] Wiebeking, collection of ten plates

From K.F. von Wiebeking's 'Allgemeine auf Geschichte und Erfahrung gegründete theoretisch-practische Wasserbaukunst' (Darmstadt, 1798-1807). Ca. 51 x 71 cm. Depicting sluices,...

[Indonesia] Rossum du Chattel, F.J. van (1856-1917). (Istana Bogor, the Palace at Buitenzorg)

View in watercolour and gouache, 37.8 x 55 cm, signed lower left corner. Traces of former mounting under passe-partout (paper tabs along upper margin verso) and some discolouration...

Italian school, mid 19th cent. Dutch schooner Sirius in the Bay of Naples w. active Vesuvius

Gouache, 35.3 x 43.3 cm, mounted along upper margin. Waterst. in lower right margin, rubbed and foxed spots.

Janssens Elinga, Pieter (1623, Bruges-1682, Amsterdam)

A bread roll, peaches, an orange, a lemon segment, a porcelain dish with nuts, a knife and a roemer on a ledge. Oil on panel. Signed 'P. Janssens' in lower left corner. 44.5 x 35.5 cm, framed.

Kieninger, Vincenz Georg. Costumes de la Monarchie Autrichienne

Vienna, chez Tranquillo Mollo, n.d. (ca. 1828). Engr. title-p., 100 numb. engr. costume plates and one unnumbered plate, all finely handcol. 34 x 26 cm. In publisher's half cloth...

Lehner, Pierre Fréderic (1811-?). Etudés d'Animaux de Cooper

N.pl., Aubert & Cie, n.d. (ca. 1850). 30 tinted lithographs, numb. 1-30 (of 60?), most signed in the plate. In contemp. half mor. w. gilt dec. spine. Folio.

Leyden, L. van (1489/94-1533). Cain killing Abel

Engraving, approx. 11.6 x 7.6 cm, monogrammed and dated 1524 in the plate, mounted at upper corners under passe-partout. Good impression on thin laid paper, trimmed on the plate...

Leyden, L. van (1489/94-1533). Saint Gerard Sagredo

Engraving, 10.9 x 7 cm. Monogrammed in the plate, fully mounted under passe-partout. Trimmed on the borderline, browned in left margin. Hollstein 119, only state. Rare. Verso passe-partout...

Lighthouses, six engravings from Wiebeking

Depicting the desing and operation of a lighthouse at sea. From K.F. von Wiebeking's 'Allgemeine auf Geschichte und Erfahrung gegründete theoretisch-practische Wasserbaukunst'...

Manet, Édouard (1832-1883). Portrait of Charles Baudelaire

Etching. Paris, A. Salmon. 1862. Titled, signed and dated in the plate. Plate size 11.4 x 9. 5 cm, sheet 31 x 20.5 cm.

[Maritime] Collection of 25 prints concerning maritime history,

16th-19th cent., var. techniques (mainly engravings) and sizes. Comprises a.o.: (1) "The burning of ye Spanish galleons, and flota, and ye French Men of war, under Monsr. Chateau...

[Maritime] Five drawings: (1) Koster, E. (1817-1892). "Het IJ"

Watercolour, 15.5 x 25.7 cm, titled and monogrammed "EK ft." in lower corners, mounted along upper margin. Slightly foxed. -and 4 others: (2) a drawing in grisaille signed "Muller...

[Maritime] Fleurbaay, H. (1896-1975). Four drawings: (1) M.S. Modjokerto R.L.

Drawing in black chalk, heightened w. white, 13.7 x 19.5 cm. Titled, signed and dated '47 in pencil in lower margin. W. annotation in ballpoint below the image: "Reederij Rotterdamsche...

[Maritime] Four (rare) prints: (1) "The wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

(alias La Ninfa), a Prize to the Royal family.' Captured by privateers in February 1746 and lost in the following November near Beachey head on the coast of Sussex. Contemp. handcol....

[Maritime] Seven prints: (1) Vroom, H. (ca. 1562-1640) (after). Fleet landing at Philippine in 1600

Engraving, 23.3 x 49 cm, from Orlers, Warachtige beschrijvinge van alle de belegheringen ende victorien (...), 1619. W. folds, strengthened w. strips of paper on verso, a thin...

Matham, J. (1571-1631). "December"

Engraving from the series of the months of the year, 28 x 42.5 cm, after Jan Wildens (1584-1653), w. the address of Hendrick Hondius (published in 1614), numb. 12 in lower left...

Matham, J. (1571-1631). Februarius

Engraving from the series of the months of the year, 28.8 x 43.7 cm, after Jan Wildens (1584-1653), w. the address of Hendrick Hondius (published in 1614), numb. 2 in lower left...

Matham, J. (1571-1631). November

Engraving from the series of the months of the year, 28.4 x 43.3 cm, after Jan Wildens (1584-1653), w. the address of Hendrick Hondius (published in 1614), numb. 11 in lower left...

Merian I, Matthäus (1593-1650), after. (Twelve months)

N.pl., n.publ., n.d. (ca. 1622). Series consisting of 12 handcol. engr. plates by Michel van Lochom after Matthäus Merian I, each representing a month (cf. FAMSF examples for September...

Mulot, Willy (1889-1982). Group of men standing around a deceased or wounded man

Drawing in black chalk, sheet size 22.2 x 30.3 cm. W. an annotation on the scene (difficult to read), signed and dated "Rees 1 Juli 1914" (possibly 1917) in lower right corner....

Neeffs, J. (1604-1667). The satyr visiting the peasant family

Engraving, 38.2 x 39.6 cm, after Jacob Jordaens, signed, "Jac. Jordaens Invent." and w. 4-line verse in Latin below the image in the plate, under passe-partout. Very fine impression,...

Optical views, lot of eleven

All handcol., 8 have been perforated and w. col. paper pasted on back for light effects. Incl.: views of a.o. Copenhagen, Vienna and Marseilles, as well as two views of antiquity...

Pillement, Jean (1728-1808). Three complete sets: (1) Recueil des tentes Chinoises

Paris, 1770. Complete set of ten engravings by J. Dagy after Pillement, 24.5 x 16.5 cm, most signed by engraver in plate. (2) Cahier de six Noeuds de Rubans. Paris, 1770. Complete...

Pool, M. (1670-1740). The inauguration ceremony at the painters' guild of Rome

Two engravings from a series of 3, both ca. 50 x 55 cm, after D.W. Aescanius (Van Wijnen, 1661-1698), both w. text in 4 columns in verse below, w. the address of A. Pool in Amst.,...

Potter, P. (1625-1654) (after). Series of horses

Set of 5 etchings, all approx. 16 x 24 cm, one of the plates w. address "Ex formis N. Visscher cum Privil." and numb. 5 in blank lower r. corner of the plate (this print w. foolscap...

Potter, P. (1625-1654) (after). Series of various oxen and cows in the meadow

("Het Bullenboekje"). Set of 8 etched copies in reverse, each ca. 11.8 x 16.7 cm, signed in the first plate "P. Potter in./ A. Blooteling ex."; numb. 1-8 in the plate (first etching....

Quast, P. Jansz. (1605/06-1647). Skating elderly man

Engraving, approx. 19.5 x 16 cm. Monogrammed in the plate, mounted at upper corners, under passe-partout. Good impression on paper w. large eagle watermark, trimmed just outside...

Rembrandt van Rijn (1609-1669) (after). (Six beggars)

Six etchings, all 8 x 5.7 cm, copies in reverse by François Vivarès (1709-1780), numb. 1-6 and all but one signed in the plates, together under one passe-partout. Very fine copies...

Rembrandt van Rijn (1609-1669), after. Two plates: (1) Studies of three old men's heads

Helio-engr. plate on laid paper, 10 x 8.5 cm (plate mark), mounted along upper margin. Central foxed spot, thin spot in lower left corner. After the etching Bartsch 374. (2) Sitting...

Robertson, Suze (1855-1922). (Woman working at the loom)

Charcoal, 22 x 29.5 cm. Verso: Drawing of harbor, in charcoal. Mounted under passe-partout.

Saenredam, J. Pietersz. (1565-1607). Farmer and his wife at the market

Engraving, approx. 19.4 x 23.3 cm, after Hendrick Goltzius, signed "HGoltzius invent.", "I. Saenredam sculp.", w. the address "Ioann. Janssonius excud, 1615" and w. 2-line Latin...

Saenredam, Jan (1565-1607). Young couples celebrating and dancing

Engraving, 30.3 x 40.1 cm, signed and dated 1596, w. address of Claes Jansz. Visscher in the plate, under passe-partout. Fine impression, trimmed on the platemark, central vertical...

Sallieth, M. de (1749-1791). Two sailing vessels at a rough sea

Drawing in pen and black ink, grey wash, 18.5 x 26 cm. Signed "Sallieth F." in brown ink lower right corner. Mounted under passe-partout. Occ. light foxing, otherwise in very fine condition.

Stradanus, J. (1523-1605). Passio, Mors, et Resurrectio Dn. Nostri Iesu Christi

Antwerp, printed by P. Galle, n.d. (ca. 1585). Engr. title, dedication, 37 engravings by P. Galle, A. and J. Collaert, all after J. STRADANUS. Modern hcl., obl. folio. First state.

Swanevelt, H. van (ca. 1603-1655). The story of Adonis

Complete set of 6 etchings, all approx. 25 x 33 cm, all w. captions in French, signed, dated 1654 and numb. 1-6 in the plate below the image. Good impressions on fine laid paper...

[Symbolism] Toorop, Jan (1858-1928). Verheugd Gouda

Lithograph. Amsterdam, Van Lankhout, 1897. 35 x 44 cm (sheet). Sl. creased. marginal small tears repaired w. tape, with central fold. One of the most sought-after of all De Kroniek...

Toorop, Jan (1858-1928). (1) Tentoonstelling van schilderijen,

aquarellen en teekeningen. Amst., Buffa, 1904. Lithographed cover by Charley Toorop depicting a girl playing violin. Braches 2157 & De grafiek van Jan Toorop, 1969, no. 72a. Worn....

Troost, C. (1696-1750) (after) Six prints published by P. Fouquet Junior in Amsterdam:

(1) Tanjé, P. (1706-1761). "De listige vrijster, of De verschalkte voogd. La fille rusée, ou le tuteur trompé". Engraving, 37 x 26.7 cm, 1757, under passe-partout. Smoothed-out...

Troost, C. (1696-1750) (after): (1) Tanjé, P. (1706-1761). (The tribunal at Puiterveen)

Engraving, 30.5 x 37.5 cm, under passe-partout. Very rare PROOF state before all letters, the finished state is titled "De Puiterveensche helleveeg, aan den tap. La mechante cabaretiere,...

Velde II, J. van de (1593-1641). The Star of the Kings

Chiaroscuro etching, 21 x 16.5 cm, after P. de Molijn, signed "PMolyn Fe" and w. the address of Claes Jansz. Visscher (misspelled "Visschr") in the plate. Good impression on fine...

Ver Heull, Alexander (1822-1897). Collection of drawings

1870s-80s. 6 sheets, 2 of which drawn recto and verso. Ink, pencil and crayon. Most w. captions and/or titles. Mounted on sheets, each 47 x 31 cm. In gilt. dec. cl. portfolio.

Verdier, Fr. (1651-1730). Histoire de Samson

Paris, F. Chereau, n.d. (1698). With engr. title, circular allegorical plate, 38 plates numb. 1-38 and an unnumb. "derniere feuille" followed by another circular allegorical plate....