Collaert, A. (ca. 1560-1618). Solitudo, sive vitae foeminarum anachoritarum,

ab Adriano Collardo collectae atque expressae; A Cornelio Kiliano Dufflaeo Carmine Elegiaco explanatae. Engr. title and 24 numb. plates, each approx. 17 x 22 cm, engr. by Adriaen Collaert (20x), Joan Collaert (3x) and Cornelis Galle (1x), after Maerten de Vos (I) (ca. 1531-1603), all signed "M. de Vos invent", "Adrian Collaert (fecit et) excud." and variants, bound together in modern boards, obl. folio. Good impressions on fine laid paper w. unidentified watermarks, with very wide margins. Occas. foxing/ spotting and marg. waterst., a very good set. Hollstein (A. Collaert) 284-308, New Hollstein (A. Collaert) 766-790 and Hollstein (De Vos) 921-945, all second state (of 3). See also the other set of loose prints and the pendant set dep. the male hermits in this auction.