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, all ca. 17 x 22 cm, engr. by Adriaen Collaert himself (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, mounted at upper corners under passepartouts. Very fine impressions on fine laid paper w. a.o. watermark crowned shield w. 2 fleurs de lys, with narrow/ thread margins, clearly a set of prints that have stayed together since they were issued. 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 (in bookform) in this auction.

(total 25)