Francis Cleyn (1582-1658) Varii Zophori, figuris
Francis Cleyn (1582-1658)
Varii Zophori, figuris animalium ornati, per Fran Clein MDCXLV [Various friezes decorated with the figures of animals]
Complete suite with title and 9 unnumbered ornamental plates, etchings, 1645, good clear impressions on laid paper with watermarks of double-handled pots with initials 'L.V.' and surmounted with crowns, the publisher's imprint of Thomas Rowlett normally found on title crudely burnished away, each platemark approx. 77 x 357 mm (3 x 14 in), each leaf approx. 144 x 387 mm (5 5/8 x 15 1/4 in), small losses to lower right corner and extremities, minor nicks, well outside platemarks, some browning and surface dirt, bound with stitch binding with original brown paper wrappers, numbered in brown ink '38.' to centre of upper cover, oblong folio (unframed)
Literature:
Hollstein 16-26
⁂ Rare in its complete form; the British Museum holds impressions of the title and 2 ornamental plates only. Complete suites are said to be held in Amsterdam, Berlin, New York and Paris.
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Francis Cleyn (1582-1658)
Varii Zophori, figuris animalium ornati, per Fran Clein MDCXLV [Various friezes decorated with the figures of animals]
Complete suite with title and 9 unnumbered ornamental plates, etchings, 1645, good clear impressions on laid paper with watermarks of double-handled pots with initials 'L.V.' and surmounted with crowns, the publisher's imprint of Thomas Rowlett normally found on title crudely burnished away, each platemark approx. 77 x 357 mm (3 x 14 in), each leaf approx. 144 x 387 mm (5 5/8 x 15 1/4 in), small losses to lower right corner and extremities, minor nicks, well outside platemarks, some browning and surface dirt, bound with stitch binding with original brown paper wrappers, numbered in brown ink '38.' to centre of upper cover, oblong folio (unframed)
Literature:
Hollstein 16-26
⁂ Rare in its complete form; the British Museum holds impressions of the title and 2 ornamental plates only. Complete suites are said to be held in Amsterdam, Berlin, New York and Paris.
