Jacques Callot (1592-1635) Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre
Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre
The complete set of 18 etchings including title, 1633, on laid paper, ten plates with watermarks of posthorn within an armorial device, the others without watermark, a fine and early uniform set, the frontispiece in the final state (of three), the others second state (of three) with the plate number but before the erasure of Silvestre's address, the final plate in the third state (of four), trimmed on or just inside the platemark but with thin border of blank paper outside the image and below the text, thread margins in places, neatly tipped at upper corners only onto paper support, in sets of three, with ruled purple ink border, each sheet approx. 82 x 188 mm. (3 1/4 x 7 3/5 in) (unframed) (18)
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Lieure 1339-1356
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Jacques Callot (1592-1635)
Les Grandes Misères de la Guerre
The complete set of 18 etchings including title, 1633, on laid paper, ten plates with watermarks of posthorn within an armorial device, the others without watermark, a fine and early uniform set, the frontispiece in the final state (of three), the others second state (of three) with the plate number but before the erasure of Silvestre's address, the final plate in the third state (of four), trimmed on or just inside the platemark but with thin border of blank paper outside the image and below the text, thread margins in places, neatly tipped at upper corners only onto paper support, in sets of three, with ruled purple ink border, each sheet approx. 82 x 188 mm. (3 1/4 x 7 3/5 in) (unframed) (18)
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Lieure 1339-1356
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