‎STRADANUS - ( Jan van der Straet ) - Giovanni STRADANO - Ioannes GALLE ( engraver ) :‎
‎Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium. Pugnae Bestiarorum: & mutuae Bestiarum, Depictae a Ioanne Stradano. Iachten van wilde beesten, vogelen en visschen... [BOUND WITH] Vermis Sericus.‎

‎" S.l. ( Amsterdam ), s.d. ( ca. 1650 - 1660 ), suite of 102 engravings + title page, landscape format : 217 x 300 mm; leaf size :261 x 371 mm. (wide margins !). Bound in (probably) 18th c. full calf, both covers with blindtooled decoration, raised spine with leather title label. Marbled edges. With the printed ex-libris of Maurice de Smet de Naeyer and a small modern ex-libris of Carlo de Poortere ( gold-tooled leather). At the end are bound in the 6 engravings + title of the ''Vermis Sericus''. Two rare and complete suites of engravings bound in a very well preserved binding. The engavings without stains or tears; and with very large margins. [1] A suite of 104 hunting scenes, designed by Stradanus ( 1523 - 1605) was first published in Antwerp in 1578-1580 by Philippe Galle. (See Vanucci 693). The suite was at least twice re-issued by Joannes Galle (1600 - 1676) whereby the Christian name of ''Philip Galle'' is replaced by ''Ioan.''. The Amsterdam publisher Nicolaes Visscher (1618 - 1679) printed at least one of these re-issues. A member of the Visscher family was also involved in the auction sale of the plates from the stock of I.Galle (8 march 1677). In the re-issueing process, for an unknown reason, plates nr. 77 and 84 of the original series got lost or damaged beyond repair. They were replaced by plate 103 and 104 ; the last plates of the original series. Their original plate numbers were erased. So the Visscher series is complete with 102 plates. [2] Bound after the ''Venationes'' is the complete suite : title + 5 plates of '' Vermis Sericus''. (Vanucci 699). The first edition was from 1590 (Philip Galle). Here is a later edition with French text added to the Latin captions. Engraver is L. Renard.. Both suites exceptionnally well preserved in an attractive binding..."‎

Reference : 53615

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