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| Views of Roman Ruins. Complete series of 25 etchings and the printed dedication page. Praecipua Aliquot Romanae Antiquitatis Ruinarum Monimenta .. |
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| Etchings, 1551 | ||||
| Inscribed on the title “Antverpia per Hiro Coc. MDLI (1551) Cock Fe.” The Dedication page (1a) set in type according to Riggs maybe only in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, formerly Schloss Ambras collection. |
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| The etchings are different is sizes, but all on paper size; 27.3 x 37.5 cm. This set has clearly been kept together. Most impressions are fine to excellent. Some prints have smudges, mostly in the margins. The title has two restored tears in the margin. The last etching, the View of the Ponte Quattro Capi and the Island of the Tiber, has printers folds and is a little damaged. |
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| Watermarks ; High Crown, Bull’s head, Imperial Orb. Hollstein 22-47, Riggs 1-25. (and 1a). A complete set is very rare. |
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