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PRINTS FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE CHRISTOPHER MENDEZ
JOHN EVELYN (1620-1706)
Sculptura: or The History and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper
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JOHN EVELYN (1620-1706)
Sculptura: or The History and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper
the book, a fine, complete copy of the rare first edition
published by G. Beedle,T. Collins & J. Crook, London, 1662
comprising an engraved frontispiece, title page, letterpress text, an engraving on perspective
and including an impression of:
Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682) after Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652)
The Little Executioner
mezzotint, 1662, on laid paper, with a partial, proprietary watermark ...DART and Flower
with margins above and below, bound in at left and folded vertically at centre (as issued)
all within a brown calf binding, the boards possibly original, the tooled and gilt spine later
generally in good condition
Book 166 x 110 mm. (overall)
Sheet 139 x 163 mm. (mezzotint)
Sculptura: or The History and Art of Chalcography and Engraving in Copper
the book, a fine, complete copy of the rare first edition
published by G. Beedle,T. Collins & J. Crook, London, 1662
comprising an engraved frontispiece, title page, letterpress text, an engraving on perspective
and including an impression of:
Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682) after Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652)
The Little Executioner
mezzotint, 1662, on laid paper, with a partial, proprietary watermark ...DART and Flower
with margins above and below, bound in at left and folded vertically at centre (as issued)
all within a brown calf binding, the boards possibly original, the tooled and gilt spine later
generally in good condition
Book 166 x 110 mm. (overall)
Sheet 139 x 163 mm. (mezzotint)
Provenance
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.
Literature
Hollstein 15; Chaloner Smith 7 (Rupert of the Rhine)
A. Griffiths, The Print in Stuart Britain 1603-1689, London, 1998, no. 142.
A. Griffiths, The Print in Stuart Britain 1603-1689, London, 1998, no. 142.
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Stefano Franceschi
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