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Andrea Andreani (circa 1546-1623)
The Triumph of Julius Caesar, after Mantegna
chiaroscuro woodcuts from three blocks, printed in black, mushroom grey and light brown (lacking the fourth block), circa 1598, the rare set of frontispiece (after B. Malpizzi) and nine plates, fine impressions, with 5-10mm. margins on three sides, each with a Corinthian pilaster laid at the left edge (just affecting the edge of the subject), five of these pilasters printed in black and grey-green on blue-grey prepared paper, four on a light brown ground, the frontispiece trimmed close to the text at left and right, with a central crease, split towards the top, pl. 2 with some creases at the upper edge, pl. 7 with a 30mm. tear at upper left corner, the pilasters trimmed to or just into the subject, laid at the reverse edges, generally in good condition
each approx. S. 372 x 410mm. (10)
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