THE PROPERTY OF A. STIRLING OF KEIR
After Pieter Brueghel the Elder
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After Pieter Brueghel the Elder
The Seven Virtues, by P. Galle (?) (Bast., Holl, 132-8; Lari 127-33)
engravings, 1559, the set of seven, Lari 127 first state (of two), the rest only states, brilliant impressions, rich, black and displaying excellent contrasts, some with watermark double initial P surmounted by a Flower, trimmed close to or fractionally inside the borderline, lacking text below (here added in pen and ink), L. 129 with a very small repaired tear at the lower right corner, L. 131 with a repaired tear at the left, L. 132 with a repaired tear at the lower right corner, laid at the reverse sheet edges, otherwise generally in good condition
averaging S. 211 x 290mm. (7)
The Seven Virtues, by P. Galle (?) (Bast., Holl, 132-8; Lari 127-33)
engravings, 1559, the set of seven, Lari 127 first state (of two), the rest only states, brilliant impressions, rich, black and displaying excellent contrasts, some with watermark double initial P surmounted by a Flower, trimmed close to or fractionally inside the borderline, lacking text below (here added in pen and ink), L. 129 with a very small repaired tear at the lower right corner, L. 131 with a repaired tear at the left, L. 132 with a repaired tear at the lower right corner, laid at the reverse sheet edges, otherwise generally in good condition
averaging S. 211 x 290mm. (7)