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Stefano della Bella
Six grandes Vues, dont quatre de Rome et deux de la Campagne Romaine (De V., M. 832-7)
etchings, 1656, the set of six, De V. 832 first state (of two), before the removal of the monogram, De V. 835 first state (of two), before the inscription, the rest second (final) states, fine to good impressions, De V. 834 and 836 with a Proprietary watermark, De V. 837 with part of a large Armorial watermark, Snake within a Cartouche surmounted by a Crown, with margins or trimmed on or just inside the platemark, De V. 832 with a few made-up losses at the sheet edges, De V. 833 with one or two small skinned patches, a repaired tear at the left sheet edge, a few horizontal printer's creases, one or two uninked, De V. 834 with one or two foxmarks, De V. 835 with two small made-up losses at the sheet edges, some pale discolouration, De V. 836 with a made-up, printed loss at the top right corner, affecting the tree at the right, De V. 837 with a small stain below the horse in the foreground
averaging P. 303 x 262mm. (6)
Six grandes Vues, dont quatre de Rome et deux de la Campagne Romaine (De V., M. 832-7)
etchings, 1656, the set of six, De V. 832 first state (of two), before the removal of the monogram, De V. 835 first state (of two), before the inscription, the rest second (final) states, fine to good impressions, De V. 834 and 836 with a Proprietary watermark, De V. 837 with part of a large Armorial watermark, Snake within a Cartouche surmounted by a Crown, with margins or trimmed on or just inside the platemark, De V. 832 with a few made-up losses at the sheet edges, De V. 833 with one or two small skinned patches, a repaired tear at the left sheet edge, a few horizontal printer's creases, one or two uninked, De V. 834 with one or two foxmarks, De V. 835 with two small made-up losses at the sheet edges, some pale discolouration, De V. 836 with a made-up, printed loss at the top right corner, affecting the tree at the right, De V. 837 with a small stain below the horse in the foreground
averaging P. 303 x 262mm. (6)