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Procession of the Doge in the Piazza San Marco, Venice (Andresen, Vol I, P. 65; B. 27; TIB. XX, 27; Holl. 244)
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Jost Amman (c.1539-1591)
Procession of the Doge in the Piazza San Marco, Venice (Andresen, Vol I, P. 65; B. 27; TIB. XX, 27; Holl. 244)
woodcut, circa 1565, from fourteen blocks, on fourteen sheets, with woodcut title and letter-press text each printed on five sheets, extremely rare, the only recorded impression from the edition of 1666 published by Daniel Fievet in Frankfurt-am-Main, the impressions fairly evenly matched, numbering the blocks from 1 to 7 on the upper row and 8 to 14 on the lower then blocks 5, 8 and 9 with unobtrusive vertical cracking, blocks 6 and 7 printed on a slightly warmer brown paper, blocks 8 and 14 more drily printed, the whole laid on a large sheet of heavy blue/grey paper, with pin-holes at the lower sheet corners, with three short tears (without paper loss) at the left sheet edge, occasional minor creasing consistent with having been rolled, otherwise in a remarkable state of preservation
S. 1080 x 1920mm. (overall)
Procession of the Doge in the Piazza San Marco, Venice (Andresen, Vol I, P. 65; B. 27; TIB. XX, 27; Holl. 244)
woodcut, circa 1565, from fourteen blocks, on fourteen sheets, with woodcut title and letter-press text each printed on five sheets, extremely rare, the only recorded impression from the edition of 1666 published by Daniel Fievet in Frankfurt-am-Main, the impressions fairly evenly matched, numbering the blocks from 1 to 7 on the upper row and 8 to 14 on the lower then blocks 5, 8 and 9 with unobtrusive vertical cracking, blocks 6 and 7 printed on a slightly warmer brown paper, blocks 8 and 14 more drily printed, the whole laid on a large sheet of heavy blue/grey paper, with pin-holes at the lower sheet corners, with three short tears (without paper loss) at the left sheet edge, occasional minor creasing consistent with having been rolled, otherwise in a remarkable state of preservation
S. 1080 x 1920mm. (overall)
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