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The Invention of the Compass & The Invention of the Clockwork, from: New Inventions of Modern Times (‘Nova Reperta’)
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AFTER JOHANNES STRADANUS (1523-1605) BY JAN COLLAERT II (1561-1620)
The Invention of the Compass & The Invention of the Clockwork, from: New Inventions of Modern Times (‘Nova Reperta’)
two engravings, circa 1591, on laid paper, without watermark, fine impressions of New Hollstein's second state (of three), with wide margins, flattened vertical creases at centre, occasional pale foxing, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 202 x 267 mm., Sheet 296 x 376 mm. (and similar)
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The Invention of the Compass & The Invention of the Clockwork, from: New Inventions of Modern Times (‘Nova Reperta’)
two engravings, circa 1591, on laid paper, without watermark, fine impressions of New Hollstein's second state (of three), with wide margins, flattened vertical creases at centre, occasional pale foxing, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 202 x 267 mm., Sheet 296 x 376 mm. (and similar)
(2)
Provenance
Giancarlo Beltrame (1925-2011), Vicenza; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Hollstein 131 & 134; New Hollstein 324 & 327