Lot 282

Print Sellers.- Vladislav Hall, Prague.- Sadeler II (Aegidius, 1568-1629) Ortographicam, et vel sciographicam, si advertis Inspector, hypotyposin exhibeo ipsa substructio..., 1607.

 

Estimate: £800 - 1,200

Description

Print Sellers.- Vladislav Hall, Prague.- Sadeler II (Aegidius, 1568-1629) Ortographicam, et vel sciographicam, si advertis Inspector, hypotyposin exhibeo ipsa substructio..., interior view of Vladislav Hall at Prague Castle during the Annual Fair, engraving, on two sheets of laid paper conjoined, sheet approx. 555 x 600 mm. (21 3/4 x 23 1/2 in), under glass, laid on tissue support, handling creases and losses to sheet, notably to the upper corners, several repaired tears and surface dirt, framed, 1607.

Provenance:
Comte Clémence-Wensceslas de Renesse-Breidbach (1776-1833):
His sale: 5 octobre et jour suivants, Anvers, 1835 (experts A. Kreglinger, Ancelle et J. E. Rysheuvels)

Literature:

Hollstein 150 ii/ii

Scarce. One of the earliest depictions of a print seller. Other copies are held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Metropolitan Museum, New York, with no records at auction in the last 20 years.

Description

Print Sellers.- Vladislav Hall, Prague.- Sadeler II (Aegidius, 1568-1629) Ortographicam, et vel sciographicam, si advertis Inspector, hypotyposin exhibeo ipsa substructio..., interior view of Vladislav Hall at Prague Castle during the Annual Fair, engraving, on two sheets of laid paper conjoined, sheet approx. 555 x 600 mm. (21 3/4 x 23 1/2 in), under glass, laid on tissue support, handling creases and losses to sheet, notably to the upper corners, several repaired tears and surface dirt, framed, 1607.

Provenance:
Comte Clémence-Wensceslas de Renesse-Breidbach (1776-1833):
His sale: 5 octobre et jour suivants, Anvers, 1835 (experts A. Kreglinger, Ancelle et J. E. Rysheuvels)

Literature:

Hollstein 150 ii/ii

Scarce. One of the earliest depictions of a print seller. Other copies are held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Metropolitan Museum, New York, with no records at auction in the last 20 years.

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