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[Architecture - engravings] - VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Johannes - Pictores, statuarii, architecti, lato...

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[Architecture - engravings] - VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Johannes - Pictores, statuarii, architecti, lato...
[Architecture - engravings] - VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Johannes - Pictores, statuarii, architecti, latomi et quicunque principum magnificorum (...) uarias Coenotaphiorum, tumulorum & mortuorum monumentorum formas (...). Antwerp, Hieronymus Cock, 1563 [bound with] FLORIS, Jacques - Veelderhande cierlijcke compertementen profitelijck voor schilders goutsmeden beeldtsnijders ende ander constenaren, geinuenteert door Iaques Floris, [engraved by] Harman Muller. Antwerp, Hans Liefrinck, 1564 [and with] VREDEMAN de VRIES, Johannes - Grottesco: in diversche manieren zeer chierlijck bequaem en oirboorlijc voor schilders, glaesschrijvers, beeldsnijders en al die de chierlijcke ornamenten der Antiquen beminnen. Antwerp, Gerard de Jode, [c. 1570 ?] [and with] FUCHS, Adam - [Mythological engravings. Germany, H. Ullrich, c. 1605 ?]. 4 works in 1 vol., oblong sm. folio, old overlapping vellum over boards, flat spine with paper label, sp. edges, I : engr. title + 24 (of 26) engr. plates (numbered 1-27; lacking Pl. 6, 23), II : engr. title + 10 (of 12) engr. plates, III : engr. title + 14 (of 16) engr. plates, IV : 7 engr. plates with mythological subjects (traces of use, 1st title partly underlaid, minor dampstains, single wormholes through last ff., 1 leaf of 1st work folded). Very good copy. Cfr. ill. € 8000/10000 4 superb suites of the utmost rarity. I: Designs of epitaphs and funerary monuments (incl. Charles V's tomb), intended for painters, sculptors, architects, etc., by the leading Renaissance architect of the Low Countries. II: Renaissance ornaments for painters, goldsmiths, sculptors and other artists. III: Extremely rare collection of a wide variety of 'grotesque' ornamental designs for the use of painters, glass decorators, sculptors, etc. IV: 1 of the 7 plates dated '1605'. Ownership entries on 1st title "Ex bibliotheca Weisenstaingensi 1616" and library stamp (Donaueschingen). Ref. I Rijksprentenkabinet, Ornamentprenten 168 (incompl.). Funck p. 410. STCDutch (BL London) p. 209. NUC (1). II Rijksprentenkabinet, op. cit. 80. Not in Funck, BL London, BN Paris, NUC. III Rijksprentenkabinet, op. cit. 173. NUC (1). Not in Funck, BL London, BN Paris. IV Not in Rijksprentenkabinet.