Speculum Illustrium Virginum.

Antwerp, Theodoor Galle, ca. 1630

€ 300 / 400

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Lot description

Engravings, 14,7 x 10,1 cm, laid paper with partial watermarks and wide margins, signed in the plate.

Complete rare set of 12 plates of female saints viewed full length. Very rare. The lot consists of S. Dorothea, S. Margarita, S. Emmerentiana, S. Cecilia, S. Iuliana, S. Iustina, S. Apollonia, S. Ursula, S. Anastasia, S. Agatha, S. Christina and S. Catharina. Hollstein only mentions 10 pl. with a title plate. All in very good condition.
Ref. Hollstein VII:213-223 (SS. Anastasia and Christina not mentioned in Hollstein).