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LIBERAL ARTS (ARTES LIBERALES) -- SOLIS, Virgil (1514-1562). "GRAMATICA" - "DIALECTICA" - "RHETORICA" - "ARTIHMETRIA" - "MUSICA" - "GEOMATRIA" - "ASTROLOGIA". (c. 1530-1562). 7 allegorical engr. representing the liberal arts. All c. 84 x 59 mm. All lettered in the upper centre of the plate and monogrammed 'VS'. Hinged to (7) mounts. (Margins cropped close to/on plate edges, remnants of former framing along borders on v°, but in good condition).
Scarce complete series in first states (of 2) of personifications of the seven liberal arts encircled by clouds above landscapes. All numbered, except for Grammar and Dialectic. - Hollstein German, Virgil Solis, 444-448-1(2).€ 1200
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