Lot 608
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STRADANUS, Giovanni (Jan v.d. Straet), (1523-1605). "Nova reperta". N.d. (c. 1600). 205 x 267 mm (plate size). -- Id. "Color olivi". N.d. (c. 1600). 205 x 270 mm (plate size). (Cut close to/on plate edge, hinged to mount). -- Id. "Hyacum, et lues venerea". N.d., Ph. Galle, (c. 1600). 200 x 268 mm (plate size). (Margins cut, but ample, later colouring). -- 3 plates from the series 'Nova reperta', engr. by Jan Collaert II w. captions in the plates.
Ad 1: Title-page of the series 'Nova reperta' on which 9 important 'inventions' are being announced. First state (of 6). Ad 2: Fourteenth plate of the series: the painter Van Eyck working in his studio. Stradanus saw Van Eyck as the inventor of oil painting. Ad 3: Sixth plate of the series: the discovery of Guaiacum as a remedy against syphilis. - New Hollstein, Stradanus, 322; 328 and 336.€ 400
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