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Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1555) A Collection of sixty-seven engravings Three portfolios containing engravings of various mythological, religious and ornamental subjects, including the complete set of thirteen Labours of Hercules, 1550, Hannibal fighting Scipio, 1538, Two Genii with the Roman Alphabet, Three Genii with a bear, 1529, The Four Evangelists, 1539, on laid paper, good to very good impressions and several later impressions, mostly trimmed to the platemark or with thread margins, mounted on card, within the cloth and leather-bound portfolios, various conditions Each portfolio 450 x 300mm. (17 3/4 x 11 7/8in.) 3 portfolios image 1
Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1555) A Collection of sixty-seven engravings Three portfolios containing engravings of various mythological, religious and ornamental subjects, including the complete set of thirteen Labours of Hercules, 1550, Hannibal fighting Scipio, 1538, Two Genii with the Roman Alphabet, Three Genii with a bear, 1529, The Four Evangelists, 1539, on laid paper, good to very good impressions and several later impressions, mostly trimmed to the platemark or with thread margins, mounted on card, within the cloth and leather-bound portfolios, various conditions Each portfolio 450 x 300mm. (17 3/4 x 11 7/8in.) 3 portfolios image 2
Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1555) A Collection of sixty-seven engravings Three portfolios containing engravings of various mythological, religious and ornamental subjects, including the complete set of thirteen Labours of Hercules, 1550, Hannibal fighting Scipio, 1538, Two Genii with the Roman Alphabet, Three Genii with a bear, 1529, The Four Evangelists, 1539, on laid paper, good to very good impressions and several later impressions, mostly trimmed to the platemark or with thread margins, mounted on card, within the cloth and leather-bound portfolios, various conditions Each portfolio 450 x 300mm. (17 3/4 x 11 7/8in.) 3 portfolios image 3
Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1555) A Collection of sixty-seven engravings Three portfolios containing engravings of various mythological, religious and ornamental subjects, including the complete set of thirteen Labours of Hercules, 1550, Hannibal fighting Scipio, 1538, Two Genii with the Roman Alphabet, Three Genii with a bear, 1529, The Four Evangelists, 1539, on laid paper, good to very good impressions and several later impressions, mostly trimmed to the platemark or with thread margins, mounted on card, within the cloth and leather-bound portfolios, various conditions Each portfolio 450 x 300mm. (17 3/4 x 11 7/8in.) 3 portfolios image 4
Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1555) A Collection of sixty-seven engravings Three portfolios containing engravings of various mythological, religious and ornamental subjects, including the complete set of thirteen Labours of Hercules, 1550, Hannibal fighting Scipio, 1538, Two Genii with the Roman Alphabet, Three Genii with a bear, 1529, The Four Evangelists, 1539, on laid paper, good to very good impressions and several later impressions, mostly trimmed to the platemark or with thread margins, mounted on card, within the cloth and leather-bound portfolios, various conditions Each portfolio 450 x 300mm. (17 3/4 x 11 7/8in.) 3 portfolios image 5
Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1555) A Collection of sixty-seven engravings Three portfolios containing engravings of various mythological, religious and ornamental subjects, including the complete set of thirteen Labours of Hercules, 1550, Hannibal fighting Scipio, 1538, Two Genii with the Roman Alphabet, Three Genii with a bear, 1529, The Four Evangelists, 1539, on laid paper, good to very good impressions and several later impressions, mostly trimmed to the platemark or with thread margins, mounted on card, within the cloth and leather-bound portfolios, various conditions Each portfolio 450 x 300mm. (17 3/4 x 11 7/8in.) 3 portfolios image 6
Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1555) A Collection of sixty-seven engravings Three portfolios containing engravings of various mythological, religious and ornamental subjects, including the complete set of thirteen Labours of Hercules, 1550, Hannibal fighting Scipio, 1538, Two Genii with the Roman Alphabet, Three Genii with a bear, 1529, The Four Evangelists, 1539, on laid paper, good to very good impressions and several later impressions, mostly trimmed to the platemark or with thread margins, mounted on card, within the cloth and leather-bound portfolios, various conditions Each portfolio 450 x 300mm. (17 3/4 x 11 7/8in.) 3 portfolios image 7
Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1555) A Collection of sixty-seven engravings Three portfolios containing engravings of various mythological, religious and ornamental subjects, including the complete set of thirteen Labours of Hercules, 1550, Hannibal fighting Scipio, 1538, Two Genii with the Roman Alphabet, Three Genii with a bear, 1529, The Four Evangelists, 1539, on laid paper, good to very good impressions and several later impressions, mostly trimmed to the platemark or with thread margins, mounted on card, within the cloth and leather-bound portfolios, various conditions Each portfolio 450 x 300mm. (17 3/4 x 11 7/8in.) 3 portfolios image 8
Lot 9

Heinrich Aldegrever
(1502-1555)
A Collection of sixty-seven engravings

Prints and Multiples
16 December 2021, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1555)

A Collection of sixty-seven engravings (Bartsch, Hollstein 57-60,71,83-95,206,231)
Three portfolios containing engravings of various mythological, religious and ornamental subjects, including the complete set of thirteen Labours of Hercules, 1550, Hannibal fighting Scipio, 1538, Two Genii with the Roman Alphabet, Three Genii with a bear, 1529, The Four Evangelists, 1539, on laid paper, good to very good impressions and several later impressions, mostly trimmed to the platemark or with thread margins, mounted on card, within the cloth and leather-bound portfolios, various conditions

Each portfolio 450 x 300mm. (17 3/4 x 11 7/8in.) (67)

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Provenance
Comte Vladimir Daun, Vienna, 1812-1896 (Lugt 2715) (B.14)
G.A.Cardew, London, 1865-1941 (Lugt 1134) (B.16,143,231)
Herman Marx, Surrey, d.1948 (Lugt 2816a) (B.16,143,231)
Karl Scheffler, Vienna, 1838-1911 (Lugt 1644) (B.17)
Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden, 19th Century (Lugt 1618) (B.65)
Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin (Lugt 1606; L.2398) (B.101)
KFF.von Nagler, Berlin, 1770-1846 (Lugt 2529) (B.101)

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