Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Rob Zanger Rare Books LLC

1648. Etching on cream laid paper. 5 3/4x 4 3/4 inches (147 x 118 mm). 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch margins. In good condition with a band of minor discoloration along top and bottom sheet edge verso. One circular 1.5 inch- sized area of light and unobtrusive brown discoloration extending into image area left lower sheet edge recto. 10th state (of ten). [Godfroy 43].

1670. Engraving printed on two sheets of horizonally-joined, hand made laid paper (as issued), one sheet bearing a crudely formed heraldic watermark with a crown surrounded by 10 small orbs. 12 x 15 3/4 inches (303 x 338 mm), 1/4-inch to 1-inch margins. General toning, handling wear, soft creasing, and some marginal insect damage at the lower-center sheet which is outside of the image area and repaired with modern, archival mending tape. There are two remnants of archival paper tape at the right and left sheet edges on the recto, outside of the image area. All condition issues are consistent with age. The top image depicts the arrival of Queen Catharina of Braganza in Portsmouth, were she was greeted by King Charles II, whom she was soon to marry. The lower image shows the newly married couple arriving as guests at Whitehall. The images are two from a series of seven by Dirk Stoop, depicting the journey of Catharina of Braganza from Lisbon to England. Matthäus Merian the Elder (22 September 1593 -… Read More