The Story of Scipio Africanus.

FURNIUS, Petrus. After Gerard van VAN GROENINGEN

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Lot description

[Antwerp], Gerard De Jode, in or before 1571

4 engravings, 20,6 x 24,5 cm, signed on 1st pl. "Gerar d Iode excud" (on warm toned paper, with wide margins).

Stuck by corners under passe-partout.

Complete series of 4 plates in the first state, each with a caption and two lines Latin text in margin: 1. "Strenuitas." The conquest of Carthago Nova in Spain. - 2. "Gratitudo." The meeting of Scipio and Allucius. - 3. "Continentia." The continence of Scipio. - 4. "Beneficentia." The bride and ransom turned over to Allucius, left the parents of the bride.
Ref. New Hollstein (Gerard van Groeningen), 195-198.