Live auction - Lot 157

[French]

"Listoire de lenfant prodigue."

Paris, Jean Le Clerc IV, ca. 1587-1621

€ 400 / 500

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Lot description

6 engravings, ca. 15,1 x 18,3 cm, laid paper, all with address: "I. le Clerc excud.", numbered and Latin text in lower margin (sl. toned, paper bit weak, margins frayed).

Bound in mod. half cloth, paper covers.

Very rare complete 1st ed. of the series on the Prodigal Son published by Jean IV le Clerc (1560-1621), presumably after a French prototype.
Ref. Solé, F.J., La Rivalité commerciale entre les éditeurs d’estampes français et flamands en Espagne: Le témoignage de Jusepe Martínez (1669-1677), In Monte Artium 3 (2010), pp. 69-88, esp. pp. 79-80 (2 copies: Sevilla and Madrid).
Joined: 2nd, incomplete set (n. 1, 4, 5, 6) of the same series, but from the 2nd ed. with a French title in the ornamental frame of each plate. (1 vol. & 4 pcs)

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Lot 157

"Listoire de lenfant prodigue."

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