Mar 15, 2012 - Sale 2273

Sale 2273 - Lot 251

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(NEWSPAPERS.) [Hogenberg, Franz.] Pair of 16th-century illustrated news sheets on Antwerp. 2 engravings, one mounted on the verso of the other; minor dampstaining. [Cologne?], 1567 and 1585
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Illustration of a theological conference, captioned with 16 lines of verse in German beginning "Als zu Antorff ein Erbar Rhatt." 10 1/2 x 14 inches. Johannes Saliger is depicted; an additional caption in French is laid down above the image. 12 April 1567 Illustration of the Duke of Parma entering Antwerp, above 14 lines of verse in German beginning "Als Antorff bekant weit und breitt." 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Hand-colored, laid down on verso of preceding. 27 August 1585.