SET OF 125 PRINTS ANTHONY VAN DYCK Group of 14 etchings from Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum.
Group of 14 etchings by Van Dyck and collection of 111 etchings and engravings (5 double-page) after Van Dyck, circa 1645. Each with wide margins. Most with a bunch of grapes watermark (Mauquoy-Hendrickx 308). Ex-collection Bignon, with the name stamped in gilt on the front cover, and Kupferstichkabinett Stuttgart (Lugt 2323, verso).
Published by Henry & Corneille Verdussen, Antwerp, as Le Cabinet des Plus Beaux Portraits . . . Faits par le Fameux Antoine Van Dyck, circa 1715-20. Full grained gilt-stamped morocco. Various sizes, very good impressions.
Extremely scarce as a large set. Mauquoy-Hendrickx 1, 2, 4-12, 14, 15 and 17.
