May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 59

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
CALLOT, JACQUES, after. De Droeve Ellendigheden van den Oorloogh. Etched title and 17 plates after Callot, all with small margins, tipped to larger leaves at the corners. Oblong 8vo, 18th-century 1/4 roan, worn, front joint cracked, boards intact; occasional minor soiling and spotting. [Holland, 18th century]

Additional Details

Copied from Callot's 1633 Grandes Misères de la Guerre, his best-known work, depicting the horrors of war.