May 02, 2017 - Sale 2445

Sale 2445 - Lot 81

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
HENDRICK HONDIUS (after Paul Vredeman de Vries)
The Books of Architecture, the Five Senses.

Set of 5 engravings, 1607. Each 230x330 mm; 9 1/8x13 inches, wide margins. With architectural/mechanical drawings by an early hand in red chalk on the versos of each.

Hondius's (1573-1650) engravings after de Vries designs pair each of the five senses with a different architectural order as its setting. Hollstein 613-619.