May 08, 2018 - Sale 2477

Sale 2477 - Lot 85

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
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. Each with architectural/mechanical drawings by an early hand in red chalk on the versos.

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.