De Droeve Ellendigheden van den Oorloogh seer aerdigh en konstigh afgebeeldt door Jaques Callot Loreijns Edelman.
[Amsterdam]: Gerret van Schagen, [n.d., ca. 1730].
Price: $2,000.00
About the item
Engraved title and 17 plates after Callot by Leon Schenk, numbered 2-18, each plate with 6 lines of verse by l'abbé Michel de Marolles. Plates 3-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches, mounted on larger leaves, titled in English in manuscript. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Contemporary marbled wrappers (front wrapper split). Owner signature 'Sam. B. Yates Phila" on title page. Plates clean and fresh, some marginal chipping of mounting leaves. In chemise and half red morocco slipcase. Brunet I, 1489 (for 1633 ed.).
Item #54115
Callot's most famous suite, Les Misères et malheurs de la guerre (the miseries and misfortunes of war, 1633), produced following Richelieu's invasion of Lorraine during the Thirty Years War. Callot's art is remarkable for its economy and precision; these are some of the most striking images of battle and executions ever produced and have influenced successive generations of illustrators and artists. Printer Leonard Schenk was active 1720-1740.
