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LOT 255741
Original Copper Plate Engravings by Daniel Meisner and Others of Inca Rulers and Oliver Comwell
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
7 x 5 1/2 - 11 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (114 grams total, 18 x 14 - 29.1 x 22 cm).
Comprising: buff paper page from Meisner's 'Thesaurus Philo-Politicus' (1625-1630) with engraved image of a city and cockerel in foreground, title 'Prospice Domui E100' and 'Beaumont', Latin and German rhymed couplets below; buff paper page with engraved image of a walled fortress and lion in foreground with Cupid, title 'Omnia Domat Amor G41' and 'Carlemont', Latin and German rhymed couplets below; two examples of buff paper page with engraved image of a city and river with fishermen holding a net in foreground, title 'Fraus et Ubique Dolus' and 'Rüssel', Latin and German rhymed couplets below, one numbered 'Ez' and the other '35'; portrait in three-quarter view of Oliver Cromwell with signature (Walker?) below, and legend above 'London, published 25 July 1881 by P.& D.Colnaghi & Co. 13 & 14 Pall Mall East'; print in card reveal with five busts of rulers, each with an axe and stepped headress, with legend 'Manco-Capac 1st Emperor of Peru', 'Sinchi-Roca. II Emp.', 'Loque-Yupanqui, III Emp.', Mayta-Capac, IV Emp.', 'Capac-Yupanqui. V Emp.', printe titled 'Gent.Mag. Nov.1751'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Harwich, UK, collector.
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LOT 255741
Original Copper Plate Engravings by Daniel Meisner and Others of Inca Rulers and Oliver Comwell
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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