[16th to 19th centuries] Callot, Jacques (1592-1635), *after. De droeve ellendigheden van den oorlog Seer aerdigh en konstigh afgebeeldt door Iaques Callot (...) en in druk uijtgegeven door Gerret van Schagen. Leon. Schenk Excudit. Amst., n.d. Engr. title numb. 2 in lower right corner, followed by 17 engr. plates numb. 2-18 in lower right corner, all by Schenk after Callot, each plate measuring approx. 8.5 x 19 cm, tipped into a 19th cent. hmor. album (interleaved w. blank lvs) w. mor. letterp. on front cover, obl. 4to. All plates trimmed on/ inside the border lines, brown glue stains at corners and centre of upper and lower borders, album lvs browned/ foxed, the album neatly re-backed, covers worn along extremities.

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