111 - Battista Franco The Great Flood

Battista Franco The Great Flood Engraving, 257 × 427 mm. First state, before the addition of lettering. Bartsch XVI.155.3; TIB 32/16, 3.Very fine, crisp impression, printed on laid paper with watermark (coat of arms within a circle surmounted by a star). Trimmed to the platemark, with very narrow margins in places. Sheet with skilfully executed restorations and a trace of a central horizontal fold. Very rare in this state.