199 - Wenceslaus Hollar The Stomach and the Limbs

Wenceslaus Hollar The Stomach and the Limbs Etching, 257 × 175 mm (plate), 405 × 245 mm (sheet). Plate from The Fables of Æsop Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorned with Sculpture and Illustrated with Annotations, published in London in 1665.Beautiful impression, rich in grey tones, on a portion of thin laid paper with watermark (bunch of grapes). Wide margins beyond the platemark. In very good condition overall, except for a few small stains.