VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Jan (1527 – 1609), Cornelis... Lot n° 3

- Hortorum viridariorumque elegantes & multiplis formae. Antwerp: Philippe Galle, 1583. Album containing five suites of engravings, i.e. 3 title-frontispieces and 82 engravings, mainly of gardens, wells and fountains and grotesque funerary monuments. - Hortorum viridariorumque elegantes & multiplis formae. Antwerp: Philippe Galle, 1583. Oblong folio (260 x 323 mm). Frontispiece and 20 numbered garden plates. - Bound with]: of the same: [Gardens. Antwerp: Philippe Galle, c. 1583]. 6 numbered engravings - Bound with]: of the same: Artis perspectiuae plurium generum elegantissimae formulae [graphic], multigenis fontibus, nonnullisq[ue] hortulis affabre factis exornatae, in cõmodum artificum, eorumq[ue] qui architectura, aedificiorumq[ue] cõmensurata uarietate delectantur, antea nunquam impressae. Antwerp: Gerardus de Jode, 1568. Frontispiece and 17 engravings. - Bound with]: of the same title: [Puits et fontaines. Anvers: Philippe Galle, 1573]. 24 engravings on 12 leaves. - Bound with]: FLORIS, Cornelis. Veelderleij niewe inventien van antijcksche sepultueren diemen nou zeere ghebruijkende is met noch zeer fraeije grotissen... Antwerp: Jerôme Cock, 1557. Title and 15 engraved plates showing fantastic decorations, and funerary monuments in the grotesque style. Bound in old vellum, probably reused, endpapers renewed. Title of first suite rubbed and stained with marginal tears and crease and joint to modern endpaper; stains, foxing and wetness to a few plates. Provenance: handwritten inscriptions on title - ink stamp "Architecte en chef du depart. des Vosges" (repeated twice on first title) - Alexis de Rédé (bookplate) Important album of 5 suites of 16th century Dutch engravings by Vredeman de Vries and Conerlis Floris comprising 3 engraved titles and 82 engravings of gardens, fountains and wells, and grostesques tombs. All bound in an old parchment binding. To bid, please consult the "Sales information" section.