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Claude Mellan (1598-1688) A female figure representing...

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Claude Mellan (1598-1688) A female figure representing Faith. Burin. 218x303. Préaud 345. Fine proof on laid paper, trimmed on the plate cut and pasted on another sheet of laid paper. Joint: frontispiece for Richelieu (A.-J. du Plessis, cardinal de), Traité de la perfection du chrétien, Paris, A. Vitré, [s. d.] Burin. 158x215. Préaud 346. Fine proof on thin laid paper, of the 2nd state (of 6), before the title on the right-hand page of the book, with margin fillets, formerly additionally remarged using thin vellum. Ens. 2 p.