STEFANO DELLA BELLA

Two etchings.

Plan et vue de la ville d'Arras, assiegée et prise par les Francais. Second state (of 2). The letters IHS in a circle watermark * Disegno dell'attacco.. . Cross of Malta watermark. Both very good impressions of these extremely scarce prints. We have found only one impression of the first print and none of the second at auction in the past 20 years.

With--FRANÇOIS COLLIGNON (after Della Bella). Collection of 20 etchings. Recueil de douze Cartouches, complete set of 12 etchings, circa 1640. Each in the second state (of 4), except for De Vesme 1145 and 1156 which are in the first state (of 4). Most sheets with a powder horn watermark * Première et Deuxième Suites de Quatre Paysages, complete set of 8 etchings, circa 1645. The first 4 prints in an undescribed state between the first and second states (of 2), with the artist's initials only, not his full name; the second 4 prints in the first state (of 2). One with a powder horn watermark, another with a coat-of-arms watermark. Various sizes. Superb, early impressions. DeVesme 880, 881, 1145-56 and 1093-1100.