HANS SEBALD BEHAM (1500-1550). 489 Buste de l'Empereur Trajan. In profile, surrounded by two branches of laurel leaves. A winged female figure, holding a palm in her right hand, in the other a wheel, a globe at her feet, a sailing vessel behind. Etching on copper. Size 3 by 2 inches. 1541. £2 10s 492 La Religion Chrétienne Victorieuse. A winged female figure, holding flaming heart in right hand, pent under her feet, an arc in the sky behind. Etching on copper. Size 3 by 2 inches. (B. 128.) 493 Le Petit Bouffon. A child dressed as a jester, and enveloped in a banderol. ser £2 10s BEHAM (Hans Sebald)-continued. 497 The Seven Liberal Arts. Series of 7 copperplate engravings. Size of each 3 by 2 inches. (B. 121-127.) The Series, £9 9s 498 The Seven Planets. Series of 7 small copperplate engravings. 499 Vignette au Mascaron. The Series, £10 10s Two cupids holding a shield on which is a mask. Size 1 by 23 inches. 1544. C. P. BERGHEM (1620-1683). 500 Small Landscapes, with Cattle. £2 12s 6d Set of six etchings designed and executed by C. P. Berghem, called "Les Vaches a la Latiere "; with the numbers, but before the extra work. Size 3 by 3 inches. 1644. ABRAHAM BOSSE (d. 1678). 501 The Acts of Charity. Series of 7 line engravings. £3 10s Size 10 by 12 inches, verses under. Circa 1660. The set, £7 7s Loger les Pelerins. Donner á manger á ceux qui ont fain. Visiter les Malades. Donner à boire á ceux ont Soif. Vestu les Nuds. Visiter les Prisonniers. Ensevelir les Morts. 502 Courtiers and Ladies. Series of 7 plates, showing gallants and ladies in picturesque costume standing in decorative interiors. Line engravings. Size 11 by 7 inches, narrow margins. Fine impressions. The Series, £10 10s BOSSE (Abraham)—continued. 503 The Four Ages of Man. Series of 4 plates, the first showing a group of young children, the second, gallant and lady standing in a garden, the third, a family at table feasting, the fourth, an aged couple seated before a fire. Size 10 by 12 inches. 504 The Parable of Dives and Lazarus. The Set, £7 7s Series of three plates, the first showing a party at the rich man's table feasting, the second the rich man expiring, the third, the poor man's death-bed. Size 10 by 13 inches. The three plates, £6 6s 505 The Schoolmaster. Interior, schoolmaster seated at desk, children standing and seated. Size 10 by 121⁄2 inches. 506 The Seasons. £4 4s Series of 4 very decorative plates showing ladies and gallants in picturesque costume-in spring and summer on verandah in gardens; in autumn revelling in a vinery; and in winter in an interior, feasting. Size 10 by 13 inches. The Set, £9 9s CLAUDE GELLEE (called Lorraine) (1600-1682). 508 Shepherd and Shepherdess. Seated on rocks, cattle, sheep and landscape in background. Size 8 by 10 inches. Circa 1660. First impression in first state. £20 |