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Auction 123, Lot 801
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"Calsis Hispanica celeberrima quae anno celeberrimo…", Orlers, Jan Jansz.

Subject: Ships

Period: 1612 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.9 x 9 inches
30.2 x 22.9 cm
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Grand battle scene of the routing of the Spanish Armada by the English off the coast of Calais and Gravelines in 1588 in the English Channel. The foreground shows a sinking Spanish ship with people clinging to wreckage as the battle rages around them. This is from a German history by Jan Orlers, with engravings by J. de Gheyn and J. Matham.

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Condition: B+

A dark impression on a sheet with a 2" repaired tear on the bottom. Lower blank margin with one binding hole.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $220

Closed on 2/20/2008

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