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Lot 103

MARATTI (CARLO)
An album containing 56 engraved plates after Maratti, [eighteenth century]

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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MARATTI (CARLO)

An album containing 56 engraved plates after Maratti, including 2 large plates on 2 sheets joined, all others window-mounted (16 double-page, 4 small on one sheet, others full-page), by R.V. Auden, N. Dorigny, H. Winstanley and others after Maratti, later half morocco over marbled boards, folio (521 x 385mm.), [eighteenth century]

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A bound volume of engravings after Carlo Maratti (1625-1713), including 16 of the 23 plates mentioned by Bryan as being by Maratti's pupil Robert Van Auden.

Provenance: Richard Heber (1773-1833), with Bibliotheca Heberiana stamp; Edward G. Hunt, note dated 1869 "From the collection of my uncle the Revd. G. Hunt, F.R.S. & F.A.S., vicar of Buckland, Devon" and attributing an early note ("value at Kings. Dec. School £5.2.6") to his grandfather Capt. N.A. Hunt.

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