Callot, Jacques

De Droeve Ellendigheden van den Oorlooch seer aerdigh en konstighafgebeeldt door Jaques Callot Loreijns Edelman

[Amsterdam]: Gerret van Schagen, [n.d., ca. 1730] Callot's most famous suite, Les Misères et malheurs de la guerre (the miseries and misfortunes of war, 1633), produced following Richelieu's invasion of Lorraine during the Thirty Years War. Callot's art is remarkable for its economy and precision; these are some of the most striking images of battle and executions ever produced and have influenced successive generations of illustrators and artists Oblong 12mo. Engraved title, 17 plates after Callot by Leon Schenk, numbered 2-18, each plate with 6 lines of verse by l'abbé Michel de Marolles. Plates 3-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches, mounted on larger leaves, titled in English in manuscript. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Owner signature 'sam. B. Yates Phila" on title page. Plates clean and fresh, some marginal chipping of mounting leaves. In chemise and half red morocco slipcase. Brunet I, 1489 (for 1633 ed.)

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