[Rarebooks] FS: 1690s Salvator Rosa 60 Etchings

[Charles Agvent]

ROSA, Salvator. HAS LUDENTIS OTIJ CAROLO RUBEO SINGULARIS AMICITIAE 
PIGNUS D D D. Nuremberg: Jacobum de Sandrart Pictorem, n.d. [1690s]. 
First Edition. Small quarto (6-1/2" x 8-3/4") bound in early marbled 
boards. Famous series of exquisite etchings by Salvatore Rosa 
(1615-1673) of soldiers and people of other occupations drawn with 
lively gestures and expressive facial expressions. There are 60 numbered 
etchings (of 62?), including the title page, all signed mostly with the 
monogram "SR" within the etching. This series, made in 1656-57 and 
dedicated to his friend and supporter, the Roman publisher Carlo Rossi, 
achieved great popularity among contemporaries: "They were copied, 
imitated and forged much more often than his other prints, so often that 
it is almost impossible to keep track of all the later variations 
"(Richard Wallace, THE ETCHINGS OF SALVATOR ROSA, page 12). Graesse VI, 
161. Bookplate on front pastedown and small bookseller's label to rear 
pastedown, some markings in pencil in various places, moderate foxing 
throughout though mostly confined to margins. Boards rather toned and 
rubbed with spine portion lacking, exposing the backing which is 
comprised of a fragment from an early vellum manuscript leaf. Still a 
Very Good copy of a lovely, scarce book. (#020236)        $2,000

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