Lot 44: GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE' CAVALIERI (1525-1601) The Massacre of the Innocents Plate & Sheet 470 x 596 mm.

GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE' CAVALIERI (1525-1601)
The Massacre of the Innocents
engraving, 1561, on two joined sheets of laid paper (as usual), without watermark, a fine impression of this large print in the very rare first state (of three), with thread margins, trimmed on the platemark in places, two tiny backed holes near the left sheet edge, a couple of short nicks and tears at the upper sheet edge, some minor, pale brown staining along a vertical fold at centre right, along the joint of the sheets and elsewhere, generally in very good condition
Plate & Sheet 470 x 596 mm.