Adriaen COLLAERT

Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the end of the 16th or very beginning of the 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in an old hand beneath the plate mark: "Le chasseur prend les petits du tigre et met dans des trappes des miroirs qui représentent les petits qu'il a enlevés. Cette bête stupide croyant les voir effectivement, entre dans les filets et hurle, étant prise." ["The hunter takes the tiger cubs and places mirrors in traps that represent the cubs he has taken. This foolish...

Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Impression on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures within the plate.
Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "On dit que la Barbarie produit de très bons chameaux que chassent les soldats de la marine pressés par la faim. Cette viande quoique très dure les rassasie." ["It is said that Barbary produces very good camels which are hunted by sailors pressed by hunger. This meat, although very tough, satisfies them."].
Watermark...

Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Impression on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures within the plate.
Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "Souvent un chasseur tombe sans prendre garde dans des cavernes ou des grottes couvertes d'herbes par dessus d'où ses compagnons ne peuvent le retirer, mais il meurt malheureusement et demeure la pature des serpents qui y sont et des hydres" ["Often a hunter falls unawares into caverns or grottoes covered with grass above, from...

Authentic original engraving executed with burin after a 16th century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "In winter, the porcupine is taken by dogs or in nets, or when it flees to hide in dark holes, hunters pursue them with rakes and hoes".
Watermark visible by transparency.
The margins of the engraving have been backed with small pieces of old laid paper glued to the edges on the reverse, otherwise fine condition for this very...

Authentic original engraving executed in burin after a 16th-century drawing by Johannes Stradanus.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the late 16th or very early 17th century.
Artists' signatures in the plate.
Latin caption in the lower part of the engraving.
Manuscript translation in old handwriting below the plate mark: "Le bubale est une espèce de boeuf cruel et féroce. Les chasseurs pour le prendre le lassent en faisant courir et aboyer des chiens après lui, qui le mordent, jusqu'à ce qu'il tombe, n'en pouvant plus" ["The bubale is a species of cruel and ferocious ox. Hunters to catch it lasso it by making dogs run and bark after it, which bite it, until...