FLAMEN, Albert

Icones Diversorum Piscium tum Maris tum Amnium 1664

Icones Diversorum Piscium tum Maris tum Amnium, ad vivum delineati, et in aes ab eodem artifitiose incisi. Figures de plusieurs sortes de poissons tant de la mer, que de l'eau douce. Desseignez et gravez sur le naturel.
Paris, Van Merlen, 1664. Oblong 4to. 2 parts in 1 volume. With 68 finely engraved plates on freshwater and sea fish by Albert Flamen. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum, red sprinkled edges.

68 ll. Hauswedell, Auktion Fischbücher 1964, no. 130; Le Blanc II, p. 237; Mulder Bosgoed, Bibl. Ichthyol. & Piscatoria, 889; Nissen, Schöne Fischbücher, 55.
Very rare complete collection of the beautiful etchings of fishes designed and engraved by Albert Flamen, active at Paris between 1648 and 1669. Each plate shows two or three sea or freshwater fishes or clams against fine landscapes or waterviews, including a plate of two turtles.
Very good copy from the Hamilton Palace Library, slightly foxed near the edges.

£21350.00