VREDEMAN DE VRIES, Hans (1527-1609), after, by Michael Bir(n)baum

Bird’s-eye Views of Labyrinths and Ornamental Gardens, from a set of eight plates after Vredeman’s Hortorum Viridariorumque elegantes et multiplicis formae

Etchings, c. 1587-1615, printed two to a sheet, as published by Johann Bussemacher in Cologne in 1615. Vredeman’s original series, of varying numbers of plates, was first published in Antwerp in 1583

Fine impressions with margins all round. The margin edges browned, with occasional nicks and repairs, generally in good condition.
368 x 246mm.
Each sheet with two plates $1,000