The Ricky Jay Collection Part III
Sat, Aug 17, 2024 12:00PM EDT
![[MONSTROSITIES]. Three 16th and 17th century engravings of…](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/3529/35293769.jpeg?t=1VRYZi)
Lot 364
[MONSTROSITIES]. Three 16th and 17th century engravings of…
Estimate: $300 - $500
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[MONSTROSITIES]. Three 16th and 17th century engravings of freaks and oddities. Including: engraving depicting a multi-headed, eight-armed Cyclops monster with goat legs (ca. 1654), and is apparently the original print which was reproduced in Eugen Holl?nder?s Wunder, Wundergeburt und Wondergestalt (Stuttgart, 1921) p. 289. ? engraving, Horribil mostre, nato in Cher della moglie di un Dottor a hore otto All?Arca di Noe, 1578, depicting a horned monster with claws and protuberance from back of the head. See Holl?nder, p. 286. ? and engraving of conjoined twins with bow and arrows and saber, ca. 1687. See Holl?nder, p. 70. All uniformly matted and framed (the last without glass). Sizes approximately 11 x 7? and smaller.
