Lot 3: Israhel van Meckenem ( circa 1440-1503)

Israhel van Meckenem (circa 1440-1503)
Saint Judas Thaddaeus (Geisberg 218; Lehrs, Hollstein 264)
engraving with handcolouring, circa 1470, with a watermark fragment (Small Flower), probably Gothic P, a good, strong impression of Hollstein's second, final state, extremely rare, with handcolouring in green, blue, brown, yellow and traces of red, probably contemporary, with wide margins; with Saint Peter (not in Geisberg, Lehrs, Hollstein) engraving with handcolouring, circa 1470, without watermark, an unrecorded, probably unique print, a fairly strong impression, printing with vertical wiping marks and traces of tone, with contemporary handcolouring in green, brown, yellow and traces of red, with wide margins, some offsetting from another impression verso; with Saint John the Evangelist (not in Geisberg, Lehrs, Hollstein),engraving with handcolouring, circa 1470, without watermark, an unrecorded, probably unique print, a fairly strong impression, printing with vertical wiping marks and traces of tone, with contemporary handcolouring in green, brown and traces of yellow and red, with wide margins, all in very good condition
P. 120 x 75 mm., S. 163 x 103 mm. (and similar) (3)