VAN DE PASSE, Crispin, the Elder (c.1564-1637). [Aetatis]. [No place: n.d.] – [Musae]. [No place: n.d]. 2 works in one volume, 4° (200 x 170mm). 10 and 9 circular engraved plates by and after Crispijn Van de Passe, surrounded by Latin text. Interleaved. (A little spotting, mainly affecting mounts, last plate in Musae torn at border with slight loss to a few letters.) 19th-century calf gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance: Rev. James Inns (note of purchase in his 1869 sale) – Edward Arnold and Andrew W. Arnold of Dorking (bookplate) – A.H. Bright (1812 bookplate).

VAN DE PASSE, Crispin, the Elder (c.1564-1637). [Aetatis]. [No place: n.d.] – [Musae]. [No place: n.d]. 2 works in one volume, 4° (200 x 170mm). 10 and 9 circular engraved plates by and after Crispijn Van de Passe, surrounded by Latin text. Interleaved. (A little spotting, mainly affecting mounts, last plate in Musae torn at border with slight loss to a few letters.) 19th-century calf gilt, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance: Rev. James Inns (note of purchase in his 1869 sale) – Edward Arnold and Andrew W. Arnold of Dorking (bookplate) – A.H. Bright (1812 bookplate).

'The Ages of Man' and 'The Muses', two unusual series unerringly engraved by Crispin van de Passe and issued without titles. The Latin titles above are taken from the spine of the elegant 19th-century binding. Hollstein XV, 478/487 and 403/411.