Cornelis GALLE the Elder (Antwerp 1576 - 1656) "fishing for pearls" Original etching signed in plate in the lower center "Corn. Galle Sculp. ", From a subject by Johannes Stradano for the collection entitled" Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium ... "published in Antwerp by Philipp Galle after 1580. Nice copy on thin laid paper, from the second edition enlarged to one hundred and four subjects and with the numbering at the bottom left, with small margins beyond the imprint of the plate, glued on an ancient paper support and with various small defects on the engraved field and at the edges, one of which is more important than the left one at the bottom just above the number but overall in good general condition. Bibliography Baroni Vannucci "Jan van der Straet ..." Milan 1997 n ° 693/93. Briquet "Les Filigranes" Mansfield 2000 vol.3 n ° 9329. Milesi "Dictionary of Engravers" Bergamo 1989 page 157. The Illustrated Bartsch New York 1987 vol. 56 n ° 104 and spec. Measurements in mm: 206 x 265