Portraits of Saints & Martyrs – Landry – c.1700 | Crucifixions & Torture Scenes

A collection of nearly 100 separate, full-page engraved plates attributed to Pierre Landry. This vellum-bound tome features views of iconic saints and martyrs from the early church in various states of their ministries: prayer and supplication, performing miracles, and even martyrdom and death. The image of Saint Peter is particularly interesting as it depicts a sword through his head!

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [collection of engravings of saints]
• Illustrator(s): Pierre Landry
• Publisher: [Paris], Chez Landry
• Edition: ca. 1700
• Format: (16mo), single volume
• Binding: Vellum
• Size: 6 in × 4.25 in (16 cm × 11.5 cm)
• Collation: 96 plates
• Contents Include:
  • views of saints; no pages of text

Condition:

Good. Period vellum with stitching repairs. Pages generally clean with handwritten numbering at the top of each leaf.

Why Collect This?

• An unknown collection of plates from Pierre Landry

Item Number: #29029