Melencolia I (B. 74; M., Holl. 75; S.M.S. 71)

Albrecht Dürer Melencolia I (B. 74; M., Holl. 75; S.M.S. 71) engraving, 1514, watermark Bishop's Crest (M. 39), a good, earlier Meder II f impression, with the scratch in the sphere probably erased, still printing clearly and with contrasts, trimmed to or just outside the subject, a horizontal printer's crease at centre right, a few other minor printer's creases, a 15 mm. repaired tear at the lower sheet edge, a horizontal central crease mainly visible verso, the sheet slightly cockled due to remains of old adhesive verso, otherwise in good condition S. 237 x 186 mm.