Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) The Nine Muses. 1592. Burin. Each 168 x 250. Bartsch 146-154; Strauss 299-307; New Hollstein 129-137. Fine proofs on thin beige laid paper, from the 1st edition (of 4), this one made by Goltzius, each subject with the 1st engraved letter and before the Dankerts address, before erasure and replacement of the number at the foot of the subject. Traces of paper wear, light foxing and crease marks. Rusty moisture aureole in lower left corner of each leaf. Small old inscription (numbering) in pen and sepia ink in the upper right-hand corner of the folio. Large oily red stains on one plate (Melpomène). Fine tear in right margin of another (Erato), consolidated on verso. Left edge of leaves slightly torn (formerly bound). Full margins. Ex-coll. C. Mienzil (Lugt 599), his label with inventory number in lower right-hand corner on verso of each leaf. Condition details: New Hollstein 129, iii/v; 130, ii/iii; 131, ii/iii; 132, i/ii; 133, ii/iii; 134, i/ii; 135, ii/iii; 136, ii/iii; 137, ii/iii.