Claude Mellan (1598-1688) Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc. Burin. Sight: 148 x 220. Préaud 185. Good proof on laid paper, of the 2nd state (of 4), before reduction of the copper and before the new letter for the Odieuvre print run, annotated in pencil and sepia ink at the foot below the plate cut, slightly sunned. Light foxing. Thin, short crease at left edge. Margin fillets visible. Ex-coll. L. Delteil (Lugt 1723, "mark of his first collection sold around 1890"). Framed.