DELLA BELLA Stefano (1610-1664) - "Nave del Colombo gia Trasformata da Nettino in Orca Marina". 1652. Etching. Ref: De Vesme, n°66. Proof on watermarked laid paper (letters in a shield). The print represents the ship of Christopher Columbus, invented by Alfonso Parigi the Younger (1606-1656). The machine was part of the Ballet of the Horses, a show presented in the Boboli Gardens in Florence in 1652. 23.5 x 29.6 cm. Condition A/B (handwritten markings in pencil at upper left, paper lightly epidermised in a corner on verso, trimmed at the copper mark).