A total of 3 old colored copper engravings with mezzotint, decorative plant motifs in masterful coloring for the time, including 2 plates printed by Johann Jakob Haid (1704 near Göppingen - 1767 Augsburg): 1 x Orleans tree and types of cans, numbered "N.772", 1 x Horminum , numbered "N.581.", also printed once by Bartholomäus Seutter (1678 Augsburg - 1754 ibid.), Andorn, numbered "N.710", each monogrammed "H." and "S.", each inscribed in Latin and partly in German at the bottom in the legend, each with signs of age (e.g. evenly browned, 1 x water-stained at the top), otherwise in very good condition, each sheet approx. 39 x 25 cm, plates from: Johann Wilhelm Weinmann: "Phytanthoza-Iconographia or the actual idea of several thousand plants, trees, perennials, herbs, flowers, fruits and sponges, both native and foreign, collected from all four parts of the world (...)", vol. 3, Regensburg, Hieronymus Lentzen, 1742
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143. Kunst- und Antiquitätenauktion am 22. November 2024