Zoological sheets, Weinmann 18th century

Lot 1583 limit € 130

A total of 3 old-colored copperplate engravings with mezzotint, decorative plant motifs in masterly coloring for the time, including 2 plates printed by Bartholomäus Seutter (1678 Augsburg - 1754 ibid.): 1 x including Hornklee and Mondruute, numbered "N. 673." as well as 1 x honey bush plants and quail wheat, numbered "N. 717.", plus 1 x printed by Johann Jakob Haid (1704 near Göppingen - 1767 Augsburg), semolina wood and oleander, numbered "N. 754." each monogrammed "S." and "H.", each inscribed in Latin and German in the lower margin, each with signs of age (e.g. evenly browned), 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