Lot 77
  • 77

A set of twelve engravings of butterflies, Pierre Cramer Amsterdam, 1779

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • paper
  • frames height 17 in.; width 14 1/2 in.
  • 43.2 cm; 36.8 cm
later hand-colored engravings. Now matted and framed, not examined out of frames.

Condition

Not examined out of frames; good condition; later hand-colored; one with foxing to the top and with some discoloration to the background; the rest with minor foxing and discoloration in places and with some rippling and minor creases to edges of sides; frames in very good condition with light surface scratches.
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