Lot 109
  • 109

A rare set of nine Botanical Prints depicting Tulips from Hortus Nitidissimus, Georg Dionysius Ehret (Erfurt 1708-1770 London)

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nuremberg, 18th century
  • Ink, paper
  • each plate: approx. 333 by 220mm 13 1/8 by 8 5/8 in
  • each sheet: approx. 369 by 249mm 14½ by 9¾in
Nine etchings with extensive hand-colouring, on laid paper with a Double-Head Eagle watermark, each in a modern glazed marginal frame with printed borders depicting instects and flowers

Condition

With small margins, each in good condition apart from infrequent small fox marks, surface soiling, a few holes and small paper losses along the extreme left sheet edge (where previously bound), occasional graphite marks at lower sheet edges, plate 3 with a small supported paper loss at top of right edge and a minor paper imperfection at left of top edge, plate 4 with a paper loss at top of right edge (the other plates unexamined out of frames), each framed.
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