Lot 239
  • 239

A set of nine hand-colored engravings of fish 18th century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • glass, pine, paper, paint
  • height with frame 22 1/2 in.; width with frame 15 1/4 in.
  • 57 cm; 39 cm
from an edition of Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische (Berlin, circa 1781-95), by Schmidt and Hennig after Bloch, each incised with fish name, within later painted frames.