Lot 51
  • 51

A set of ten hand-colored botanical engravings Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741)

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • ink and paper
  • height with frame 19 1/4 in.; width with frame 14 1/2 in.
  • 49 cm; 37 cm
from an edition of Phytanthoza Iconographia, Regensburg, 1737-1745, each inscribed with plant name, within later painted frames

Condition

Please note that the prints have not been examined out of frames. Frame with minor wear and rubbing to ebonized and gilt decoration. Aloe Africana with pencil inscription written below printed inscription. Some other added inscriptions to prints.
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