Lot 1133
  • 1133

Georg Dionysius Ehret (After)

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • Georg Dionysius Ehret (After)
  • Plantae selectae: five prints
  • hand-colored engraving on laid paper
  • each plate approx.: 440 by 290 mm 17 1/4 by 11 3/8 in.; each sheet approx: 490 by 355 mm 19 1/4 by 14 in.
Five hand-colored engravings, 1750-73, by Johann Jakob Haid and Johann Elias Haid, on laid paper, framed (5 prints)

Condition

The prints are in good condition, with full (?) margins. Each with faint mat-stain and an occasional, small inconspicuous fox mark or spot of pale surface soiling. The versos each with small remnants of hinging tape along the upper sheet edges and remnants of the binding along the disbound edge. ('Musae' with a tiny tear in the right sheet edge.) Three prints examined out of the frames.
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