Lot 1211
  • 1211

Georg Dionysius Ehret (After)

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • Georg Dionysius Ehret (After)
  • Plantae selectae: fourteen prints
  • fourteen hand-colored engravings 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
Fourteen hand-colored engravings, 1750-73, by Johann Jakob Haid and Johann Elias Haid, on laid paper, framed (14 prints)

Condition

The prints are in good condition, with wide (full?) margins. Faint mat-stain and an occasional small, inconspicuous fox mark or spot of surface soiling. The versos with small remnants of the binding along the disbound edge and some ink bleed/offprinting. (Anona with a few printer's creases in the upper third of the sheet.) Five prints examined out of the frame.
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