Date of Printing: 1733 • Medium: Copperplate Engraving (hand colored) • Subject Category: Natural History - Birds • Signed: Plate signed, Lower Right • Period Created: Enlightenment (1700 - 1799) • Plate Size HxWxD cm: 31 x 21 • Leaf Paper Size HxW cm: 36 x 23 • Style: FOLIO Original Vintage • Print on Verso: Blank on verso • Condition: Excellent • Edition Type: 1st Edition - Limited • Paper Type: Laid Paper • Framed: Unframed
Description: This first edition, originally hand-colored engraving is from Johann Leonhard Frisch's Vorstellung der Vogel in Teutschland und Beylaugffig auch Einiger Fremden, mit Ihren Eigenschaften Beschrieben…und Nach Iheren Naturlichen Farben. The work was published in 1733 and completed posthumously in 1763. It is considered the first great German bird book.
Artist or Maker: Johann Leonhard Frisch. Medium: Originally Hand-colored Engraving.
Condition: The work is in excellent condition overall. There may be a few minor imperfections or occasional fox marks to be expected with age. The set is very clean overall with minimal handling which is typically an issue with this work, making its condition exceptional overall. Please review the image below carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.
Literature: Vorstellung der Vogel in Teutschland und Beylaugffig auch Einiger Fremden, mit Ihren Eigenschaften Beschrieben…und Nach Iheren Naturlichen Farben