Antique Print-BOHOR REEDBUCK-SAIGA ANTELOPE-ORYX-BUSH BUCK-GAZELLE-Bertuch-1800

Antique Print-BOHOR REEDBUCK-SAIGA ANTELOPE-ORYX-BUSH BUCK-GAZELLE-Bertuch-1800 Feature

• Subject: Plate: Quadruped XXVII. This plate shows various mammals: 1. Bohor reedbuck - 2. Oryx - 3. Bush buck - 4. Antelope - 5. Goitered, black-tailed or Persian gazelle - 6. Saiga antelope. Tekst /description page in Dutch included.
• Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 8.5 x 10.4 inch. The image size is ca. 5.9 x 7.9 inch.
• Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 21.5 x 26.5 cm. The image size is ca. 15 x 20 cm.
• Medium: Copperplate engraving on a vellin type hand laid paper with watermark. Original hand colouring.
• Condition: Excellent given age. General age related toning and light staining. Paper edges a bit brownish and with occasional small tears and thumbing. Light crease in the middle. Please study scan.

Antique Print-BOHOR REEDBUCK-SAIGA ANTELOPE-ORYX-BUSH BUCK-GAZELLE-Bertuch-1800 Overview

Description: This engraved print originates from a very rare unknown Dutch work. The plates are similar to the plates in the famous German work: 'Bilderbuch fur Kinder.' (Transl.: picture book for children.), by F.J. Bertuch, published 1790-1830 in Weimar. This could be Dutch edition of this work (no references found), or a work that used the Bertuch plates. Plate titles are in Dutch. Age c. 1800.

Artists and Engravers: Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747-1822 German) was a German publisher and patron of the arts. Most plates engraved by Lehman fec.