3 collections of 159 copper engravings lithographs woodcuts bible motifs 16th until 19th century.
ENGRAVER:
Among others Melchior Küsel, Georg Strauch, Conrad Meyer, nach Paolo Veronese, von Jacobus Harrewyn, Andreas Matthäus Wolfgang, Michael Wening, Jacob van Meurs, Johann Baptist Aulinger, August Johann Rösel, Jacob Andreas Fridrich, A. Edler.
DESCRIPTION:
3 volumes with a total of 159 engravings, lithographs and woodcuts from the estate of an ambitious collector. Biblical motifs from the Old and New Testaments, allegorical depictions and some scenes from Greek mythology (Telemachus) from the 16th to 19th centuries. The prints are trimmed and mounted in the upper margin. Please take a look at the photos. If you are interested, please contact me if you would like more photos. There are many beautiful woodcuts in the leather-bound 3rd part of the collection, which can no longer be uploaded to this website for capacity reasons, but can be sent by e-mail.
SIZE:
h about 6 to 19 cm, w about 3,5 to 17 cm
CONDITION:
- in good age-appropriate condition
- some leaves slightly stained
- all leaves cut at the margins and mounted
- some engravings show age-appropriate browning
