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Purple Willow Butterfly - Col. Copper Engraving - Maria Sibylla Merian - 1730




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Reference Number: Avaluer:54480261Subject: Insects
Date of Creation: Pre-1800Medium: Copper Plate
Size: Small (up to 12in.)Originality: Original
Color: Multi-ColorStyle: Realism
Quantity Type: Single-Piece WorkPrint Surface: Paper
Year: 1730
Original Description:
"(Plate XCVI - Salix rubra florens with butterflies and caterpillars)"colored copper engraving, (1730)sheet size: approx. 8, 66 x 7, 09 inches (ca. 22 x 18 cm)plate: approx. 5.91 x 4.72 inches (ca. 15 x 12 cm)This sheet used to be part of an edition of Maria Sibylla Merians book "Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung"/"De Europische Insecten", in the upper right of the plate labeled as plate "XCVI".- slightly stained, o...verall in good condition,   verso traces of former mounting -More of these prints from the same series you will find among our current auctions


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