My BasketTHE SEA DEVIL print (Lophius Piscatorius)
£55.00
OECONOMISCHE NATURGESCHICHTE DER FISCHE DEUTSCHLANDS. 1783 – 1787 Berlin.
The very rare Bloch octavo prints offered here are from what is regarded as the most beautiful fish book ever published.
Each specimen was engraved on a copper plate and then hand-coloured with watercolours. Many were heightened with gold, silver, and bronze to reproduce the wonderful metallic sheen of the fish scales.
The results are truly spectacular and the prints today are some of the most highly desired and collectable of all natural history illustrations.
condition:Overall very good on chain-lined watermarked paper, with minor imperfections expected with age, narrow margins. Copy of title page included.
size:11.6 x 20 cm 4 ½ x 8 inches approx.
