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Lot 3551 - A148 Old Master Prints - Friday, 27. March 2009, 9.00 AM

BOTANY.-Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). Lot of 2 sheets: 1. Baccores (Banana with lizard, butterfly and its stages: caterpillar and pupa). Sheet 23 of the suite: Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum surinamensium. Etching in orig. colour. Etched by P. Sluyter, Amsterdam 1719.32.7 x.25.3 cm. Nissen, ZBI 1341. - 2. Oranger (Orange with peacock butterfly, its caterpillar and pupa). Sheet 52. of the suite: Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum surinamensium. Etching in orig. colour, etched by J. Mulder, Amsterdam, 1719. 39.2 x 27.6 cm. Nissen ZBI 1341. Both good prints from the Dutch edition.

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). Lot von 2 Bll.: 1. Baccores (Banane mit Eidechse, nachfliegender Tagschmetterling und seine Stände: Raupe und Puppe). Bl. 23 der Folge: Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum surinamensium. Altkol. Radierung, 32,7 x 25,3 cm. Gestochen von P. Sluyter, Amsterdam 1719. Nissen, ZBI 1341. - 2. Oranger (Orange mit Pfauenspiegel, seiner Raupe und Puppe). Bl. 52. der Folge: Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum surinamensium. Altkol. Radierung, 39,2 x 27,6 cm. Gestochen von J. Mulder, Amsterdam, 1719. Nissen ZBI 1341. - Jeweils gute Abdrucke der holländischen Ausgabe.


CHF 1 000 / 1 500 | (€ 1 030 / 1 550)

Sold for CHF 2 400 (including buyer’s premium)
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