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Lot 7144:

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FJ Bertuch & JX Schmuzer - 3 song bird engravings 1792

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Start price: £30

Estimated price: £80 - £120

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Schmuzer

These original hand-coloured engravings are by JX Schmuzer for FJ Bertuch’s Bilderbuch fur Kinder, published in Weimar 1792-1810.

The birds illustrated in these engravings are Rollers, Nightingale, Crossbill, Finches, Canary, Sparrows etc.

Jakob Xaver Schmuzer was a German copper engraver particularly noted for his illustrating ‘Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte’, the monumental multi-volume work of the Bavarian clergyman and naturalist from Augsburg, Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1822).

Size: approx. 9in x 7in (22.5cm x 18cm)

Condition: The prints are in excellent condition with occasional age related marks. Please inspect the images carefully


The prints are in excellent condition with occasional age related marks. Please inspect the images carefully