Lot 3
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NICCOLO GUALTIERI (editor), GIUSEPPE MENABUONI (1708-after 1745) (after), ANTONIO PAZZI (1706-after 1768) (engraver) A SET OF SIX ENGRAVINGS OF SEASHELLS FROM Index Testarum Conchyliorum [Index of Mollusk Shells] , Florence: G. Albizzini, 1742; hand-colored engravings; now matted and framed.

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Florence: G. Albizzini, 1742; hand-colored engravings; now matted and framed.
  • 20 ¾ in. by 15 ¾ in.
  • 52.7 cm by 40.1 cm

Condition

Overall good condition, slight rippling to the paper, minor foxing and inpainting; minor chips to gilding on the sides of frames, possibly later hand-coloring; not examined out of modern frames.
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