Print Description
This print shows a view on a frontispice from the book “Indicis Testarum” by the Italian naturalist Nicolai Gvaltieri, which depicts a classification of marine animals and a marine landscape. In the picture we see the see, ships, harbour and people. Latin text on reverse.
Made by I. Menaboni after Gualtieri.
Medium: Etching / engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 29.5 x 43.5 cm (11.61 x 17.13 inch). Image size: 22.2 x 35.5 cm. (8.74 x 13.98 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Brown spots. Creases. Fold in corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
TITLE PAGE-INDICUS TESTARUM-MARINE-LIFE | RBOS-T43-LARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in ‘Indicis Testarum’ by Nicolai Gualtieri, ca 1750. .
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