Lot #231 - Large Group of Old Master & Additional Engravings
Large Group of Old Master and Additional Engravings. Encompassing biblical, literary, historical and scientific subjects, including Gerard Hoet. "Genesis II.25, engraved by Joseph Mulder and III.5, engraved by A. Van Buysen, both depicting Adam and Eve (each 17.5 x 11.125 inches), two versions of Chatelain after Jean-Baptiste Huet, "Marc et Constantine," Johann Esaias Nilson, "L'Air" and "La Terre;" Attributed to Matthaeus Merian, "Privas," depicting a bird's-eye view of the French city in 1620; and Friedrich Justin Bertuch, two hand-colored copperplate engravings of erupting volcanoes from "Vermischte Gegenstande," pl. 22, figs. 1 and 2.