Aelster (Magpie)

Description

Artist: Wirsing, Adam Ludwig

Title or Name: Aelster (Magpie)

Plate Number: LXXXI

Publication: Recueil des Principaux Oiseaux et Nids d’Oiseaux de Allemagne (Anthology of the Principal Birds and Nests of Germany)

Date Published: 1772

Medium: Copperplate Engraving with original hand coloring

Paper: Laid, Watermarked

Condition: Very light soiling in margin, otherwise Excellent

Paper Size: 15-1/2″ x 10-1/2″ Plate Mark: 12-1/4″ x 8-1/4″

Includes: Copy of the Title Page and Brief Artist Biography

ID #: P 5161

Prints from this publication are extremely rare

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