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Aldrovandi; Parrot Fish - hand coloured folio - 1638
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Aldrovandi; Parrot Fish - hand coloured folio - 1638

Folio leaf from: De piscibus by Aldrovandi. Woodcuts to recto and verso. Woodcut to verso with later hand colour. Bologna, N. Thebaldini 1638 Hand coloured. Nissen ZBI 70. Nissen, Fischb. 7. Westwood/Satchell 3. Huber 56. - Aldrovandi (1522-1605), " ... von seinen Zeitgenossen - vielleicht nicht ganz ohne Ironie - als Pontifex Maximus der Naturgeschichte angesprochen, der es darin an Gründlichkeit und Weitschweifigkeit bis zum äußersten trieb. In künstlerischer Hinsicht sind seine Figuren jedoch uneingeschränkt zu loben... ganz besonders lobt er seinen Holzschneider Cristoforo Coriolano (Lederer?) aus Nürnberg, der zusammen mit seinem Enkel die Figuren so elegant geschnitten habe, daß sie eher wie Kupferstiche wirkten" (Nissen, Fischbücher S. 14 f.). Good. Some colour show-through to recto. Please view the images carefully.

No. 102048726

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Aldrovandi; Parrot Fish - hand coloured folio - 1638

Aldrovandi; Parrot Fish - hand coloured folio - 1638

Folio leaf from: De piscibus by Aldrovandi. Woodcuts to recto and verso. Woodcut to verso with later hand colour.

Bologna, N. Thebaldini 1638

Hand coloured.

Nissen ZBI 70. Nissen, Fischb. 7. Westwood/Satchell 3. Huber 56. - Aldrovandi (1522-1605), " ... von seinen Zeitgenossen - vielleicht nicht ganz ohne Ironie - als Pontifex Maximus der Naturgeschichte angesprochen, der es darin an Gründlichkeit und Weitschweifigkeit bis zum äußersten trieb. In künstlerischer Hinsicht sind seine Figuren jedoch uneingeschränkt zu loben... ganz besonders lobt er seinen Holzschneider Cristoforo Coriolano (Lederer?) aus Nürnberg, der zusammen mit seinem Enkel die Figuren so elegant geschnitten habe, daß sie eher wie Kupferstiche wirkten" (Nissen, Fischbücher S. 14 f.).

Good. Some colour show-through to recto. Please view the images carefully.

Final bid
€ 42
Volker Riepenhausen
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Estimate  € 170 - € 200

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