Bertuch Bilderbuch 1790 Sea Creatures, Worms

Sea Creatures, Worms 
7 3/4 inches by 9 3/4 inches
BEF20 $85

We are currently offering a selection of prints from a fragment of F. J. Bertuchs Bilderbuch für Kinder, a large picture atlas for school & home. This is another Bilder Buche in the wonderful tradition of German children's books & similar to the Hanselmann & Schubert that have been such favorites. As Bilder Books go, this one probably tops them all, as it was a massive work in 12 volumes, published from 1790 to 1810 with about 1,187 prints of a wonderfully comprehensive & eclectic nature.

Each plate has the ORIGINAL hand coloring on strong paper, chain lined watermarked paper in the early years, wove later on. The selection represents the finest prints from all volumes, so the paper does vary in colour somewhat from the early paper with a greyish hue to soft white later one, with an occasional print being on a slightly darker paper.  ALL our prints are original antiques, and are guaranteed to be the stated age. A copy of the title page and the original descriptive text if present accompanies each print. These prints are more than 230 years old.