Description:
- Engraving corresponding to Plate 14 of Zoology, belonging to the Popular Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Sciences and Arts, made by Federico Gillman, and formed according to the Iconographic Encyclopaedia and the Conversations Lexicon of Germany.
- The engraving depicts various reptiles such as the clerical scincus, skeleton and skull of a shrew, head of a vipera aspis, etc.
- In the upper margin is the title 'ZOOLOGY', and in the upper right-hand corner is printed 'Lam. 14', which identifies it as engraving number 14 of a series on zoology.
- In the lower margin are the identifications of the different types of reptiles such as the spectacled snake, pelamis bicolor, crotalus horridus, python snake, etc.
- Chalcographic etching on steel, although another technique could have been used.
- Made in black monochrome, very well inked, centred with acceptable margins and with a good stamping.
- It is very important that the engraving has a distinctive mark, mark or contrast, in order to be able to identify data such as the engraver, the artist, the place where it was printed and other details.
Conservation and Damage:
- General condition Good.
- The engraving is on medium-thick paper of fair quality.
- The paper is somewhat dirty and has hardly any rust stains.
- The engraving has small tears and folds at the edges and tips.
- If a cleaning is applied to it, the result could be very acceptable.
Comments:
- Measurements are approximate.
- Ideal engraving as a decorative element.
- The tones of the colours of the photos are not equal to the tones of the real colours.
- The Engraving for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of it.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.
3717 - Engraving Zoology Plate 14 Gras & Cª. Reptiles, sn...