1798 BERTUCH PIC BOOK HC 09/016 Cougar, Spotted Hyena

1798 BERTUCH PIC BOOK HC 09/016 Cougar, Spotted Hyena (image 1/1)
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Friedrich Justin Bertuch Bilderbuch für Kinder Picture book for children published 1790 - 1830 Johann Friedrich Justin Bertuch was born in Weimar on September 30th, 1747. After attending the college in Weimar, he studied theology at the university in Jena, but soon decided to switch to law-school. In 1773 Bertuch returned to Weimar and started to work for a journal called “Teutscher Merkur”. In the beginning 90ies, he received the princely privilege to put his plans into practise, i.e. to found his “Industrie Comptoir”. In this Industry he was able to combine all his different undertakings and at times employed up to 600 workers. At the same time Bertuch used this growing potential of highly qualified workers for his publishing efforts including his famous “Picture-Book for Children”. He died April 3rd, 1822 in Weimar. Size: approx. 9.4" x 7.5" / 24 cm x 19 cm Special Features: Original handcoloring Descriptive Text: German and French Rarity: Rare (one of 3000 copies produced) Condition: light soiling vol. 9 plate 16: Cougar, Spotted Hyena All our prints are guaranteed to be antique. We don't sell reproductions. You can save shipping costs by combining multiple auctions. Please send us a short email and we will put the prints on hold and combine them with future auctions. We accept PayPal and bank transfer. We kindly ask read more
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