April 17, 2024
L83 ANTIQUE FRAMED RARE BLOCH HAND COLORED COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING - FISH STUDY
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LOT # 83 Detailed Photos Estate Road Show L83 ANTIQUE FRAMED RARE BLOCH HAND COLORED COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING - FISH STUDY Item Description We are pleased to offer this Antique Framed Rare Original Bloch Hand Colored Fish Study Copperplate Engraving. From the finest ichthyology color plate set ever produced, a monumental and beautiful work that continued to be a primary reference for the naturalists into the 19th century and is still admired today for its sumptuous illustrations. The plates reproduce the bright natural coloring of the fish, some of which were heightened with gold, silver or bronze to imitate the metallic sheen of scales. Professionally framed and matted. Measures 26.75 x 19.5 in the Frame. Marcus Elieser Bloch was born in Anspach, Germany, and began his career as a doctor in Berlin. Later in life, at the age of 56, he turned to the study of fish. Following the practice of other naturalists during the Enlightenment, he collected specimens locally and through correspondence, and involved himself with a network of scholarly contacts in Central Europe. His first scientific work of importance won him a prize from the Academy of Copenhagen. This was followed by his pioneering major work on fish, Icthyologie, or histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere, in which he described over 200 species for the first time accompanied
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