Roesel/Rosel 1749 Hand-Colored Natural History Print
Muscarum Atque Culicum - Tab. I
Additional description notes:This print is from a rare edition of "Der Monatlich Herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung”, published in Nurnberg between 1740 and 1755 in monthly installments. It is based on Rösel’s collection of insects. "Roesel also made the engravings of his drawings and, until his death in 1757, his 'loving and diligent spouse' contributed fine hand-coloring to the prints". Roesel died before the last volume could be published; however his son-in-law, Kleemann, attended to the complete the work. This monumental work has led Roesel to be known as the Father of German Entomology. The colored
plates are naturalistic correct documentation of these life forms, but at the same time reproduced with the artists supreme flair for composition,
colors and forms.
Augustus Iohannes Roesel von Rosenhof (1705-59) was a passionate observer of nature and mediator of fauna in microcosmos.
The hand-colored plates are nationalistically correct documentation of these
life forms, but at the same time reproduced with the artists supreme
flair for composition, colors and forms.
Artists and Engravers: Painter: Augustus Iohannes Roesel von
Rosenhof (1705-59) was a passionate observer of nature and mediator of
fauna in microcosmos.
Hand laid chain-linked paper - Nicely & Dramatically Watermarked
Very nice detail with hand-coloring- Typical period aging & handling wear
Size: Approximately 6" X 8"
Blank on Reverse
Condition: Excellent - Very Good - Good - Fair - Poor (but of historical interest)
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This is an Original Item - Not a Reproduction
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