Lemming-Hamster-Vole-Mole Rat 1790s Schmuzer Hand Colored Copper Engraving

Description

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ollared lemming, sandy mole rat, grey hamster, Russian dwarf hamster, Tibetan dwarf hamster, Northern mole vole, cape mole rat ,Mus hudsonius, Mus arenarius, Mus phaeus, Mus songarus, Mus furunculus, Mus talpinus, Mus capensis
1790s Schmuzer Hand Colored Copper Print
SUBJECT/TOPIC:
Hand-colored copper plate print. Color is excellent but does not always get captured in scan.
Schmuzer copper prints are some of the best.
A tiny paper thin above Fig 6 - Print has
typical
handling & age faults ;  actually quite nice condition; Inspect photo.
NOTE: The picture not capture the fine detail in this print. Line engravings, when scanned, introduce exaggerated artifacts.  Lettering is very legible, it just did not photograph well. The depression from the plate causes a shading when scanned, which is not really present.
PUBLISHED DATE
1790s
ENGRAVER/ARTIST
Jacob Xaver Schmuzer (1713-1775)
SOURCE
It is a nice hand-colored copper plate print. It is by Jacob Xaver Schmuzer.  It is on watermarked laid paper and hand-colored. It is from the monumental multivolume work of Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758-1811), Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte (Discourse of Natural History), c1700s, published over several decades..
NOTES
Reverse is blank.
IMAGE SIZE: approx
Various
PRINT (PAGE) SIZE: approx
8 X 10 INCHES
CONDITION
Nice color; exceptional detail;
typical wear
INSPECT PHOTO.
TYPE INFO
Original color print
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Condition
:
See photo.
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