Microscope Observations: Spider Web & Belgian Lace - 1807 Bertuch Engraving

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British Parliament 1925 Vintage Lithograph
Microscope Observations: Spider web & Belgian Lace  - 1807 Bertuch Engraving
Observations under the microscope: the regular precision of a spider's cobweb 1, and the irregular needlework of a Belgian lacemaker 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1807.
Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famous for his 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
1807 Scientific Print
(Printed in Germany on laid paper)
These are getting harder and harder to find.
Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch was a German publisher and patron of the arts. He co-founded the Fürstliche freie Zeichenschule Weimar with the painter Georg Melchior Kraus in 1776. He was the father of the writer and journalist Karl Bertuch.
Size
: Approximately 10" X 7.5"
Blank on Reverse
Fairly nice with usual wear & age
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