ZOOLOGY - Cynology

ZOOLOGY - Cynology -

Private scrap album with 149 mounts, (partly) colored Original prints by Huet, Barlow, Hillegast/ Visscher, Wintter, Howit, Klein, de Bruyn, Potter, Roos, and others
, Germany, France, England and others, 17th-19th century folio (30.5 x 42.5 cm). Full marquee album with rich gold embossing and lid flap (restored capital, slightly rubbed
).
Contains representations of dog breeds, including numerous coloured plates from Götz's Dog Gallery (1st and 2nd edition), the famous pedigree of dogs from Buffons Histoire Naturelle, as well as various individual sheets from copperplate engraving series since the 17th century. Also depictions of farm animals (sheep and goats) and carnigans. - Few plates old removed, inner joints old reinforced, slightly browned, somewhat foxed in places (mostly straps). Several sheets with collection stamp in white ground. Numerous hs. Annotations on artists, engravers and originals.
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