Antique Desert View of Mount Horeb, Arabia, Steel Engraving, circa 1850
€ 215
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
circa 1850
Mapmaker / artist
Engraved by L. Daut
Publisher
Bibliographisches Institut, Hildburghausen
Technique
Steel Engraving
Coloring
Uncolored
Condition
Good
Reference
BG-11671-105
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Handling soiling along the right and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Corners and edges are not shown by this scan. Clean, even paper tone in the margin.
About this sheet
A view of Mount Horeb in the desert of Sinai, an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, circa 1850. The caption below the image reads DER HOREB in der ARABISCHEN WÜSTE, that is, Horeb in the Arabian Desert.
A broad mountain rises at the center of the plate, its stepped rock faces lit by shafts of sunlight breaking through the clouds, with a small building set on its summit. A great mass of layered rock closes the view at the left, and lower ridges fall away at the right. Across the open valley floor in the foreground moves a caravan of camels with riders and men on foot carrying long poles, very small against the scale of the mountain.
The engraver's credit below the image at lower right reads L. Daut sc. Nbg. (L. Daut engraved it, Nuremberg). The imprint at lower left reads Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibliogr Instit. in Hildbh. (from the art works of the Bibliographisches Institut in Hildburghausen), and at lower right Eigenthum d. Verleger (property of the publishers).
The Hildburghausen imprint is that of Meyer's Universum, a serial collection of engraved views with descriptive text published by Joseph Meyer's Bibliographisches Institut at Hildburghausen from 1833, its plates engraved on steel. The sheet comes from a dealer's album rather than from a bound set. Horeb is the name the Bible uses in several books for the mountain of God where Moses received the Law, elsewhere called Sinai.
Handling soiling along the right and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Corners and edges are not shown by this scan. Clean, even paper tone in the margin.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
