Set of 2 Antique Fish Prints - Conger Eel - Pacific Cutlassfish - Sand Eel, 1832

€ 260

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1832
Sheet size: 11 × 18 cm (4.3 × 7.1 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-13292-1-14 & BG-13292-1-29

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

Wear consistent with age and use. General age-related toning, some wear and soiling. Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

Set of two original antique fish prints. Conger eel, Conger conger 65 and European eel, Anguilla anguilla 66. Pacific cutlassfish, Trichiurus lepturus 71, and sand eel, Ammodytes tobianus 72.

These prints originate from 'Unterhaltungen aus der Naturgeschichte: Der Fische erster Theil, Volume 5' by Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm. Published 1832. Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758 – 1811) was a Protestant pastor and natural history writer, and the son of Christian Art Wilhelm, an art dealer and publisher in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.

These engravings are from the fish section of Wilhelm’s monumental 25 volume work on Natural History. Published from 1777 through to the 1800s, with a total of 1469 exquisite illustrations by the renowned engravers of Augsburg’s famous print empire, once known as the European Image Factory.