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1657 BUFFALO Bison Bos Bull - Mammal - Matt. MERIAN Folio Handcolored Engraving

1657 BUFFALO Bison Bos Bull - Mammal - Matt. MERIAN Folio Handcolored Engraving

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Original copper engraving from: Historia Naturalis..., Published in Amsterdam in 1657.
FOLIO Leaf: 31 x 19 cm
 
Superb hand coloured copper engraving.
 
Matthäus Merian der Ältere (or "Matthew", "the Elder", or "Sr."; 22 September 1593 - 19 June 1650) was a Swiss-born engraver who worked in Frankfurt for most of his career, where he also ran a publishing house.
 
Born in Basel, Merian learned the art of copperplate engraving in Zürich. He next worked and studied in Strasbourg, Nancy, and Paris, before returning to Basel in 1615. The following year he moved to Frankfurt, Germany where he worked for the publisher Johann Theodor de Bry, who was the son of renowned engraver and traveler Theodor de Bry.
Original from 1657
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