Freshwater polyps II - Roesel Insecten-Belustigung 1755 Natural History Print

Description

British Parliament 1925 Vintage Lithograph
Roesel 1755 Hand-Colored Natural History Print
Original antique copperplate engraved print is from the supplement of Rösel von Rosenhof’s famous work "Insecten-Belustigung“ (Insect Entertainment), published by C.F.C. Kleemann & printed by Johann Joseph Fleischmann, Nuremberg, Germany, c1747-61:
Historie der Polypen und anderer kleiner Wasserinsecten (1755)
Historiae Polyporum. (History of the polyps) -- Several polyp species. Tab LXXX,
Freshwater
polyps
(II)
-
Rösel
was
the
ability
to
regenerate
its
polyps
fascinated
;
This
theme
permeates his
book
like
a
red
thread
and
makes
him
in between
,
to
leave
his
polyps
and
to
describe
several
types
of
worms
("Wasserschlänglein")
,
he
also
has
cut out
,
to
examine
their
regeneration ability
.
The
Hydras
slashed
it
first
across
and
watched
as
complete
animals
evolved
from
individual
parts
.
Then
he
told
them
in
longitudinal direction
,
and
incomplete
.
In
this
way
,
he
scored
animals
with
multiple
heads
or
feet
.
On
this
print
you can
see
left
below
a
polyp
,
the
Rösel
of
the
head
forth
into
three
strands
has
split
.
Two
strands
soon
grew
together
to
one
with
an
arm
to
sit
much
lower
than
the
others
.
The
third
strand
remained
separate
.
The
two
resulting
headboards
regenerated
after
their
tentacles wreath
completely
.
Lower
right corner
an
animal
at
the
head
and
foot sections
were
split
.
The
polyp
is a sessile, or non-mobile, organism; well-known solitary
polyps
are the
sea
anemone and the freshwater hydra.
Augustus Iohannes Roesel von Rosenhof (1705-59) was a passionate observer of nature and mediator of fauna in microcosmos. The hand-colored plates are nationalistically correct documentation of these life forms, but at the same time reproduced with the artists supreme flair for composition, colors and forms.
Hand laid, watermarked paper
Very nice detail with hand-coloring-
Typical age defects - Really nice
Size
: Approximately 6" X 8"
Blank on Reverse
Condition
:
Excellent
-
Very Good
-
Good
-
Fair
-
Poor (but of historical interest)
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