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Optical View Depicting a Scene with Fireworks, Subtitled in Four Languages, 1765

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Antique print titled 'Pyrotechnicae repraesentationis splendidissimae typus'. Optical view depicting a scene with fireworks (probably on the occasion of the coronation of the German emperor Joseph II (1741-1790) in 1765). With Latin, French, Italian and German caption. Artists and Engravers: Georg Balthasar Probst (1732 - 1801) was a German artist, engraver and publisher in Augsburg. Condition: Good, some creasing. General age-related toning, please study image carefully.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.57 in (37 cm)Width: 20.08 in (51 cm)Depth: 0 in (0.02 mm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Period:
    1760-1769
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1765
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Langweer, NL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BG-11401 1stDibs: LU3054326844662

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