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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 9547196, member: 56&quot;]I can&#039;t tell if they are engravings or decorative reproductions.&nbsp; The originals were engravings (and this may be).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s &quot;Le Dindon&quot; with some information:</p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/art/prints-works-on-paper/figurative-prints-works-on-paper/carl-guttenberg-le-dindon-etching-carl-guttenberg-1771/id-a_12879862/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/art/prints-works-on-paper/figurative-prints-works-on-paper/carl-guttenberg-le-dindon-etching-carl-guttenberg-1771/id-a_12879862/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/art/prints-works-on-paper/figurative-prints-works-on-paper/carl-guttenberg-le-dindon-etching-carl-guttenberg-1771/id-a_12879862/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re likely both from the same source: Histoire naturelle, gènèrale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi</p><p><br /></p><p>This was a series of books produced over a long period of time in the 18th C.&nbsp; Many engravers were involved in the project, but Jacques de Sève seems to have been the artist who supplied most of the imagery for those others to engrave.</p><p><br /></p><p>De Seve is Jacques de Sève (fl. 1742–1788). He created the design.</p><p><br /></p><p>C G Guttenberg is Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (1743-1790).&nbsp; He was the engraver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Le Grand is probably Louis Le Grand (another engraver), but the date seems too late for the Louis Le Grand you will most easily find on line.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coloring was probably done by hand, but could have been done at any time.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the question is:&nbsp; are they repros or originals?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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