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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 81155, member: 33"]The tan coloration that is not on the outer edges of the paper seems a bit unusual to me. I've looked at some versions online and haven't found that in any of them. But of course they do not always show the image all the way to the edge of the paper.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be really hard to evaluate something like this through photos, especially when they are still framed with glass over them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The images I've seen online do not have text saying who the printer, engraver, etc. were. I noted that prints from the first and third editions often have text bleeding through from the back. Or so says this page, which I think you may have seen already: <a href="https://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/nathist/botanical/beslerinv/beslerinv.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/nathist/botanical/beslerinv/beslerinv.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/nathist/botanical/beslerinv/beslerinv.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yours don't appear to have that, although he does indicate that they don't always have that.</p><p><br /></p><p>You might want to have an expert look at these to make sure. What do you mean that the prints look too neat and clean to be from the 1700s? I may be misunderstanding, but I find that botanical engravings from that period are often printed very precisely. You might have meant something else by "neat and clean," though.</p><p><br /></p><p>My main concern is the dual coloration of the paper (tan with white edges). I can't tell in the photos whether or not I think they are original. It's good to see plate marks, although I suppose those could be faked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 81155, member: 33"]The tan coloration that is not on the outer edges of the paper seems a bit unusual to me. I've looked at some versions online and haven't found that in any of them. But of course they do not always show the image all the way to the edge of the paper. It would be really hard to evaluate something like this through photos, especially when they are still framed with glass over them. The images I've seen online do not have text saying who the printer, engraver, etc. were. I noted that prints from the first and third editions often have text bleeding through from the back. Or so says this page, which I think you may have seen already: [URL]https://www.georgeglazer.com/prints/nathist/botanical/beslerinv/beslerinv.html[/URL] Yours don't appear to have that, although he does indicate that they don't always have that. You might want to have an expert look at these to make sure. What do you mean that the prints look too neat and clean to be from the 1700s? I may be misunderstanding, but I find that botanical engravings from that period are often printed very precisely. You might have meant something else by "neat and clean," though. My main concern is the dual coloration of the paper (tan with white edges). I can't tell in the photos whether or not I think they are original. It's good to see plate marks, although I suppose those could be faked.[/QUOTE]
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