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<p>[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 81440, member: 118"]Took one out of the frame. The print's sheet is laid over cardboard so no way to check the verso for printed text. Something I hate to see, the print is adhered to the mats. Why people do that?</p><p><br /></p><p>I do think there are impression plate marks, from matrix or faked, I can't tell.</p><p><br /></p><p>Asides from being hand colored, seems like there is additional <i>enhancement</i> with paint.</p><p><br /></p><p>The plate size is about 16 1/4" x 19 1/4" and the sheet (which seems trimmed so not sure if that is the full original size) is approx. 21 1/4" x 24 1/2".</p><p><br /></p><p>According to </p><p><a href="https://www.bergbook.com/htdocs/Besler.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bergbook.com/htdocs/Besler.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.bergbook.com/htdocs/Besler.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>there was " a further edition about 1750 was published, again with text on the versos, the original copper-plates had been re-engraved (overworked) for this edition, because many of plates were already quite used up. For this edition paper with wide unusual margins was used"</p><p><br /></p><p>By margins, they mean the unprinted area between the plate mark and the edge of the sheet or the space between the image and the lower edge of the plate?</p><p><br /></p><p>Over here</p><p><a href="http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/besler-basil/iris-latifolia/102833.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/besler-basil/iris-latifolia/102833.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/besler-basil/iris-latifolia/102833.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>they say "This print is most likely from the 1713 third edition, printed on somewhat coarser paper, with contemporary or near-contemporary hand-coloring"</p><p><br /></p><p>Contemporary coloring?</p><p><img src="http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/a_zpsz1drw6t6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/e_zpsuztr64dx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/H_zps0tqe2ja9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/G_zps4i9mv6wm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/I_zps2efc3jmb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/L_zps65b3fgr0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/M_zpsdaexcetn.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/N_zps9llcdynb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 81440, member: 118"]Took one out of the frame. The print's sheet is laid over cardboard so no way to check the verso for printed text. Something I hate to see, the print is adhered to the mats. Why people do that? I do think there are impression plate marks, from matrix or faked, I can't tell. Asides from being hand colored, seems like there is additional [I]enhancement[/I] with paint. The plate size is about 16 1/4" x 19 1/4" and the sheet (which seems trimmed so not sure if that is the full original size) is approx. 21 1/4" x 24 1/2". According to [URL]https://www.bergbook.com/htdocs/Besler.html[/URL] there was " a further edition about 1750 was published, again with text on the versos, the original copper-plates had been re-engraved (overworked) for this edition, because many of plates were already quite used up. For this edition paper with wide unusual margins was used" By margins, they mean the unprinted area between the plate mark and the edge of the sheet or the space between the image and the lower edge of the plate? Over here [URL]http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/besler-basil/iris-latifolia/102833.aspx[/URL] they say "This print is most likely from the 1713 third edition, printed on somewhat coarser paper, with contemporary or near-contemporary hand-coloring" Contemporary coloring? [IMG]http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/a_zpsz1drw6t6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/e_zpsuztr64dx.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/H_zps0tqe2ja9.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/G_zps4i9mv6wm.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/I_zps2efc3jmb.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/L_zps65b3fgr0.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/M_zpsdaexcetn.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1049.photobucket.com/albums/s397/imaginara/N_zps9llcdynb.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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