Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes nose and mouth with some wear and paint

with some wear and paint loss to the bottom of the paws

this one just a little watercolor sketch

Two eyes  were simply carved out

) staple repairs than this

Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes nose and mouth with some wear and paintThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawing on watermarked laidone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, c. 1800. Photos do no justice to the real thing. I would guess they were the original drawings after which engravings were then made for a zoological volume. I find it, and all of them, extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing