Item #B32020F Vue de la Ville de Soleure du Cote du Midi vue d'optique with hand-colored copper plate engraving, text at bottom reads: Prospect der Stadt Solothurn von der Mittags-Siete/Vue de la Ville de Soleure du Cote du Midi. Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt, Engraver.
Vue de la Ville de Soleure du Cote du Midi vue d'optique with hand-colored copper plate engraving, text at bottom reads: Prospect der Stadt Solothurn von der Mittags-Siete/Vue de la Ville de Soleure du Cote du Midi

Vue de la Ville de Soleure du Cote du Midi vue d'optique with hand-colored copper plate engraving, text at bottom reads: Prospect der Stadt Solothurn von der Mittags-Siete/Vue de la Ville de Soleure du Cote du Midi

Augsburg: Academie Imperiale, ca. 1780. Unbound. Vue d'optique hand-colored copper plate engraving "Vue de la Ville de Soleure du Cote du Midi" by Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt, with text at bottom that reads: Prospect der Stadt Solothurn von der Mittags-Siete/Vue de la Ville de Soleure du Cote du Midi. Hand-colored image measures 16 1/8 x 10 5/8", while whole sheet measures 18 1/2 x 14". In VG condition with ink numbers to top of page, mild edgewear, general soil. Vue d'optique refers to a genre of etching popular during the second half of the 18th century and into the 19th. Vues d'optique were specifically developed to provide the illusion of depth when viewed through a zograscope, also known as an "optical diagonal machine" or viewers with similar functions. Very Good. Item #B32020F

Price: $191.00