Bidspirit auction | HERZ, Johann Daniel

HERZ, Johann Daniel - Natura Artis studio feliciter representata .... Gründlich und vollkommene Anweisung zum Zeichnen und kunstmässige völlige Ausarbeitung Menschlicher Statur Männlich u. Weiblichen Geschlechts von der Kind heit bis in das hohe Alter [...]. Augspurg 1723 6 parts in 1 vol. in folio oblong (23 x 37 cm), series of 70 engraved plates with anatomical illustrations, engraved by Johann Daniel Herz, some after Abraham Bloemaert or other artists. The title-engraving is pasted on the front cover (soiled). Each part has a half-title and is about a different body-part, such as the faces, the hands, the feet, the legs, the back... At the end followed by: ”Dritter Theil des in Contorno bestehenden Zeichnungs-Büchlein” also from Johann Daniel HERZ, with an engraved title and 11 copper engravings. Well thumbed, some stains and creases. Cardboard binding Not in Berliner Ornamentstichkatalog ; Thieme/Becker XVI, 567 mentions only 3 parts