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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lithographer, post: 4341225, member: 13308&quot;]I took a little trip down to West Lafayette this weekend to visit some friends and do some antiquing. On the way home I stopped at a LaPorte antique shop and bought this engraving by Kasper Merian for $8.00. The image is 6 1/4&quot; by 4 3/4&quot;, the plate mark slightly larger. The paper looks to me like handmade laid paper. If you do a google search on &quot; Prosp. de la Porte Conference a Paris &quot; you will find an example of the engraving as well as the book it came from. Doing some searching I was not able to find any evidence that restrikes were made of this print. I did find reproductions of a different size and print technique. I would welcome any thoughts on whether people think is original or not, I would recommend comparing it to the example and looking at the various unique marks made by the plate. It pains me to think that someone hacked up that beautiful book. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[ATTACH=full]358612[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]358613[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]358614[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]358615[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]358616[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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