Antique Original from 1833 2024 H. Schinz (1777-1861) PIKE Garfish Bagre - Hand colour stone lithograph

Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777-1861) (editor)
Karl Joseph Brodtmann (1787-1862) (lithographer) 
Hand coloured Stone lithograph ‘Crayon Manier” from Naturgeschichte und Abildungen der Reptilien
[Natural History and Illustrations of Reptiles] 
Schaffhausen: 1833 
Hand-colored lithographs 
32 x 23.6 cm [c. 13 x 9 inches]
Extremely rare.
Schinz's work on Amphibians and Reptiles combine scientific accuracy and a sophisticated aesthetic sense in terms of the arrangements of animals on each page. The plates are lithographed by Karl Joseph Brodtmann, one of the most accomplished Swiss lithographers of the day. 
 
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