• 1833 H.R. Schinz (b1777) - Forest TURTLE - Hand colour stone lithograph - Amphibians
  • 1833 H.R. Schinz (b1777) - Forest TURTLE - Hand colour stone lithograph - Amphibians
  • 1833 H.R. Schinz (b1777) - Forest TURTLE - Hand colour stone lithograph - Amphibians
1 3

Daniel Good Rare Books and Engravings

1833 H.R. Schinz (b1777) - Forest TURTLE - Hand colour stone lithograph - Amphibians

1833 H.R. Schinz (b1777) - Forest TURTLE - Hand colour stone lithograph - Amphibians

$351.00 NZD
$351.00 NZD
Sale Sold out
Taxes included. Shipping calculated at checkout.

Emys depressa. Forest Turtle.

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. 


View full details