Glanzender Eteils
| Reference: | S43513 |
| Author | Heinrich Rudolf Schinz |
| Year: | 1836 |
| Printed: | Leipzig |
| Measures: | 210 x 290 mm |
€80.00
| Reference: | S43513 |
| Author | Heinrich Rudolf Schinz |
| Year: | 1836 |
| Printed: | Leipzig |
| Measures: | 210 x 290 mm |
€80.00
Description
Lithograph depicting different species of fish from the famous naturalistic treatise NATURGESCHICHTE UND ABBILDUNGEN DER FISCHE. NACH DEN NEUESTEN SYSTEMEN BEARBEITET. NACH DER NATUR UND DEN VORZUEGLICHSTEN ORIGINALEN GEZEIRHNET UND LITHOGRAPHIRT VON K.J. BRODTMANN by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, printed in Leipzig in 1836.
Illustrated work with 97 beautiful off-text plates, lithographed by Brodtmann, illustrating 326 species of fish.
Heinrich Rudolf Schinz was a respected physician and naturalist. Born in Zurich, he studied medicine at Wurzburg and Jena, later returning to Zurich to practice medicine in 1798. In 1804, Schinz became a teacher at the Medical Institute, and in 1833 became professor of natural history at the University of Zurich. He was also curator of the Natural History Society of Zurich. Between 1824 and 1852, Schinz produced a series of illustrated books on natural history, featuring humans, birds, mammals, amphibians, and fish. This publication on fish, called “Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen Der Fische”, was published in Leipzig, Germany in 1836 and was lithographed by Karl Brodtmann, one of the most prominent lithographers of the time.
Prints from this publication are finely detailed, and feature excellent original hand coloring.
Bibliografia
Cfr. Nissen,ZBI,3670 - Cat. of The British Museum (Natural History),IV, p. 1835.
Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (Zurigo 1777 - 1861)
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Heinrich Rudolf Schinz was a respected physician and naturalist. Born in Zurich, he studied medicine at Wurzburg and Jena, later returning to Zurich to practice medicine in 1798. In 1804, Schinz became a teacher at the Medical Institute, and in 1833 became professor of natural history at the University of Zurich. He was also curator of the Natural History Society of Zurich. Between 1824 and 1852, Schinz produced a series of illustrated books on natural history, featuring humans, birds, mammals, amphibians, and fish. This publication on fish, called “Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen Der Fische”, was published in Leipzig, Germany in 1836 and was lithographed by Karl Brodtmann, one of the most prominent lithographers of the time.
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Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (Zurigo 1777 - 1861)
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Heinrich Rudolf Schinz was a respected physician and naturalist. Born in Zurich, he studied medicine at Wurzburg and Jena, later returning to Zurich to practice medicine in 1798. In 1804, Schinz became a teacher at the Medical Institute, and in 1833 became professor of natural history at the University of Zurich. He was also curator of the Natural History Society of Zurich. Between 1824 and 1852, Schinz produced a series of illustrated books on natural history, featuring humans, birds, mammals, amphibians, and fish. This publication on fish, called “Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen Der Fische”, was published in Leipzig, Germany in 1836 and was lithographed by Karl Brodtmann, one of the most prominent lithographers of the time.
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