Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (2)
Mammals

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    The hand colored lithographs below are cut from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz classic Naturhistorische Abbildungen
der Säugthiere  (Illustrated Natural History of Mammals), lithographed by Carl Joseph Brotdmann, and published in Zurich/Switzerland, 1824Species are typically identified in German, Latin, and French.

Heinrich Rudolf Schinz  was born in Zurich, where he practiced medicine and taught at the medical instutute after completing his studies in Würzburg and Jena.  In 1833, he became a professor of natural history at the University of Zurich.  Shinz also served as curator of the Zurich Natural History Society.  He published a number of poplular illustrated books on natural history, including Das Thierreich (1821-4), Naturgeschichte und Abildungen der Reptilien (1833-4), and Europäsche Fauna (1840).  The plates were lithographed by Carl Joseph Brodtmann, one of the most highly regarded lithographers of the day.

 
Size:  9 x 12.5 inches
 


Name
Price
Condition

quagga

BROD-114
Quagga
Equus quagga

Asiatic Wild Ass/Burro
Equus hemionius

75.00
Excellent

zebras


BROD-115
Mountain Zebras
Equus montanus


Equus zebra

95.00
Excellent

french horse

BROD-112
French Horse
100.00
Excellent

german farmhorses

BROD-144

German Farmhorses
100.00
Excellent

hungarian horses
BROD-140
Hungarian Horses
100.00
Excellent

russian horses

BROD-108

Russian and Polish Horses
100.00
Excellent

tatar horse

BROD-102

Tartar Horse
100.00
Excellent

ainos

BROD-12

Ainos of Jesso Island
100.00
Excellent

japanese
BROD-10
 Japanese in Various Costume
100.00
Excellent

tripoli

BROD-18

Tripoli Costumes
100.00
Excellent

abyssinians

BROD-03

Abyssinians
100.00
Excellent -

kamchatka

BROD-03b

Inhabitants of Kamchatka
65.00
Very Good -

omai
BROD-04
Omai

Tahitian Prince
75.00
Very Good

guebe warrior

BROD-19


Guebe Warrior

Indonesia
100.00
Excellent-

chinese

BROD-06

Chinese
100.00
Excellent

chinese mandarins

BROD-07


Upper-Class
Chinese

100.00
Excellent-

vietnamese mandarins

BROD-08

Vietnamese Mandarins
100.00
Excellent-

carteret

BROD-30

Native from Hafen Carteret
40.00
Excellent

camacans

BROD-33

Group of Camacans
40.00 Excellent

coroados

BROD-36

Drinking Festival of the Coroados
40.00 Excellent -

new ireland

BROD-32

Inhabitants of New Ireland
40.00 Excellent

ombai

BROD-08A

Natives of Ombai
40.00 Excellent

tahiti

BROD-31

Inhabitrants of Tahiti and Waigiu
40.00 Excellent
How to Order


The hand colored lithographs below are cut from Heinrich Rudolf Schinz classic Monographien der Saugethiere (Monograph on theMammals), lithographed by Onrad Kull, and published in Zurich/Switzerland, 1848.

Size: 9 x 12.25 inches

Name
Price
Condition

warthog

BROD-K2

Warthog

Phacochoerus aelianai

Sold
Excellent

sus barbatus

BROD-K3

Bearded Pig

Sus barbatus

65.00
Excellent

two hyrax

BROD-K1H

Hyrax

Hyrax capensis
Hyrax syriacus

65.00
Excellent

hyrax

BROD-K2H

Hyrax

Hyrax ruficeps
Hyrax capensis

65.00
Excellent

zebra

BROD-K03

Zebra

Zebra-Donkey Hybrid

75.00
Excellent

elephant

BROD-K02

African Elephant
Sold
Excellent -
How to Order


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