Antique Print-FIRE SALAMANDER-NEWT-OLM-Schubert-1878

Price: € 62,50

Subject: Plate VI: 'Amphibien oder Lurche.' (a: Fire salamander - b: Great crested newt or Warty newt - c: Olm or proteus - d: Greater siren.)

Condition: Good, given age. Ample margins, central fold as published. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Original line lithograph and chromolithographic colouring on a vellin type paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 41.5 x 32 cm. The image size is ca. 36 x 31 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 16.3 x 12.6 inch. The image size is ca. 14.2 x 12.2 inch.

Part Number: 16259

Location: E46-37

Description: This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from: 'Naturgeschichte des Thier-, Pflanzen- & Mineralreichs in colorirten Bildern nebsterlï¿½uterndem Text.', with introductions by G.H. von Schubert, published in Esslingen, Germany by J.F. Schreiber, c. 1878. These plates were intended for 'Anschauungsunterricht fï¿½r die Jugend in Schulen und Familien.' (translation: Visual learning for youth in schools and families.)

Artists and Engravers: Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780-1860) was a German physician and naturalist.