Enthaltend 30 colorirte Blätter mit Abbildungen verschiedenartiger Gegenstände
A colour-plate picture book of 30 hand-coloured sheets issued by the Schreiber publishing house in 1840, probably German and aimed at young readers learning natural history. The plates show birds from several families, a stag, and owls and hawks, each drawn singly and set on a branch, stone or grassy ground against a plain pale page. A designer could borrow the tidy field-guide layout, the crisp outlines and the soft flat hand colour for botanical or wildlife graphics with a vintage feel.
