Die vorweltliche Flora der Schweiz
Die vorweltliche Flora der Schweiz is a palaeobotany monograph by Oswald Heer, published in 1876 by Verlag von J. Wuster & Comp, aimed at scientists and students of fossil plants. Its plates show fossil leaves and stems of Swiss prehistoric flora drawn as pale sepia lithographs on cream paper, each plate labelled with figure numbers and Latin names. A designer might take the fine, orderly arrangement of specimens on a page, the branching fern-like fronds, and the restrained brown-and-cream palette for natural history layouts.
