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Coluber Aesculapii, Coluber Naja: Brodtmann 1814

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  • Title: Coluber Aesculapii, Coluber Naja
  • Author: Karl Brodtmann
  • Date: 1814
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
  • Condition: Very Good Plus
  • Inches: 16 x 13 [Image]
  • Centimeters: 40 x 33 [Image]
  • Product ID: 307007

Hand-colored lithograph of a false coral snake and an Indian cobra by Karl Joseph Brodtmann (1787-1862), one of the most accomplished lithographers of the early-nineteenth century. Born in the city of Überlingen near the German-Swiss border, Brodtmann worked for much of his career in Zurich and Schaffhausen, Switzerland. He produced numerous hand-colored volumes of images related to natural history which served as instructional resources for bio- and zoologists. Brodtmann's lithographs also became sought-after collectibles for the aristocracy, a fact which attests to both the great beauty as well as the scientific accuracy of his work.