Bidspirit auction | Gervais & Reichenbach - 4

Gervais & Reichenbach - 4 Parrot Prints - One Engraving from Le Jardin Des Plantes : This originally hand-colored parrot engraving is from Paul-Jean-Louis Gervais's Le Jardin Des Plantes - Complete, historical and picturesque description of the Natural History Museum, the menagerie, the greenhouses, the mineralogy and anatomy galleries, and the Swiss valley . The work was published in Paris by Leon Curmer between 1842 and 1843. Three Lithographs from Die Naturgeschichte... : This lovely natural history lithograph is Anton Benedict Reichenbach's Die Naturgeschichte in getreuen Abbildungen mit Detailer Beschreibung derselben . The work was published between 1831 and 1840 in Halberstadt, Germany by C. Bruggemann and Pest, O. Wigand et al. Anton Benedict Reichenbach (1807-1880) was a German theologian and teacher of natural history and wrote works on scientific topics. Provenance: Ex-libris Waldemar Schwalbe Paper Size: ~ 6 5/8” by 10”; ~ 6 1/4” by 10” Paper Type or Special Features: Originally Hand-colored Engraving Color Lithograph