Brehms Tierleben
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Brehms Tierleben is a scientific reference book, first published in the 1860s by Alfred Edmund Brehm. It was one of the first modern popular zoological treatises. First published in German as a six vo
Fontispiece from a reprint volume of the second edition
A Chironectes minimus sketch from Brehms Tierleben
August Specht
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August Specht was a German natural history artist and painter. He was a pupil of Heinrich Läpple and Albert Kappis. In 1898 he published Specht's Tierbilder-Buch with descriptions in verse of the depi
Galápagos tortoises in Hamburg Zoo - Illustration for "Die Gartenlaube"
"Schimmel mit Zaumzeug frisst aus dem Gemüsewagen/Grey in harness feeding from vegetable cart"