COLLECTION OF TWO 19TH/20TH CENTURY CHROMOLITHOS OF ALEXANDER REICHERT BIRD EGG SPECIMENS ALONG WITH A THIRD ENGLISH,Published F. Eugen Kohler, 1896-1905. Two matted, of the period chromolithographs by F. Eugen Kohler, after Alexander Reichert of eggs in the collection of Eugene Rey. From the volume Naturgeschichte der Vogel Mitteleuropas, by Johann Andreas Naumann. The third, smaller chromolitho printed by Brumby & Clark, London from a different publication and sized a bit smaller.
Two matted period chromolithos consisting of Plate 400, depicting thirty egg specimens (#62451.1) and Plate 398,depicting nineteen egg specimens (#62452.1), both Alexander Reichert; and and a third Plate #XII, depicting eighteen eggs (#62453.1). The smallest chromolitho, Plate XII, measuring 12" high x 9" wide; the larger ones measuring 15 5/8" high x 11 1/8" wide.
Estimate $100-150
Provenance: The Old Print Gallery, Washington, DC.
