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[Spotted Eagles]; Aquila Naevia, Briss., Schrei-Adler

[Print] RIESENTHAL & FISCHER: Chromolithograph

Cassel, Cassel: Verlag von Th. Fischer, 1894. O. v. Riesenthal. Second Edition. Leaf. Large folio (37 x 27.4 cms), chromolithograph, hand-finished, signed by O. v. Riesenthal in the plate and chromolithographed by Theodor Fischer; one of 60 plates from Die Raubvögel Deutschlands und des angrenzenden Mitteleuropas Darstellung und Beschreibung der in Deutschland und dem angrenzenden Miteleuropa vorkommenden Raubvögel (1894). Fine. Item #287

Very Fine chromolithograph of a male and female spotted eagle perched on a tree limb.

Julius Adolf Oskar Riesenthal (1830-1898) was a prominent engraver; Theodor Fischer, an excellent chromolithographer. One of 60 very clean hand-colored chromolithographic plates after Riesenthal by Th. Fischer. The sixty plates depict the birds in a natural setting, typically at one-third life size.

Schwerdt II, pp. 135-136 (for 1876 first ed.); Ayer/Zimmer 525; Copenhagen/Anker 422; Fine Bird Books 102 for first edition; Nissen IVB 782; Nissen SVB 407

[Note: we grade conservatively and endeavor to identify any defects that might affect overall quality and price.].

Price: $145.00