Original hand-colored engraving c. 1858.
Measures 8.25" x 13" overall.
Good condition! Slight toning and chipping along the edges. Reinforced with linen tape.
About the artist:
Johann Gottlob von Kurr (1798-1870) was a German pharmacist and naturalist, making contributions in the fields of botany and mineralogy.
He worked for several years as a pharmacist, then later studied medicine and surgery at the University of Tübingen, where in he received doctorates for both disciplines in 1832. From 1832 to 1870, he taught classes in natural history at the vocational school in Stuttgart. In 1828 he traveled to Norway, where he collected numerous botanical and mineralogical specimens. Later in his career, he performed investigations in the Swabian Alb with geologist Leopold von Buch and botanist Gustav Schübler.
