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	Attractive hand colored lithographs by Carl Joseph Brodtmann, issued in 1827, as part of Heinrich R. Schinz’s series of illustrations for his Naturhistorische Abbildungen der Saugethiere ( Natural History of Mammals). Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777-1861) was educated in Zurich Switzerland and studied medicine in Würzburg and Jena. He returned to Zurich in 1798 as a physician. In 1804, Schinz became a teacher at the Medical Institute and after the establishment of the university in Zurich in 1833 he became a Professor of Natural History. He served several posts for the Natural History Society of Zurich including, secretary, board member and curator. Schinz produced a popular series of illustrations on natural history between 1824 and 1852 titled, Naturhistorische Abbildungen der Saugethiere ( Natural History of Mammals) on humans, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish, the Natural History of Mammals. Carl Joseph Brodtmann lithographed the plates. Carl Joseph Brodtmann (1787-1862) was one of the most accomplished Swiss lithographers of the day, as well as a print and bookseller who lived in Zurich and Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Brodtmann's lithographs were richly detailed, accurately and beautifully composed. In a time when antique prints of animals were often exaggerated, Brodtmann captured the beauty and personality of his subjects.

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