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Johann Frisch's Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes...
These fine prints are from Johann Frisch’s work Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes und beyläufig auch einiger Fremden published in Berlin in 1733-1763. The plates were engraved by Frisch’s sons Ferdinand Helfreich and Philipp Jakob. The birds featured in the work were divided into twelve classes with 307 figures featured in total. Frisch was a theologian, naturalist, and philogist. He is also noted for discovering Prussian blue and planting Mulberry trees around the walls of Berlin which produced over 100 pounds of silk. The prints available here are beautiful hand-colored engravings.