Red Sea – Fish, Eight Species of, in natural size and numerous partly enlarged details. Colored stipple by August Friedrich Schmidt (I or II), Berlin, after Finzi, 4 of which transferred by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. (1828/29.) Inscribed: I. II. VII. VIII Dr. Ehrenberg reliqua Finzi ad viv. pinxerunt. / Schmidt sculpsit. 41.3 x 28.2 cm.
ZOOLOGICA I PISCES IX. – From Ehrenberg’s ( “belongs to the most important naturalist of the century”, ADB ) Symbolae physicae devoted North Africa + West Asia. – Typograph. watermark. “Gr. Real”. – On wove paper by H. Oeser, Basel, uncut on 3 sides. – Impeccably fresh.
Omobranchus fasciolatus / Salarias ornatus / Blennius Dama / Gobius pavonimus / Cryptocentrus fasciatus / Oplopomus pulcher / Priolepis auriga / Priolepis mica .
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„ heute kam das Paket – vielen Dank für die excellente Verpackung. Das Bild ist wirklich sehr schön … Wir freuen uns auf Ihre (weitere) Nachricht. Herzliche Grüße aus F. “
(Herr + Frau T. C., 13. Mai 2002)