Bertuch Collection (page 4)

Domesticated horse and dziggetai
Domesticated horse, Equus ferus caballus 2, and dziggetai or Gobi khulan, Equus hemionus luteus 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Christian Wilhelm Waitz from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur

Opium poppy and Cretan milk-vetch
Opium poppy with seedpod, Papaver somniferum 1, and Cretan milk-vetch, Astracantha cretica 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Coffee and sugar cane plants
Coffee tree with ripe fruit, Coffea arabica 1, and sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Ostrich, cassowary, extinct dodo and penguins
Ostrich, Struthio camelus, cassowary, Struthio casuarius, extinct dodo, Raphus cucullatus, and species of penguin. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Dutchmans pipe and asarabacca
Dutchmans pipe, Aristolochia macrophylla 1 and asarabacca, Asarum europaeum 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Vertical section of the cave at Gailenreuth, Germany
Vertical section of the cave at Gailenreuth, near Muggendorf, Germany, after William Buckland, and entrance to the cave below

View of the city of Cairo, Egypt, with its
View of the city of Cairo on the River Nile, Egypt, with its mosques, churches and synagogues, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz after Cooke from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

View of the River Thames and the Tower of London, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Asian palm civet and African civet
Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 1 and African civet, Civettictis civetta 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Workers harvesting pink salt from the salt lakes near Perekop, Crimea, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, 1821
View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, with 2, 700 inhabitants in 400 homes, 1821. Showing the government building, school, church, prison, battery and telegraph signals

Smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris: female 1, male 2, female depositing eggs on an aquatic leaf 3, egg 4, development of the young 5-12

Asian fairy-bluebird and racket-tailed treepie
Asian fairy-bluebird, Irena puella, male 1, female 2, and racket-tailed treepie, Crypsirina temia 3. Copied from Horsfelds Zoological Researches in Java

View of the Himalayan mountains. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Temple of Olympian Zeus, Arch of Hadrian
Modern Athens built from the ruins of ancient Athens, 1800. View from the south-east showing the Temple of Olympian Zeus and its three columns in the foreground, the Arch of Hadrian

American black bear and brown bear
American black bear, Ursus americanus 1, and brown bear, Ursus arctos 2. Copied from illustrations by Louis Chloris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by A

Diving bell with two divers on board, circa 1820. An improved version of Edmond Halleys diving bell, this hermetically sealed diving chamber was supplied by air through a copper pipe from

Cowslip, Primula veris, and scarlet pimpernel
Cowslip, Primula veris 1, and scarlet pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Dugong and Amazonian manatee
Dugong, Dugong dugon, vulnerable 1 and Amazonian manatee, Trichechus inunguis, vulnerable 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Natural history of cloud formations
Natural history of clouds: cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, nimbus, etc. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Interior and entrance to the Church of
Interior (left) and entrance (right) to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Native American gaucho on horseback using bolas or boleadoras to hunt ostrich on the pampas in South America. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

Egyptian goat, doe and kid, Capra aegagrus hircus. Copied from St. Hilaire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Plan and entrance to the Labyrinth caves of Crete
Plan of the underground caves near Agioi-Deka, Gortyn, Crete, and entrance to the caves. Believed to be the site of the mythical Labyrinth by Charles Robert Cockerell

Milan Cathedral, exterior and interior views
Milan Cathedral or Duomo di Milano, exterior and interior views, circa 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Buddhist Temple of Borobudur, Java, Indonesia, circa 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Abu Simbel rock temples in Nubia, southern Egypt
Abu Simbel rock temples to Pharaoh Ramesses II and his queen Nefertiti, Nubia, southern Egypt. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

British Raj hunters shooting tigers in India
British colonial hunters mounted on elephants with Indian guides chasing and shooting at a tiger in a river in India. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz from Friedrich Johann

Views of the town and port of Essaouira (Mogadore) 1, and Morocco city 2, Morocco, North Africa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Peacock worm, Sabella pavonina, and feather duster worm, Bispira volutacornis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Cashmere goats and sheep. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

Puente Nuevo bridge over the Guadalevin river at Ronda, Spain. Built by architect Jose Martin de Aldehuela. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hessen from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur

Drooping she-oak, Allocasuarina verticillata
Drooping she-oak or drooping sheoak, Allocasuarina verticillata (Casuarina quadrivalvis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Exotic seaweeds
Delesseria sanguinea, Claudea elegans, Padina pavonica, and Porphyra purpurea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

An Sgurr or the Notch, Isle of Eigg, Hebrides
An Sgurr or the Notch, pitchstone mountain on the Isle of Eigg, Hebrides, Scotland. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Hessen from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Balsam apple, Clusia rosea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1823

White Damask rose, Rosa Damascena flor alba
White Damask rose, Rosa Damascena flor. alba.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Large flowered damask rose, Rosa damascena grandiflora.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Fried. Justin Bertuch
FRIEDRICH JUSTIN BERTUCH German founder of the Geographical Institute at Weimar. Date: 1747 - 1822

Small pink centifolia rose and Frankfort rose.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Yellow centifolia rose and purple rose.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Pink and crimson everblooming roses, Rosa semperflorens.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Damask rose and single yellow rose.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Purple or violacea rose, Rosa holoserica purpurea flore semi-pleno.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Virginia rose, Rosa lucida, and Rosa truncata major.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

French rose, Rosa gallica, and flesh pink rose.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Burnet rose, Rosa spinosissima flore flavo.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Small Provence rose and Dijon rose.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from an illustration drawn from nature by Stark from Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

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