Hoffmann Collection (#2)

Moorhen and purple swamphen
Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus 1, and purple swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio 2. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Bonito, tuna and long-fin tunny
Skipjack tuna or bonito, Katsuwonus pelamis 1, tuna, Thunnus thynnus 2, and long-fin tunny, Thunnus alalunga 3. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Pen-tailed treeshrew 1 and narrow-striped
Narrow-striped mongoose, Mungotictis decemlineata (vulnerable) 2, and pen-tailed treeshrew, Ptilocercus lowii 1. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Meerkat, mongoose, kusimanse and palm civet
Meerkat, Suricata suricatta 1, Indian grey mongoose, Herpestes edwardsii 2, common kusimanse, Crossarchus obscurus 3, and Asian palm civet, Paradoxurus hermaphroditus 4

Speyer Cathedral, mid 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Plain tawny rajah butterfly on a camellia flower
Plain tawny rajah butterfly, Charaxes psaphon (Nymphalis bernardus) on a camellia. Copied from Edward Donovans An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China, 1800

Quinine and red quinine bark trees
Quinine bark tree, Cinchona officinalis, and red quinine, Cinchona pubescens. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Black grouse and western capercaillie
Black grouse or blackgame, Tetrao tetrix, and western capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Cheetah hunting gazelle and impala
Cheetah, Acinonyx jubatus, (vulnerable) and its prey, dorcas gazelle Gazella dorcas (vulnerable) and black-faced impala, Aepyceros melampus. Europeans hunting cheetahs in Africa

Varieties of geraniums or pelargoniums: the Clown, the Harlequin and Singularity. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Fossil sea urchins, Megalosaurus tooth and Gyrodus teeth
Fossils of extinct sea urchins: Cidarites maximus 1, Cidarites coronatus 2, Cidarites subangularis 3, Cidarites nobilis 4, Spatangus retusus 6, Nucleolites scutatus 7, tooth of a Megalosaurus 8

Wallcreepers, Tichodroma muraria, perched on rocks. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Starfish cactus, Orbea variegata (Stapelia variegata) in pot. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Red legged falcon, Erythropus vespertinus (orange legged hobby, Falco rufipes). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Earthworm blind snake, slow worm, Cape legless
Earthworm blind snake, Typhlops lumbricalis 1, slow worm, Anguis fragilis 2, Cape legless skink, Ancontias meleagris 3 and eastern glass lizard, Ophisaurus ventralis 4

Lowland paca, chinchilla (critically endangered)
Lowland paca, Cuniculus paca 1, chinchilla, Chinchilla lanigera. critically endangered 2, and plains viscacha, Lagostomus maximus 3

Sea cucumbers: Trochodota purpurea 1, 2, Cladodactyla crocea crocea 3, Stichopus chloronotus 4, Anaperus peruvianus 5, and Holothuria (Metriatyla) lessoni 6

Southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides (Bignonia catalpa). Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Javan leopard-cat, colocolo and Nepalese cat
Javan leopard-cat, Felis javanensis, 1, 2, colocolo, Leopardus colocolo 3 and Nepalese cat, Felis nepalensis 4. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Nessus sphinx, Amphion floridensis 1, and Amplypterus panopus 2 moths. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

White wagtail and western yellow wagtail
White wagtail, Motacilla alba 1, 2, egg 4, and western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava 3, egg 5. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1849

Psathyrella spadicea, Pholiota squarrosus
Psathyrella spadicea mushroom 1, shaggy scalycap, Pholiota squarrosus 2, and scarlet-stemmed bolete, Boletus calopus 3. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

German hunters hunting deer attacked by doe. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Hunter with rifle shooting game birds at night. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857. Date: Florilegius

Hunting for tapirs, Tapirus terrestris (endangered) from a river boat in South America. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Different fruit orchid, Dendrobium heterocarpum. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Russo-German Negotiations at Brest-Litovsk 1918
Double page from The Illustrated London News, 12th January 1918, with photographs of the Bolshevist minister in London Maxim Litvinoff, Lenin

Edmund Gwenn in Der Struwwelpeter 1913
Shocked-headed Peter, Edmund Gwenn (1877 1959), English actor as Peter in the famous German story book, first seen at the Garrick on Boxing Day

Christian Hoffmann
CHRISTIAN HOFFMANN von Hoffmannswaldau German writer

Union of South Africa historical pageant, a re-enactment of a meeting between President Hoffman (1807-1879) and the Basotho (Lesotho) King Moshesh (Moshoeshoe I, c1786-1870) in 1854

Max Hoffmann (1869 A?o??n?1927). Was a German officer and military strategist during World War I. He is regarded as one of the finest staff officers of the imperial period. Engraving by Klose

Fountain of Saint Peter, 1595. By Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann (15
Germany. Trier. Fountain of Saint Peter, 1595. By Hans Ruprecht Hoffmann (1545-1617)

Eta Hoffmann / Henzel
ETW HOFFMANN also known as ETA HOFFMANN (he took the name Amadeus when composing) German Romantic writer and composer Date: 1776 - 1822

Welcome Stranger by Aaron Hoffmann
Front page of a promotional flyer for Welcome Stranger by Aaron Hoffmann. First produced in England at the Lyric Theatre, 19th October 1921

Advertisement sign for Wilhelm Hoffmann Art Gallery in Dresde, 1896. Jugendstil. Engraving

Hoffmann / Fidgety Philip
THE STORY OF FIDGETY PHILIP Philip pulls the tablecloth & the evenings supper over himself

Where will the dimple be? - Music Sheet Cover, words and music by Bob Merrill and Al Hoffmann and recorded by Rosemary Clooney on Philips Records

German design, two panoramic landscapes by Patten Wilson. Date: circa 1910s

German leaf and flower design with white roses, looking like a symmetrically laid out garden viewed from above. Date: circa 1910s

German place card design by R Beauclair, showing two Edwardian ladies in a floral setting. Date: circa 1910s

Kaiser Wilhelm with European heads of state before WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany visiting European heads of state before the outbreak of the First World War

Ernst Emil Hoffmann
ERNST EMIL HOFFMANN This Darmstadt citizen can hardly be the Darmstadt architect Ernst Emil Hoffmann (1852-1932) so perhaps hes his father with the same name. Date: 19TH CENTURY

Hoffmann V Fallersleben
AUGUST HEINRICH HOFFMANN von FALLERSLEBEN German writer, smoking a cigar with his autograph Date: 1798 - 1874

Heinrich Hoffmann / Uber
HEINRICH HOFFMANN German physician and poet, best known for his childrens book Struwwelpeter (1847), which he illustrated himself Date: 1809 - 1894

Tricks with Cards book cover
Front cover of Tricks with Cards by Professor Hoffmann featuring a lady taking a card from a conjuror mid-trick while an interested audience looks on. Date: c.1927

Lieutenant General Max Hoffmann, WW1
Lieutenant General (or Field Marshal) Max Hoffmann (1869-1927), German army officer who served on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Seen here riding in the back of an open car

Hindenburg / Periscope
PAUL VON HINDENBURG German General and statesman with General Ludendorff and Oberst Hoffmann (right) in Poland

Christian Gott. Hoffmann
CHRISTIAN GOTTFRIED HOFFMANN von Hoffmannswaldau German jurist and statesman

E T W Hoffmann
ERNST THEODOR WILHELM HOFFMANN German musician and writer : as a musician he called himself E T A (Amadeus) Hoffmann, in honour of Mozart. With his wife ? or muse ?

PATIENCE BOOK COVER
Cover of The Illustrated Book of Patience Games by Professor Hoffmann

E T W Hoffmann / Devrient
E T W HOFFMANN also known as E T A HOFFMANN (he took the name Amadeus when composing) writer and composer, with Devrient at Lutter & Wegeners wine bar, Berlin

Syphilis Spirochaete
Spirochaete of syphilis, identified by Schaudinn and Hoffmann, 1905

Hoffmann / Flying Robert
THE STORY OF FLYING ROBERT Robert out in the rain with his red umbrella, gets carried away by the wind

Hoffmann / Story Inky Boys
THE STORY OF THE INKY BOYS The white boys are now as black as the black-a-moor

Hoffmann / Inky Boys / Tale
THE STORY OF THE INKY BOYS Tall Agrippa & his inkwell

Struwwelpeter / Hoffmann
STRUWWELPETER Title page

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