Die Ammoniten




Die Ammoniten des Schwäbischen Jura
Friedrich August Quenstedt
1883-1885

These are some of the best lithographs I've come across, so I scanned the whole set. Exceptional contrast and composition. Nineteenth-century works on fossils were often illustrated with black (stone?) lithographs, which captured value (light and shadow) in a manner unattainable in other media.





 

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