(REPTILES) Bodmer Karl Verzeichniss der Reptilien welche auf

Sale 1974 - Lot 439

Price Realized: $ 1,725

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

(REPTILES.) Bodmer, Karl. Verzeichniss der Reptilien, welche auf einer Reises im Noerdlichen America . . . von Maximilian, Prinz zu Wied. 6 hand-colored lithographed plates. 4to, modern 1/2 morocco; plates lightly foxed. Dresden, 1865

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Bodmer is best remembered for his outstanding portraits of American Indians, made while travelling as the official artist on Prince Maximilian's journey to America in the 1830s. He should be equally remembered for his exquisite studies from nature of America's wonderful lower orders.