19th Century Antique German Shell Engraving Prints by Kuster C.1850s - a Pair

Description

Pair of beautiful hand colored folio engravings of shells from Heinrich Carl Küster's edition of "Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und … more Pair of beautiful hand colored folio engravings of shells from Heinrich Carl Küster's edition of "Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz". Presented in cream colored matting and bronze-gold toned gilt wood frames. (Other shell engravings presented in the same framing are available in our listings, if you would like to expand a grouping).

Küster (14 February 1807 – April 1876) was a German malacologist (researcher of mollusks) and entomologist. From 1836, he worked as an instructor at a trade school (Gewerbschule) in Erlangen. He conducted scientific excursions in Sardinia (1831) as well as in Dalmatia and Montenegro (1840–41). He was the originator of "Die Käfer Europas, nach der Natur beschrieben" (Beetles of Europe, described from nature), a multi-volume series (1844-1912) that was continued by Ernst Gustav Kraatz and Friedrich Julius Schilsky. Also, he provided drawings for Carl Wilhelm Hahn's ornithological work, "Voegel, aus Asien, Africa, America, und Neuholland, in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen".

"Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz" is the continuation of the beautiful monumental work on mollusks that began in Nurnberg in the late 18th century and culminated in the production of the spectacular collection of shell prints entitled "Neues systematisches conchylien-cabinet" by Martini and Chemnitz. less