"[Lot of 5 - Natives]", Schinz, Heinrich R.

Heinrich Rudolf Schinz was a teacher of medicine and natural history in Zurich. He produced a series of illustrated books on natural history from 1824-52 on humans, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. This set of prints were lithographed by Karl Joseph Brodtmann and published in Naturhistorische Abbildungen der Saeugethiere, Schinz' volume on mammals, which included humans from non-European countries. Included are:

A. Bewohner von Nordwest-Amerika
B. Ein Malaisches Maedchen
C. Japaner [on sheet with] Chineser
D. Chineser
E. Chineser

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Condition: A

On bright sheets with a hint of toning along the edges, and light foxing on one of the "Chineser" sheets.