Schmetterlinge
Schmetterlinge is an 1835 German natural history plate book of hand-coloured lithographs showing moths and butterflies with their caterpillars, pupae and host leaves, likely made for students and collectors. The pictures are crisp, flat and evenly lit on a warm cream ground, with each species drawn in full colour and labelled in German, which a designer could use for botanical-style layouts, insect motifs or vintage specimen charts.
