(Band 2): Zweytes Hundert
A late eighteenth-century German natural history volume by Johann Matthäus Bechstein, published in 1796 and held by Heidelberg University Library, most likely aimed at general readers and students of animals. The hand-coloured plates show mammals in side profile on simple ground or rock settings, with the engraved outlines and washes of colour giving a clear, schematic look. A designer could take the economical animal poses and flat pastel washes as a model for simple field-guide style vector illustration.
