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This is a 1801 German natural history picture book, volume one, by Friedrich Justin Bertuch and Carl Bertuch, held by Heidelberg University Library and likely made for general readers and students. Its hand-coloured copperplate plates show fish, snakes, birds and mammals, drawn in a plain, labelled scientific style with numbered figures and small detail views. A designer might take its flat, muted earth tones, precise animal outlines and numbered specimen layouts as models for vintage field-guide or botanical-style graphics.
