Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vögel: aus den Cabineten des... Herrn.. Schmidels und des Herrn Verfassers
A German natural history collection of bird nests and eggs, assembled from the cabinets of Herr Schmidel and the author and published in 1772 by Friedrich Christian Günther and Adam Ludwig Wirsing for naturalists and collectors. Its hand-coloured plates show nests seen from above, each set against a plain ground with shadow, with eggs placed centrally in the cup. A designer could take the restrained cool palette, the tight radial composition of tangled twigs, and the speckled egg detail as a model for botanical-style or nature-study motifs.
