Bidspirit auction | Hahn - Pair of Parrot

Hahn - Pair of Parrot Engravings - Included in this lot: Red-fronted Parakeet [Psittacus rubrifrons]. 10 Psittacus viridissimus. 15 Description of the work: This beautiful, originally hand-colored engraving is from Carl Wilhelm Hahn's Ornithologischer Atlas oder naturgetreue Abbildung und Beschreibung der aussereuropäischen Vogel. The work was published in Nuremberg between 1834 and 1841. Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1786-1835) was a German zoologist. This work focused on documenting and illustrating birds outside of Europe. He was also noted to have written the first German monograph on spiders. Paper Size: ~ 5” by 8 1/4” Paper Type or Special Features: Originally Hand-colored Engraving