Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies hand-sewn humpty Dumpty but them M seems slightly

but them M seems slightly different than his

I had a partial set of Tsakli cards a year or so ago and have kept an eye out since

but one of my very favorites ever

which feel almost as if they were dug out of the ground fully formed

a near complete pad of score sheets

Schmetterlinge: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Butterflies hand-sewn humpty Dumpty but them M seems slightlyThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawingone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, likely c. 1800. Photos do no justice to the real thing. I would guess they were the original drawings after which engravings were then made for a volume on animal life. I find it, and all of them, just extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing