Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
Brightly colored tropical fish, something that was very exciting back when they were sending ships with artists out to bring back images of the South Seas or whenever the investors wanted them brought back from. From the Journal des Museum Godeffroy, published in Hamburg, Germany by L. Friederichsen & Company. 1909 but it looks like it is a later edition of a work that first came out in 1873, according to the dates with it and the website where I found it originally.
A and B. Coria venusta (Sandwich Ins/Island) – C. Julis güntheri (Gesellschafts Ins/Island). Image 142 from Fische der Südsee Heft VIII Taf. 144, Beschrieben and redigieren von Albert C. L. G. Gunther, vormale Vorstand des Zoologischen Departments des Britischen Museums. Werner and Winter, Frankfurt, Chromolithographers. Published in 1909. Journal des Museum Goddefroy Heft XVI. American Museum of Natural History Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/journaldesmuseum06muse/page/n142/mode/1upA. Coris annulata – B. Julis fusca. Image 146 from Fische der Südsee Heft VII Taf. 148, Beschrieben and redigieren von Albert C. L. G. Gunther, vormale Vorstand des Zoologischen Departments des Britischen Museums. Werner and Winter, Frankfurt, Chromolithographers. Published in 1909. Journal des Museum Goddefroy Heft XVI. American Museum of Natural History Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/journaldesmuseum06muse/page/n148/mode/1upA. Julis whitmii – B&C Julis duperreyi, male and female. Page 152 of Fische der Südsee Heft VIII Taf. 148, Beschrieben and redigieren von Albert C. L. G. Gunther, vormale Vorstand des Zoologischen Departments des Britischen Museums. J Green Chromolithographers. Published in 1909. Journal des Museum Goddefroy Heft XVI (Issue 16). American Museum of Natural History Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/journaldesmuseum06muse/page/n152/mode/1upCallyodon sandwicensis. Page 158 of Fische der Südsee Heft VIII Taf. 151, Beschrieben and redigieren von Albert C. L. G. Gunther, vormale Vorstand des Zoologischen Departments des Britischen Museums. J Green Chromolithographers. Published in 1909. Journal des Museum Goddefroy Heft XVI. American Museum of Natural History Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/journaldesmuseum06muse/page/n158/mode/1upPseudocarus forsteri. Page 166 of Fische der Südsee Heft VIII Taf. 155, Beschrieben and redigieren von Albert C. L. G. Gunther, vormale Vorstand des Zoologischen Departments des Britischen Museums. Werner and Winter, Frankfurt, Chromolithographers. Published in 1909. Journal des Museum Goddefroy Heft XVI. American Museum of Natural History Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/journaldesmuseum06muse/page/n166/mode/1upA. Ophichthys Garretti (Gesellschafts Island) – B. Muraena xanthospila (Samoa). Page 320 of Fische der Südsee Heft IXI Taf. 168, Beschrieben and redigieren von Albert C. L. G. Gunther, vormale Vorstand des Zoologischen Departments des Britischen Museums. J Green Chromolithographers. Published in 1909. Journal des Museum Goddefroy Heft IX. American Museum of Natural History Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/journaldesmuseum06muse/page/n320/mode/1upDiodon bleekeri (Gesellschafts – Ins). Page 350 of Fische der Südsee Heft IXI Taf. 178, Beschrieben and redigieren von Albert C. L. G. Gunther, vormale Vorstand des Zoologischen Departments des Britischen Museums. J Green Chromolithographers. Published in 1909. Journal des Museum Goddefroy Heft IX. American Museum of Natural History Library. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/journaldesmuseum06muse/page/n350/mode/1up?view=theater
I didn’t find this one by myself, either. I found it here https://schierenberg.nl/category/travel-and-exploration/product/64202 up for sale and then I found a scanned version on the Internet Archive. I think these plates and the book they are part were probably published as a series of articles and lithographs and then were turned into the book these are taken from. This would explain the varying dates.
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