Chromolithographs of birds of Central Europe. Imagery from a 1905 re-edited version of “Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens,” of Johann Andreas Naumann’s “Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas.” Naumann died in 1826. The title page has a long list of the naturalists/professors who did the re-editing but the lead editor was Doctor Carl R. Hennicke. Written in German and Latin.

Pelecanus onocrotalus I. – Gemainer Pelikan – Altes Männchen im Prachtkleide. 1/8 naturl. Grösse. Page 1, Image 21 of a 1905 re-edited version of Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens, of Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas. Johann Andreas Naumann author. Doctor Carl R. Hennicke, lead re-editor. Bruno Geisler, artist. F. Eugen Köhler, Gera-Untermhaus, publisher/chromolithographer. Collections of the  Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003759369/page/1/mode/1up
Phaëton aethereus L, Tropikvogel. 1. Männchen. – Fregata aquila (L.) – Fregattvogel, 2. Alter Vogel, 3 Weibchen. 1/8 naturl. Grösse. Page 3, Image 45 of a 1905 re-edited version of Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens, of Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas. Johann Andreas Naumann author. Doctor Carl R. Hennicke, lead re-editor. Bruno Geisler, artist. F. Eugen Köhler, Gera-Untermhaus, publisher/chromolithographer. Collections of the  Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003759369/page/3/mode/1up
Sula bassana (L.) Basstölpel. – 1. alten Männchen, 2 winges Weibchen, 3. Nestkleid. Page 4, Image 55 of a 1905 re-edited version of Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens, of Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas. Johann Andreas Naumann author. Doctor Carl R. Hennicke, lead re-editor. Bruno Geisler, artist. F. Eugen Köhler, Gera-Untermhaus, publisher/chromolithographer. Collections of the  Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003759369/page/4/mode/1up
Phalacrocorax carbo (L.) Kormoranscharbe. 1. Jugendkleid. – Phalacrocorax graculus (L.), Krahenscharbe. 2. Jugendkleid.- Phalacrocorax pygmacus (Pall.) – Zwerscharbe . 3 erstes Jugendkleid, 4 zweites Jugendkleid. Page 7, Image 101 of a 1905 re-edited version of Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens, of Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas. Johann Andreas Naumann author. Doctor Carl R. Hennicke, lead re-editor. Bruno Geisler, artist. F. Eugen Köhler, Gera-Untermhaus, publisher/chromolithographer. Collections of the  Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003759369/page/7/mode/1up
Hydrochelidon fissipes (Pall.), Weissflügelige Seeschwalbe. 1. Sommerkleid – Hydrochelidon hybrida (Pall.), Weissbärtige Seeschwalbe, 2. Sommerkleid – Hydrochelidon nigra (L.). Schwarze Seeschwalbe. 3. Weibchen im Sommerkleide, 4. Mannchen im Sommerkleide, Page 8, Image 123 of a 1905 re-edited version of Volume XI – Pelicans, Frigatebirds, Goblins, River Coromants, Tropical Birds, Movens, of Naturgeschichte der vogel Mitteleuropas. Johann Andreas Naumann author. Doctor Carl R. Hennicke, lead re-editor. Bruno Geisler, artist. F. Eugen Köhler, Gera-Untermhaus, publisher/chromolithographer. Collections of the  Missouri Botanical Garden. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003759369/page/8/mode/1up

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