Ostriches and quagga running in South Africa

Flock of South African ostrich, Struthio camelus australis, and herd of (extinct) quagga, Equus quagga quagga, running across the plains of South Africa, near the conical and table-top Karreeberge mountains, Cape of Good Hope. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1, 200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc. published from 1790-1830

1813 Bilderbuch Fur Kinder Cape Of Good Hope Carl Bertuch Conical Encyclopedia Engraved Plates Flock Friedrich Johann Bertuch Herd Natural History Picture Book For Children Plains Quagga South Africa Table-top

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