Summer Egg Pear — Deutsche Pomologie

A delicately hand-coloured lithograph of the 'Sommereierbirne', capturing the golden blush of this cherished German pear variety.

From Deutsche Pomologie by Wilhelm Lauche. Published in Berlin, 1882.

Wilhelm Lauche's Deutsche Pomologie (1882–1883) documented hundreds of fruit varieties cultivated across the German-speaking lands. Hand-coloured lithographs from this period are especially valued for their individual character, each print coloured by hand with watercolour over a tonal lithographic base.

Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet size approximately 29.7 × 21.6 cm. Very Good.