1869 ❧ Stunning watercolors on vellum. SCHROEDTER, ALWINE. 1828-1991. Jahres Blüten. Das Jahr und seine Kinder. 13 ink and watercolor illustrations on vellum for a 1869 calendar. Karlsruhe: 1869. Each approximately 285 x 225 mm. Adhesive remnants on versos from previous mounting. All tipped to mats with photo corners, housed in vellum-backed black cloth clamshell box, spine gilt. WITH: Jahres Blüten. Das Jahr und seine Kinder. Karlsruhe: A. Bielefeld's Hofbuchhandlung, [1869]. 10 (of 13) chromolithographed plates after the above watercolor illustrations on vellum. Red cloth portfolio stamped in black and gilt. Some chipping to edges. Portfolio rubbed. COMPLETE SET OF FINELY EXECUTED WATERCOLORS BY ALWINE SCHROEDTER. Each leaf elaborately and delicately illustrated and hand-illuminated in gold with quotations and designs representing the months of the year. Alwine Schroedter (née Heuser) was a pivotal figure of the Düsseldorf school of painting and one of the preeminent German female illustrators of the 19th century. The present collection is a rare complete set of the original illustrations by Schroedter. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing