ZOOLOGY - Brodtmann, Karl Joseph - Schinz, Heinrich Rudolf. Natural history and illustrations of the mammals/bird genera. 2 volumes. With 2 engraved titles and 320 (of which 144 coloured) lithographed plates by Karl Joseph Brodtmann. Zurich, Brodtmann, 1824-1830. folio. VI pp., [4] vols., 417 pp.; XIII, 445 pp. Half leather of the period with green spine labels and some gilt to spine with 1 bound-in original brochure (bookbinder's mark "Fr. Ljungrens, Bokbinderei, Göteburg"; slightly rubbed). = Animal kingdom 1st & 2nd volume. - Nissen ZBI 3672 - Schlenker 316.1 - cf. Nissen IVB 825 (different publisher's details) - Zimmer p. 552 - First editions. - The beautiful plates show horses, whales, bats, goats, walruses, monkeys, ethnics, woodpeckers, falcons, kingfishers, pigeons, peacocks, parrots, chickens, herons, magpies, hornbills, pheasants, emus, flamingos, puffins, penguins and pelicans. - Volume 2 somewhat foxed, plates slightly browned in the margins; volume 1 largely clean, but last plates with wormholes, minimal loss of text and illustrations.