Zoology - Ichthyology Ehrenberg and Friedrich Wilhelm Hemprich, Christian Gottfried Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones Piscium (...). Decas prima. With 10 coloured lithogr. resp. engraved plates. Plates in colour. Berlin, Mittler, 1828. 4 vols. Large fol. Loosely bound in an OPp. portfolio with D-title and 4 cotton clasps (portfolio somewhat bumped, stained and rubbed). First edition. - Nissen ZBI, 1247, BBI 582, IVB 290 - Zimmer I, 203 - Martin Coll. 1528 - Horn-Sch. 11975 - Junk, Bibl. Bot., 5536 - cf. Pritzel 2635 - Henze II, 156ff. - With additionally 3 inserted plates from: Symbolae physicae seu icones adhuc ineditae corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, 1899 - The book published by Wilhelm von Humboldt and C. G. Nees von Esenbeck, the naturalist C. G. Ehrenberg (1795-1876) undertook a research trip to the coastal countries of the Red Sea with his friend W.F. Hemprich in 1820, which cost Hemprich and all participants except Ehrenberg their lives. - The splendid plates show sharks, a ray and a swordfish, among others. - Minimal foxing mainly in the margins, a few of the uncut margins browned, overall in good condition. Ichthyology. - With 10 coloured lithogr. or engraved plates in colour. Orig. cardboard portfolio with 4 closing bands (somewhat bumped, stained and rubbed). First edition. - With additionally 3 inserted plates from: Symbolae physicae seu icones adhuc ineditae corporum naturalium novorum aut minus cognitorum, 1899. - The splendid plates show sharks, a ray and a swordfish, a.o. - Minimally foxed (mainly in the margins), untrimmed, overall in well preserved condition.