Lot no. 918
Zoology
Klein, Jakob Theodor
Ders. preparation for a complete history of birds (...) With eng. Title vign. and 7 folded. Copper plates. Leipzig and Lübeck, Jonas Schmidt, 1760. 12 vols. 427 p. 8°. HLdr. d. Zt. with RSchild (joints cracked, spine cracked in the centre, heavily rubbed and bumped).
Nissen IVB, 504 - The plates with depictions of birds. - Prebound: Classification und Kurze Geschichte der vierfüßigen Thiere, aus dem Latein. übersetzt, und mit Zusätzen vermehrt, nebst einer Vorrede von Friedrich D. Behn. With 5 (several folded) copper plates. Leipzig and Lübeck, Jonas Schmidt, 1760. 32 p., 381 p., 4 ll. - First rare edition. - Not in Nissen. - The plates show mammals and details. - Some foxing, margins slightly browned, overall well preserved with some large plates.
Zoology. - With eng. Title vign. and 7 folded. Copper plates. Contemp half leather with spin label (joints cracked, spine cracked in the centre, heavily rubbed and bumped). - The plates with depictions of birds. - Prebound: Classification und Kurze Geschichte der vierfüßigen Thiere, aus dem Latein. übersetzt, und mit Zusätzen vermehrt, nebst ein Vorrede von Friedrich D. Behn. With 5 (multi-fold) copper plates. - First rare edition. - Not in Nissen. - The plates show mammals and details. - Some foxing, margins slightly browned, altogether in good condition with some large plates.
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