Zoology - Ornithology Stölker, Carl The Alpine birds of Switzerland. 2 vols. With 30 mounted and partly coloured OPhotographs. St. Fiden, St. Gallen, 1876-78. each with double leaf. Text leaf as well as 1 further double leaf, together with plates loosely inserted in cloth-covered folders (33.5 x 26 cm) with blind-stamped covers, gilt-stamped D-title, interior mirror and wings with moiré cover (somewhat scuffed and rubbed, interior slightly brownstained). Extremely rare, according to KVK and Worldcat currently only 3 copies can be traced (Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana St. Gallen, CHUR-Bündner Naturmuseum, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek). - The photographs per albumen print firmly mounted on cardboard, each with typographical information on the bird shown, the photographer and the preparator. - Stölker was a Swiss ornithologist who mainly researched the native bird world. He prepared the birds depicted in the plumage of different seasons, which were then photographed by the Taeschler brothers, who came from a well-known St. Gallen family of photographers. - Delicately and evenly browned in the margins due to the paper, partially pale and minimally brownstained, some of the prints slightly faded in the margins. Good overall. Well-preserved and extremely rare copy on the ornithological diversity of the Swiss Alps. Zoology - Ornithology - 2 vols. With 30 mount. and partly coloured orig. photographs. Each with a double leaf, 1 further double leaf, together with plates loosely inserted in orig. cloth wing portfolio with blind tooled covers, gilt title on cover, interior as well as wings with moiré cover (somewhat rubbed and scuffed, interior slightly brownstained). - Exceptionally rare, according to KVK and Worldcat currently only 3 institutional copies verifiable: (Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana St. Gallen, CHUR-Bündner Naturmuseum, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek). - The photographs each albumen print firmly mounted on cardboard, each with typographical information on the bird depicted, the photographer and the taxidermist. - Stölker was a Swiss ornithologist who mainly researched the native bird world. He prepared the birds depicted in the plumage of different seasons, which were then photographed by the Taeschler brothers, who came from a well-known St. Gallen family of photographers. - Delicately and evenly browned in the margins due to the paper, partially pale and minimally brownstained, some of the photographs slightly faded in the margins. Good overall. Well-preserved and very rare example of the ornithological diversity of the Swiss Alps. This lot is taxed. A 24.95% surcharge will be added to the hammer price and 7% (books, art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, silkscreens, offset prints, photographs) to the final invoice amount in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 24.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offsetprints and Photographs) on the final invoice amount in the European Union.