ZOOLOGY - Rösel von Rosenhof, August Johann. Natural history of the frogs of Germany. New edition improved by President J. C. D. von Schreber and supplemented by Dr. and Prof. J. Wolf. With coloured copper title and 48 (24 coloured) copper plates as well as 7 engraved head vignettes. Nuremberg, Stein, 1815. large folio (47 × 33.7 cm). VIII, 85 PP. Cloth binding with blind and gold embossing (spine lightened, capitals slightly bumped). Nissen ZBI 3465 - Junk, Rara p. 162f. - Third edition of this masterpiece of zoological book illustration. The magnificent illustrations depict the frogs, toads and toads known in Central Europe at the time with detailed natural history descriptions of habitat, reproduction, development of the tadpoles and their organs. Each plate is available in two forms, on the one hand extremely carefully coloured by hand, on the other as an outline etching with numbering and additions. - Slight fingerstaining in the lower margin, otherwise a very fine copy with the plates in vibrant colouring. - Provenance: bookplate F. G. Bertoni on mirror. - Name stamp of the Viennese collector Heinrich von Haerdtl (1854-1939) on flyleaf.