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* Stand 57 Stuttgarter Antiquariatsmesse 2013 Württembergischer Kunstverein Schlossplatz 2 70191 Stuttgart [1] ALDROVANDI, U. Monstrorum Historia cum paralipomenis historiae omnium animalium.... Bologna, Typis N. Tebaldini, 1642 & Bologna, Typis, B. Ferronii, 1657. 2 parts bound in one. Folio (333 x 235mm). pp. (8), 747, 28; pp. 159, (1), (6). With engraved title and 477 woodcuts, many full- page. Contemporary calf, richly gilt ornamented spine in 7 compartments, sides with gilt borders (old repair to spine which is laid down). € 8.200

First edition of the first part and second edition of the second part. An encyclopaedic study of monsters and monstrosities, the first treatise on teratology (although published more than 70 years after it was written) and the greatest illustrated work on the subject of the seventeenth century. The 'monsters' illustrated and described include human, animal, and botanical deformities, as well as celestial prodigies (comets, aurorae, etc.). There is a section on fetal development and deformity and a series of inter-uterine illustrations of difficult presentations. There is also a section on monsters of mythology and antiquity, including a series of illustrations of Egyptian objects depicting various animal-headed deities. The second part contains an appendix, the Paralipomena, by Bartolomei Ambrosini, Aldrovandi's successor as director of the Bologna botanic gardens.

The present work is the final volume of Aldrovandi's complete Opera, published in 13 volumes. A massive encyclopaedia of the natural world based upon the specimens and drawings of natural history objects in Aldrovandi’s museum in Bologna, the first true natural history museum. This is the largest assembly of natural history illustrations to be published before the eighteenth century. Many of the illustrations were the work of the outstanding artist Jacopo Ligozzi, and the originals are still to be found in Bologna, and have recently been made available online. Aldrovandi (1522-1605), the great Bolognan naturalist, was inspired to study natural history by meeting Guillaume Rondelet in Rome, where Aldrovandi was obliged to go to defend himself against charges of heresy. 'Rondelet was then gathering material for his work on fishes. Aldrovandi, who accompanied the French physician to fish markets in order to study the various species, finally decided to study natural history, and began collecting specimens for his own museum. He was the creator and first director of the botanic gardens of the University of Bologna, in which was placed his library and natural history museum, one of the earliest of its kind. He is credited with having ‘formed one of the first herbaria as we know them today. His was an outstanding zoological and botanical intelligence, and it was unfortunate that he died before much of his work was published' (Hunt catalogue).

Provenance: heraldic bookplate of John Duke of Bedford and heraldic bookplate of the Earl of Essex on verso of title.

Nissen ZBI, 74.

[2] BETTONI, E. Storia naturale degli Uccelli che nidificano in Lombardia, ad illustrazione della raccolta ornitologica dei fratelli Ercole ed Ernesto Turati. Con tavole litografate e colorate prese dal vero da O. Dressler. Milano, coi tipi del Pio Istituto del Patronato, 1865-1868. 2 volumes. Large folio (443 x 314mm). With a chromo-lithographed frontispiece and 120 chromo-lithographed plates of which 14 double-page. Contemporary half green morocco, spines in 5 compartments richly gilt. € 23.000

A superbly produced work on the birds of Lombardy (northern Italy) of which only 100 copies were issued. The fine plates are by Oscar Dressler. According to Nissen in his 'Illustrierte Vogelbücher' this German artist in an excellent way portrayed the birds, the chickens and their nests. The birds are shown in their natural habitat and some of the fine plates are finished by hand. The birds are described in great detail and are mostly illustrated life-size. The present publication is one of the three great Italian birds books, an honour Bettoni shares with Manetti and Bonaparte. A fine copy of this rare work, a few plates with some very faint discoloration and one plate with small marginal repair.

Fine Bird Books p. 59; Nissen IVB, 94; Casey Wood p. 236.

[3] BRINCKEN, Baron de. Mémoire descriptif sur la forêt impériale de Bialowieza, en Lithuanie. Varsovie, N. Glücksberg, 1828. 4to. pp. (8), 127, with an engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates and a double-page engraved map. Contemporary morocco, sides with gilt and blind pressed borders, central gilt coat of armes of viscount Edmond de Poncins, inside dentelles, top edges gilt. € 16.000

A beautifully bound copy by Thierry of this rare work dedicated to 'sa Majesté Impériale et Royale Nicolas Ier, Empereur de toutes les Russies, Roi de Pologne'. The work describes the European bisons (wisent) living in the imperial forest of Bialowieza. The last European bisons became extinct in Bialowieza forest in 1919. The species was reintroduced there in 1929 and at present a herd of over 250 specimens are living in the wild in the Polish part of the Bialowieza forest. In the 19th century the forest became the hunting place for the Russian tsars. The frontispiece shows a 'Vue de Bialowieza', the other three plates show 'Le Bison de Lithuanie', 'Lélan', and 'Train de Chasse'. Baron de Brincken was director of the Polish forests.

Provenance: Coat of arms of viscount Edmond de Poncins, author of a number of works on hunting.

Schwerdt I, p. 82; Thiébaud, 132.

*[4] BRUNSCHWIG, H. Distillierbuch der rechten Kunst/ von Kreutern/ Wurzeln/ Blumen/ Samen/ Früchten unnd Gethier/ ware Beschreibung unnd Abcontrafaytung... Jetz und wider von newem/ mit vielschönen/ lüstigen/ künstlichen Figuren gemehrt/ unnd gebessert... Franckfurt am Mayn, Gülfferich, 1552. Folio (302 x 195mm). Leaves (22), 200, including ornamental title, large printer's device on last leaf and over 200 large woodcuts. Contemporary limp vellum, new endpapers. € 12.500

A fine edition of Brunschwig's distilling book, the first and only one to include the large botanical woodcuts, taken from Brunfels herbal. Egenolph had previously utilized plagiarized copies, cut on a much smaller scale, of the Weiditz/ Brunfels blocks for this edition of Brunschwig, but this is the first appearance of the full cuts accompanying Brunschwig's text. It contains the first two books of Brunschwig's Kleines Distilierbuch, first published in 1500. This was the first work devoted to the extraction by steam distillation of the essential oils of plants (and to a lesser extent animal substances and minerals). It was immensely popular and went through numerous editions in various formats. The charming woodcut title shows distilling apparatus and 2 men working amidst rich foliage of trees and birds.

Tiny needle marks of one initial through six leaves.

Nissen 270; Benzing 36.

*[5] BRY, J.T. DE. Anthologia Meriana CXV. continens plantarum, florum maxime, egregie sculptas tabulas, addito indice, in quo tum antiquiora illarum, tum etiam Linnaeana occurrunt nomina. Editio nova. Francofurti et Lipsaie, apud Joann. Georg. Fleischer, 1776. Folio (353 x 227mm). pp. 6, with 115 (4 folded) engraved plates. Contemporary vellum, spine with gilt lettering. € 37.000 A well preserved and spotless copy of one of the most beautiful German florilegia illustrating numerous exotic and unusual plants. It is the last edition of de Bry's famous florilegium. The first edition appeared 1612-14 with 87 plates. The florilegium was very popular and considerably expanded in later editions. Johann Theodor de Bry belonged to a noted family of engravers from Frankfurt. "In 1641, twenty-one years after the death of Johann Theodor de Bry, Matthaeus Merian the elder published an amplified version of the 'opus magnus' of his father-in-law 'Florelegium novum', entitling it 'Florilegium renovatum'. Merian was born in Basel in 1593... he settled in Frankfurt, where he married de Bry's daughter. A versatile artist, Merian not only continued the work of his father-in-law as an engraver, he also painted landscapes, portraits and historical scenes. His children, Matthaeus the younger and Maria Sibylla, followed in his footsteps: both became artists." (Tomasi, An Oak Spring Flora p. 74).

This last edition has 115 plates portraying the most beautiful plants of the 'Florilegium Renovatum et Auctum' published in 1641 (-1647).

Nissen BBI, 276.

[6] BRY, J.T. DE. Florilegium Renovatum et Auctum: das ist vernewertes und vermehrtes Blumenbuch: von mancherley Gewächsen/ Blumen und Pflantzen/ welche uns deren Schönheit/ lieblicher Geruch/ Gebrauch/ und manigfaltiger Unterschied angenehme machet/ die nicht allein auss der von uns bekandter/ sondern auch den alten unbekandter Welt/ Fruchtbarer Schoss/ uns herfür gegeben werden... Franckfurt am Mayn, bey Matthaeo Merian Buchhändlern, 1641 (-1647). Folio (315 x 200mm). pp. 14, including engraved frontispiece; printer's engraved vignette on title and a double-page engraving of the garden of Johan Schinden, and 176 (6 folding) engraved plates. Contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in 7 compartments with gilt lettered label (old skilful repair to hinges). € 50.000

A rare and one of the most beautiful German florilegia with the full number of plates, illustrating numerous exotic and unusual plants. The first edition appeared 1612-14 with 87 plates. The florilegium was very popular and considerably expanded in later editions. Johann Theodor de Bry belonged to a noted family of engravers from Frankfurt. "In 1641, twenty-one years after the death of Johann Theodor de Bry, Matthaeus Merian the elder published an amplified version of the 'opus magnus' of his father-in-law 'Florelegium novum', entitling it 'Florilegium renovatum'. Merian was born in Basel in 1593... he settled in Frankfurt, where he married de Bry's daughter. A versatile artist, Merian not only continued the work of his father-in-law as an engraver, he also painted landscapes, portraits and historical scenes.. His children, Matthaeus the younger and Maria Sibylla, followed in his footsteps: both became artists." (Tomasi, An Oak Spring Flora p. 74).

The 'Florilegium renovatum' is a much richer work than the earlier 'Florilegium novum' adding 32 plates from Ferrari's 'De florum cultura', as well as plates from other sources. The large folded engraved plates are entirely new. In the present copy plate 143 is not numbered, and the last plate dated 1647, showing that plates were added after the date of publication. Our copy contains also a plate 50a, which seems to be present in a few copies only. It is most unusual to find copies with the full number of plates. Title and one plate with small marginal repair.

A finely preserved copy of one of the greatest botanical books.

Hunt 237; Nissen BBI, 274.

[7] BUCHOZ, P.J. Collection Précieuse et Enluminée des Fleurs les plus Belles et les plus Curieuses, qui se cultivent tant dans les Jardins de la Chine que dans ceux de l'Europe. Partie II: PLANTES LES PLUS BELLES QUI SE CULTIVENT DANS LES JARDINS DE L'EUROPE. Paris, Debure l'aîné et chez\ l'Auteur, (1776-1779). Folio (450 x 280mm). With 1 engraved title and 100 beautifully hand- coloured engraved plates. Contemporary red morocco, richly gilt spine with 2 gilt-lettered red labels, sides with gilt borders, gilt edges (small skilful repair to corners). € 19.000

The work was published in two volumes of which the first concerns plants of China and the second plants of Europe. Both volumes have a distinctly oriental flavour. It shows Buchoz' vivid interest in Chinese culture at its best. In this he follows the example of Voltaire, who made France aware of the existence and value of 'Chinoiserie'. Buchoz is the first to produce a flowerbook in this tradition. The plates 'have the decorative qualities which we have always associated with Far Eastern art' (Blunt and Stearn). The lovely boldly coloured plates, all with yellow border, show ornamental flowers together with insects, butterflies or birds with slight landscape backgrounds. These two volumes of plants of China and Europe are the best Buchoz ever made and leave all his other work as far as elaborate colouring and decorative value is concerned far behind. Pierre-Joseph Buchoz (1731 - 1807) was a French physician, lawyer and naturalist. One plate with marginal tear repaired. A very fine and beautifully bound copy.

Nissen BBI, 282; Dunthorne 60.

[8] CURTIS, W. Flora Londinensis: containing a history of the Plants indigenous to Great Britain, illustrated by figures of the natural size. A new edition, enlarged by George Graves and William Jackson Hooker. London, Henry G. Bohn, [1817-] 1835. 5 volumes. Large-folio (481 x 290mm). With 659 beautifully handcoloured engraved plates on 647 leaves. Contemporary green half morocco, spines in 6 compartments with gilt lettering, topedges gilt. € 21.000

A reissue of the second, much enlarged edition. The second edition was published from 1817-1828. "Henry Bohm took over the remaining copies of this second edition and issued them in 1835 with new title-pages, carrying the date 1835" (Stafleu & Cowan 1286). The first three volumes contain the original 432 plates, but the text rewritten by Hooker. The final two volumes are entirely new, with the plates mostly from drawings by Hooker, together with his own descriptions. The impressive 'Flora Londinensis' is much more comprehensive in scope than its title suggests, for it embraces most of the English flora, and as a result of which it should be properly regarded as the first colour-plate national flora. "Curtis adopted the novel plan of having specimens drawn to a uniform scale and to life size, and most of the plates display a high degree of accuracy. In the opinion of Salisbury, the majority of the figures 'represent the most successful portrayals of British wild flowers that have ever been achieved'" (Henry II, p. 67). The fine plates are by James Sowerby, Sydenham Edwards, and Hooker. William Curtis is one of the great names in botany, the present work and his famous 'Botanical Magazine' are landmarks in English botany. Restored marginal tear to title page of 5th volume and blind library stamp on title pages. A fine copy without the usual foxing.

Nissen BBI, 440; Stafleu & Cowan 1286.

[9] CURTIS, W. The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden displayed: in which the most ornamental foreign plants, cultivated in the open ground, the green-house, and the stove, are accurately represented in their natural colours... London, S. Couchman, 1793-1814. 40 volumes, bound in 20. 8vo (235 x 140mm). With 1684 fine hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary uniform red half morocco, richly gilt spines, marbled sides. € 21.000

An attractive uniformly bound set of the early years of this famous and beautifully illustrated magazine. The magazine has continued publication almost without interruption to the present day and has become a national institute of which Englishmen may justly be proud. It should be noted that the colouring of the earlier volumes, as offered above, is far superior to the later ones. "It is, indeed, the oldest current scientific periodical of its kind with coloured illustrations in the world, and in the beauty of production and high standard of its contributions it can claim a unique place" (Henry II, p. 302). Title pages to volumes 6 to 10 have been discarded by the binder, who got confused as there are 2 volumes, each with a title-page, bound in one. Added to the set the Index to vols. 1-53. The first 5 volumes are in a slightly later (identical) issue as the edition of the first 5 volumes was too low and quickly sold out. William Curtis (1746-1799) was a famous English botanist and is best known for his splendid 'Flora Londinensis' and 'The Botanical magazine'. The noted natural history illustrators, James Sowerby and Sydenham Edwards both found a start with the eminent magazine. The genus Curtisia is named in his honour.

Stafleu & Cowan 1290; Nissen BBI, 2350.

*[10] DIETRICH, D. Forst-Flora oder Abbildung und Beschreibung der für den Forstmann wichtigen wildwachsenden Bäume und Sträucher sowie der nützlichen und schädlichen Kräuter. Vierte vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage. Leipzig, W. Baensch, 1863. 4to (275 x 195mm). pp. vi, 142; (4), 152, with 300 fine handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half green morocco, spines with gilt lettering. € 3.700

David Nathanael Friederich Dietrich (1799-1888) was a German botanical polygraph. A beautifully preserved copy of this well illustrated work, which although it went through several editions, is rather scarce. 32 plates show mushrooms. The plates were engraved by A. Hanemann and F. Kirchner.

Nissen BBI, 487; Pritzel 2256.

*[11] FLEMING, H.F. VON. Der Vollkommene Teutsche Jäger. Darinnen Die Erde, Gebürge, Kräuter und Bäume, Wälder, Eigenschaft der wilden Thiere und Vögel, So wohl Historice, als Physice, und Anatomice: Dann auch die behörigen Gross- und kleinen Hunde, und der völlige Jagd-Zeug... Leipzig, J.C. Martini, 1719-1724. 2 volumes. Folio (345 x 215mm). (I:) pp. (24), 356, 4, 357-400, 111, (33), with 1 engraved portrait and 61 (1 folded and 8 double-page) engraved plates; (II:) pp. (8), 12, 8, 224, (2), 225-500, (32), with 50 (16 double-page) engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, richly gilt spines with 6 raised bands and gilt-lettered brown labels. € 8.700

"The foremost 18th century German classic on hunting, shooting, hawking, fishing, etc. ... it is a notable production and the copper plates ... are original and of considerable interest. Fleming was an experienced sportsman and, although part of his text can be traced to previous writers, much of it was evidently based on personal knowledge. Imperfect copies of this book are not uncommon but it is difficult to obtain one with the plates complete" (Schwerdt I, 175). The beautiful engravings depict fine hunting scenes arranged to the various seasons, game animals, weapons, plants, horses, dogs, etc. There are several chapters on falcons and falconry, such as the falconer and his tools. Two plates show falcons together with hoods and one plate shows a falconer's horse. "The author... states that in his day falcons for heron- hawking were annually brought into Germany from Holland, by Dutch falconers who knew how to train them" (Harting, Bibliotheca Accipitraria 99). An excellent and very finely bound set of this German hunting and fishing classic with both parts in first editions and in complete state.

Lindner 11.0611.01 (giving an incomplete collation of the copy of the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel); Souhart 187. *[12] HAPPE, A.F. Botanica Pharmacevtica exhibens Plantas Officinales quarum nomina in dispensatorio Brandenburgico recensentur ...; adjectis nominibus tam pharmaceuticis, quam e systemate Linnaei depromtis. Berolini 1785 (- 1806). 6 volumes (bound in 3). Folio (365 x 225mm). pp. (6), 2, 1-118, (2, index), 119-178, general title with engraved vignette, 6 hand-coloured engraved frontispieces and 560 (last plate plain) fine hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, gilt ornamented spines in 7 compartments, the third volume containing volume 6 is in a non-uniform, somewhat rubbed, contemporary half calf binding. € 26.5000

This is one of the rarest German iconographies on pharmaceutical botany. Complete copies with 595 plates and 204 pages of text are pratically unknown and the British Museum of Natural History is one of the few libraries to have such a copy. No complete copy has been offered at auction, the most complete copy to have been offered at auction was in Germany in 2001 with 489 plates. We sold a copy in 1985 with 533 coloured plates for 32.000 dutch guilders. The present copy is the most complete one offered for sale during many decades. The rarity, of especially the last volume, is due to the great upheavel caused by the Napoleontic Wars and the long period of publication. Andreas Friedrich Happe (1733-1802) was a well-known artist, engraver, naturalist as well as pharmacist. He was born in Aschersleben and died in Berlin in 1802. His 'Botanica Pharmacevtica' is his major publication. As the work does not have a publisher it is likely that Happe was also the publisher. The rarity of the last volume can also be explained by the fact that Happe died prior to its publication. The title vignette show the author drawing plants in front of a lovely countryside. All plates are drawn and engraved by Happe and most probaly colourerd by him. The colouring is exquite with a lot of detail. Our copy has plates 1-500 and plates 501-541, 550, 552-553, 555, 558-560, 563, 565, 572, 584-587, 591-595. The text is in German.

Provenance: Title with old signature 'Sprenger' and a more recent label of 'Deister Apotheke in Springe'.

B.M. (Nat. Hist.)II, 785; Stafleu & Cowan state: "... Botanica Pharmaceutica ... not seen by us. We should welcome information on the location of copies".

[13] HÜBNER, J. Sammlung auserlesener Vögel und Schmetterlinge, mit ihren Namen. Herausgegeben auf Hundert nach der Natur ausgemahlten Kupfern. Augsburg, gedruckt mit Brinnhausserischen Schriften, 1793. 8vo (197 x 122mm). pp. 16, with 100 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, gilt ornamented spine with gilt lettered label (head and foot of spine a bit rubbed) € 30.000

The rarest of Hübner's works and probably the rarest entomological work ever published. We suppose that Dr. W. Junk once owned a copy which he describes in extenso in his 'Rara Historia Naturalia'. In his '50 Jahre Antiquar' on page 31 he writes that on one occasion he was able to buy an almost complete set of Hübner's works “aus den kaiserlichen und erzherzoglichen Bibliotheken Oesterreichs und Ungarns”. As W. Junk is the only major source of information on this book we quote his description. "Auf jeder der 100 Tafeln ist ein Vogel und ein Schmetterling - fast durchgängig Microlepidopteren - dargestellt. Der Hauptwert des Werkes liegt in den Abbildungen der letzteren. Denn während die Tafeln der Vögel bis auf einen kleinen Theil nach den Abbildungen anderer Zoologen hergestellt sind, Hübner sich auch bei der Wahl der abzubildenden Arten zu sehr von der Rücksicht auf ihre Schönheit leiten liess, ist unter den Schmetterlingen nicht einer, der nicht unmittelbar nach der Natur gezeichnet und gemalt wurde, und - was besonders wichtig ist - die in der Sammlung enthalten Species waren vorher nie oder nur ganz mangelhaft abgebildet. Einer grossen Anzahl der Microlepidopteren hat der Autor, wie er selbst angibt, in diesem Buche zum ersten Male Namen gegeben. Dieses erste grössere Werk Hübner's ist das seltenste der Bücher des Autors, die bekanntlich alle zu den Raritäten der entomologischen Litteratur gehören. Selbst Hagen, der die anderen alle gesehen hat, ist von diesem kein Exemplar zu Augen gekommen. Schon im Jahre 1850 war es laut Ankündigung Dr. Herrich-Schäffer's im Gegensatz zu den anderen Werken Hübner's ganz vergriffen… Dieses sehr seltene Buch, das kaum von jemand Anders als von Ochsenheimer und Treitschke an ein paar Stellen citirt wird… wird den wenigsten Lepidopterologen zu Gesicht gekommen sein oder künftig kommen" (W. Junk, Rara Historico-Naturalia II, p. 137). A fine copy.

See F. Hemming, Hübner, a bibliographical account p. 65; Hagen p. 388.

[14] JABLONSKY, C.G. & HERBST, J.F.W. Natursystem aller bekannten in- und ausländischen Insecten, als eine Fortzetsung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Nach dem System des Ritters Carl von Linné bearbeitet: KÄFER. Berlin, J. Pauli, 1785-1806. 3 text-vols (of 10) and 3 volumes. Oblong-4to (atlas). With 1 engraved handcoloured frontispiece and 3 handcoloured title-vignettes and 202 plates, of which 201 beautifully coloured. Contemporary boards, spines with red labels (text) and contemporary half calf, spines with gilt lettered labels, gilt ornaments (paper of sides recently renewed; atlas). € 8.000

A very fine copy of one of the most attractive early works on coleoptera, lacking the last 7 text volumes. First and only edition of this superbly illustrated work on exotic and European coleoptera. Carl Gustav Jablonsky was private secretary to the Queen of Prussia. After Jablonsky's untimely death Herbst edited the work from volume 2 on. A great number of the plates were drawn by Jablonsky. The work should be considered a first attempt to a total survey of the coleoptera. A sequel was published to the above work dealing with butterflies. All plates have brilliant colouring.

Nissen ZBI, 2078; Junk, Rara I, 10.

[15] KRUSENSTERN, A.J. VON. Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1803, 1804, 1805 und 1806 auf Befehl seiner Kaiserlichen Majestät Alexander des Ersten auf den Schiffen Nadeshda und Newa... St. Petersburg, gedruckt in der Schnoorschen Buchdruckery, auf Kosten des Verfassers, 1810-1812. 3 volumes. 4to (265 x 215mm). pp.(8), xx, 353, (1); (4), 436; (4), iv, 376,(2), with 1 folded table. Contemporary calf, spines with 2 gilt lettered labels (slightly rubbed). € 4.800

Very rare text volumes of the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe. A large folio atlas accompanying the German text was published in 1814. The work was first published in Russian in St.Peterburg 1809-1812 likewise in 4to. "Its historic importance lies in the fact that the expedition commanded by Kruzenshtern was the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe, during which two ships - the Nadezhda and the Neva - visited and chartered the North Pacific area, including Alaska. They also discovered a number of hitherto unknown islands in the South Pacific" (Lada-Mocarski 62). Second volume with some slight occasional marginal staining, the third volume with strong browning at the lower margin of the first 25 leaves sometimes affecting the printed text, the same to the last 10 leaves. The collation is similar to Lada-Mocarski, with one acception that our copy of the 3rd volume has one more leaf at the beginning; leaf 359/360 is numbered twice as is correct.

Arctic Bibliography 9377; Lada-Mocarski 62; Nissen ZBI, 2310.

[16] LACEPEDE, B.G. & BECHSTEIN, J.M. Naturgeschichte der Amphibien oder der eyerlegenden vierfüssigen Thiere und der Schlangen. Eine Fortsetzung von Buffon's Naturgeschichte. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen von J.M. Bechstein. Weimar, Industrie Comptoir, 1800-1802. 5 volumes. 8vo (200 x 115mm). pp. xxxii, 524; pp. xx, 552; pp. xxvi, 454; pp. xvi (of xx), 298; pp. xii, 200, with 168 engraved plates of which 144 finely handcoloured. Contemporary half calf, spines with green and red labels . € 5.000

The very scarce and beautifully handcoloured German edition of Lacepède's work."Bechstein's other contribution to herpetology was much more technical. During 1800-1802 he issued a five volume work, 'Herrn De la Cepede's Naturgeschichte der Amphibien', being a translation of Count B.G.É. Lacepède's 'Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupèdes Ovipares et des Serpens' (1788-1789). Lacepède's work was one of the most important herpetological books of its time… Bechstein's version is far more than a mere translation because he revised it with the addition of new information that appeared subsequent to Lacepède, particularly from works of German authors such as Blasius, Merrem, J.G. Schneider, and Johann David Schoepff. He added extensive footnotes… and additional accounts of new species… Bechstein's 168 plates are newly engraved and in fact, he copied only some of them from Lacepède (63 of 360 figures) (Adler, Contributions to the History of Herpetology II, p. 34). The hand colouring of the plates is fine and as always 24 plates were not coloured. Our copy lacks the last 2 leaves of index in the 4th volume. A very fine copy.

Nissen ZBI, 2351.

[17] LANG(E), C.N. Historia Lapidum figuratorum Helvetiae ejusque viciniae, in quâ non solùm enarrantur omnia eorum genera, species et vires ... Venetiis, J. Tomasini/ Lucerne, H.G. Hautt & J.J. Halter, 1708. 4to. pp. (28), 165, (1, blank), with a beautiful engraved frontispiece and 54 engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine with 5 raised bands. € 3.900

Hoover 505; Ward & Carozzi 1321. A very scarce work on the minerals and fossils of Switzerland. In 1735 a small supplement with 10 pages and 1 plate was published. Lang was one of the last authors who believed in the direct origin of the fossils in the rocks and particularly argued against the conception of the diluvialists that fossils were animals destroyed by the Flood. "Lang's fossil descriptions were used and his theories discussed by Beringer, and Lang is said to have been a colleague of Scheuchzer. Yet the closeness of the relationship with Scheuchzer is open to question since the latter was a diluvialist" (D.S.B. VIII, p. 4). The beautifully engraved frontispiece drawn by Ambrosius Besutius and engraved by Paulus Blancus shows a geological cabinet, containing minerals and fossils. "The physician and senator Karl Lang (1670-1741) established his 'Museum Lucernense Langianum', in Lucerne; it contained mostly minerals and fossils. In 1858 it was purchased by the Natural History Museum of Lucerne" (Wilson. The History of Mineral Collecting p. 119). The plates show minerals, fossil plants, fishes, a human skeleton, and shells. A good copy.

[18] LEUPOLD, J. Prodromus Bibliothecae Metallicae, oder Verzeichnis der meisten Schrifften, so von Dingen, die Ad Regnum Minerale, gezehlet werden, handeln; Als da sind: Die Metalle, Mineralien, Salien, Steine, Petrifacta, mancherley Erden... so corrigirt, ferner fortgesetzt und vermehrt worden von Franc. Ernest Bruckmann. Wolffenbüttel 1732. 8vo (185 x 120mm). pp. 157, (1, blank), (18, index). (Bound up with:) BRUCKMANN, F.E. Bibliothecae Numismaticae, oder der Verzeichniss der meisten Schriften, so von Münz-Wesen handeln; 1stes Supplement. Wolffenbüttel, 1732. pp. 36. Contemporary boards, uncut. € 2.600

"Rare. Second augmented edition, edited by Franz Ernst Brückmann, consisting of a reworking of the first edition together with supplemental material bringing the work up to date with a total of c 1750 entries. It contains information found nowhere else" (Schuh, Bibliography of Mineralogy). The first edition was published in 1726. No copy in the Hoover collection. Jacob Leupold (1674-1727) was a famous German engineer and instrument maker and published an important work on mechanics 'Theatri Machinarum' (1727), the first systematic analysis of mechinal engineering. Cobres I, p. 4; B.M. (Nat. Hist.) III, 1099.

[19] LIGON, R. A true & exact history of the island of Barbados. Illustrated with a mapp of the island, as also the principall Trees and Plants there, set forth in their due proportions and shapes, drawne out by their severall and respective scales. Together with the Ingenio that makes the Sugar, with the plots of the several houses, roomes, and other places, that are used in the whole processe of sugar-making; viz. the Grinding-room, the Boyling-room, the Filling-room, the Curing-house, Still- house, and Furnaces; all cut in copper. London, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1657. Folio (280 x 175mm). pp. (10), 122, (4) with 6 engraved plates, 1 large folding map of Barbados and 3 folded plans. 19th century crushed full brown marocco, gilt decorated spine with gilt lettering, sides with gilt cornerpieces, gilt edges. € 9.000

First edition of the most important early work on Barbados. It gives a detailed description of the flora and fauna, cultivation of sugar cane, the planters, the slaves, native Americans as well as the geography of the island. The large folding engraved map (390 x 520mm) drawn by the author is of great charm and shows fish and ships offshore, cattle and camels and boars, a slave master chasing runaways, armored horsemen and an Arawak holding his bow. The 6 engraved plates show economic tropical plants, 1 shows the Prickled Peare and the Blossom of the Pomegranate, 2 show Palm Trees, 2 Banana Trees, and 1 the Queen Pineapple. The Pineapple is the first illustration of this fruit in an English book. "The first example of this strange fruit arrived in London from the West Indies in 1657 with Richard Ligon, whose 'True and Exact History… of Barbados', published in the same year, contained a glowing description of it" (S. Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona p. xxxii). The 3 folded plans all concern the grinding, manufacturing and storing of sugar cane.

Richard Ligon was 60 years old when he shipped out to Barbados in 1647. He was either fleeing his creditors or seeking a fortune late in life or both. He stayed 3 years and describes how the development of the sugar economy dramatically increased the planters' demand for African slave labor, leading to the island's transformation into a slave society ruled by wealthy planters. Ligon was a man of culture and education, and had a keen interest in architecture. In his book he proposed alterations to make the planter's houses more suitable for a tropical climate (pp. 42-43) "Lastly, does the 'History' contribute insights into the development of early modern European botany and science, taken up as it is with so much consideration of fauna and flora. Throughout the 'History' Ligon puts his learning on show with references to classical texts and confident familiarity with early modern architecture and botany. Alongside many of his contemporaries who wrote about 'wonders' and novel plants and animals of the Americas, he is fascinated both by the workings of nature and by the relationship of nature to human society" (D. Smith). He informs the reader of the commercially desirable plants that can be grown and lists plants and animals that can be eaten and warns against the danger of poisons from unfamiliar plants and animals. "Yet this text, published in 1657 and reprinted in 1673, remains one of our best descriptions of seventeenth-century English Caribbean" (D. C. Smith). Map and 2 plans with small old paper repair. A fine copy.

Provenance: J. Eliot Hodgkin armorial bookplate.

See Richard Ligon, A true and Exact History of the Island of Barbados, ed. David Smith (e-text, 2012, 3rd edition); M. Parker, Sugar Barons. London 2011.

[20] LINK, H.F., KLOTZSCH, F. & OTTO, F. (Eds.). Icones Plantarum Rariorum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis. Abbildungen seltener Pflanzen des Königl. botanischen Gartens zu Berlin. Erster (-Zweiter) Jahrgang (all published!). Berlin, Veit & Co., 1841/Nicolai, 1844. 2 volumes (bound in 1). 4to (276 x 222mm). pp. (4), 61, (3), 63-123, (1), with 48 handcoloured lithographed plates. Contemporary half cloth (a bit worn). € 3.700 Of this scarce and attractive work only two volumes have been published. The beautiful plates drawn and lithographed by C.F. Schmidt depict many fine illustrations of orchids, such as Oncidium, Odontoglossum, Notylia, Scelochilus, Tigridia, Epidendron (3 various species), and Rhynchopera. Another plate shows Protea longiflora, a fine South-African plant, of which the seed was brought to the Botanic Garden in Berlin, where this plant was cultivated. "Bleibende Verdienste um den Berliner Botanischen Garten, den 'Hortus regius Berolinensis', der sich damals noch in der Potsdamer Straße - auf dem heutigen Gelände des Kammergerichts und seiner Umgebung - befand, hat sich Heinrich Friedrich Link in mindestens dreifacher Hinsicht erworben. Zum einen bereicherte er ihn um viele neue, auch seltene Pflanzen, nicht zuletzt durch Samentausch mit anderen botanischen Instituten. 1843 wurden hier über 14 000 Arten gezählt, doppelt soviel wie noch zu Willdenows Zeiten; damit hatte Berlin den artenreichsten wissenschaftlichen Garten in Europa, eine Einrichtung von Weltrang (G. Fischer, 'Einer der letzten Universalgelehrten zum 230. Geburtstag des Berliner Botanikers H. F. Link').

Two old library stamps on title.

Great Flower Books, 65; Nissen BBI, 1213; Pritzel 5396.

[21] LINNAEUS, C. Philosophia Botanica in qua explicantur fundamenta botanica cum definitionibus partium, exemplis terminorum, observationibus rariorum, adjectis figuris aeneis. Stockholmiae, G. Kiesewetter, 1751. 8vo (200 x 123mm). pp. (6), 362, with portrait frontispiece of Linnaeus and 2 fullpage woodcuts in the text and 9 engraved plates. Contemporary vellum, with old manuscript title on spine (foot of spine lacks small piece). € 1.900 Scarce first edition with the mostly lacking portrait of Linnaeus (J.M. Bernigeroth sc. Lips. 1749). "The 'Philosophia botanica' consists of the 365 aphorisms of the 'Fundamenta' (only a few of them in a changed form or actually different) with the addition of extensive explanations, commentaries, references or other documentation printed in smaller type.... The 'Philosophia botanica' is the key to Linnaeus and the epitome of the predominance of aristotelian-thomistic methodological thinking in taxonomic botany" (Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans. p. 32).

Soulsby 437.

[22] LINNAEUS, C. Species Plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Holmiae, impensis Laurentii Salvii, 1753. 2 volumes. 8vo (200 x 120mm). pp. (12), 1-560; (2), 561-1200, (32). Contemporary, gilt ornamented spine (skilful repair to spines). € 8.500

First edition of the most important work in the world's botanical literature, the foundation of binary nomenclature, and thus the starting point of modern nomenclature. There are two issues of the first volume of the first edition; the present one is the second issue, for which Linnaeus had revised and reprinted three leaves (i.e. E6, F5 & R2). It is therefore to be regarded as the definitive edition. Linnaeus himself named this work his "Magnum Opus". Many leaves have the English common names added in the margin in a contemporary hand. Title with some browning at the outer margin.

Hulth 89; Hunt 548; Pritzel 5427; Soulsby 480a; Stafleu & Cowan 4769. [23] MÜLLER, O.F. Zoologia Danica seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. Hauniae, N. Mölleri/ N. Christensen, 1788-1806. 4 volumes bound in two. Folio (387 x 240mm). pp. v, (1), 52; (4), 56; (4), 71; (6), 46, with engraved title vignettes and 160 beautifully handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, gilt lettered spines in 6 compartments, marbled sides, upper edges gilt. € 17.000

A fine copy, of a very rare work, describing the marine fauna of Denmark and Norway. This beautifully produced work is one of the rarest zoological publications. Müller complains that no more than 25 copies had been sold in Denmark, not a single copy in Norway, two copies in Italy, 2 copies in England and 2 in France. "For the rest of his life he was able to live a financially carefree existence, having in May 1773 married the widow of a rich Norwegian merchant, Anna Carlsen, née Paludan. Through his marriage Müller formed close ties with Norway, his 'new fatherland' as he occasionally called that country. During the remainder of his life he often spent the summer on his estate at Drobak, on Oslo Fiord, and he traveled a good deal about Norway, inland and along the coasts, studying and collecting material for his scientific work" (Anker). Müller was one of the first to use a dredge to collect specimens on a scale never used before. "Müller must therefore be regarded as one of the real pioneers in marine biology…"(Anker). Müller died after the first two volumes had been published, the third volume was by P.C. Abildgaard and the concluding volume by P.C. Abildgaard, J.S. Holten, M. Vahl and J.Rathke. Most of the plates are by O.F. Müller's brother C.F. Müller.

"In the first part of 'Zoologia Danica', almost all the described animals were from Norway. Except for one fish, all were invertebrates and included protozoans, sponges, coelenterates, flatworms, nematodes, annelids, mollusks, and echinoderms. This pattern was followed fairly closely in all other parts" (Damkaer). Of the 160 plates, 16 show shells, 10 fishes, 4 birds and 1 mammals, the others show marine invertebrates.

As far as we can trace we have never offered a complete fully coloured copy. In 1974 we sold a copy from the library of the Belgian zoologist J. Van Beneden. However, the plates of the last part of this copy were not coloured.

Our copy has the stamp of Léon Vaillant on 2 title pages. Léon Vaillant (1834-1914) was a French zoologist and professor at the Museum of natural History in Paris. A very clean and fine copy, with splendid colouring of the plates.

For the complicated publishing history of the 'Zoologia Danica' see page 91-94 of Anker's monograph on Müller.

Nissen ZBI, 2932; D.M. Damkaer, The Copepodologist's Cabinet pp. 72-87; Jean Anker, Otto Friderich Müller's Zoologia Danica. Copenhagen 1950.

[24] PISO, W. & MARCGRAF, G. Historia naturalis Brasiliae, ... in qua non tantum Plantae et Animalia, sed et indigenarum morbi, ingenia et mores describuntur... Lugdun. Batavorum et Amstelodami, F. Hackium apud L. Elzevirium, 1648. Folio (397 x 248mm). pp. (xii, including frontispiece), 122, (2); (iv), 293, (7), with engraved frontispiece and ca. 500 woodcuts in the text. Contemporary calf, gilt ornamented spine in 7 compartments, sides with large gilt English Royal coat of arms of James II and the motto of the English chivalric Order of the Garter 'Honi soit qui mal y pense', and 2 gilt borders (skilful repair to hinges and foot of spine). € 19.000

First edition and a very special copy from the famous John Roland Abbey collection in an English Royal binding of the first major survey of the natural history of Brazil and the most extensive documentation on the Brazilian flora and fauna of the 17th century. It is also a pioneering work on tropical medicine. Landis comments: "This magnificent book, the most noted work of science in seventeenth-century Holland, was a product of that century's Dutch conquest of a portion of Brazil. It remained the one great illustrated work on the natural history of Brazil until the major expeditions of the nineteenth century generated new publications". Willem Piso (1611-1678; Dutch physician) was sent by the Dutch West Indies Company as the leader of the scientific mission to Brazil, where he was accompanied by the German naturalist and traveler Georg Marcgraf (1610-1644). Marcgraf's contributions to the above work are the descriptions and woodcut illustrations of the natural history matter depicting fishes, birds, quadrupeds and serpents as well as insects, and for the larger part plants. The part on the northeastern region of Brazil and the linguistics and ethnography of its inhabitants is followed by an extensive Tupi vocabulary of the Tapuia Indians. The fine pictorial titlepage is engraved after a drawing by Matham, the original of which is in the Albertina Library in Vienna.

Provenance: The coat of arms are of James II (1633-1701), as Duke of York. This means that the arms date from before 1685, when James became King, and would have adopted slightly different arms; Armorial bookplate of John Roland Abbey and bookplate of John Henry Gurney.

Hunt 244; Nissen BBI, 1533.

[25] REIDER, J.E. VON. Abbildung von fünf und zwanzig und Beschreibung von hundert der neuesten und merkwürdigsten Pelargonien. 1 & 2 Jahrgang. Nürnberg, in der C.H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung, 1829-1830. 2 volumes, bound in one. 8vo (205 x 120mm). pp. (6), 130; pp. (2), 168, with 50 fine handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, spine with red gilt lettered label. € 4.600

A rare contribution towards the genus Pelargonium. Only two volumes were published with each 25 plates. Jakob Ernst von Reider was a Bavarian horticultural author and the editor of the 'Annalen der Blumisterei für Gartenbesitzer...' of which 12 volumes appeared between 1826 and 1836. The Geraniaceae Family includes the genus Pelargonium and the genus Geranium. The geranium flowers are symmetrical while the pelargonium flowers are not. The pelargonium flowers have a nectary tube behind the petals, the geranium does not. The colouring of the plates is outstanding. First title with small repair.

Nissen BBI, 1610.

[26] ROSSIUS, P. Fauna Etrusca sistens Insecta quae in Provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit. Liburni, Typis Thomae Masi & Sociorum, 1790. 2 volumes (bound in 1). 4to (270 x 200mm). pp. xxii, (2), 272; (2), 348, with 2 engraved frontispieces, 1 handcoloured engraved dedication-plate to Petro Leopoldo and 10 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary red half calf, covers with gilt dentelled borderlines, richly gilt ornamented spine with gilt lettering. (Together with:) ROSSIUS, P. Mantissa Insectorum exhibens Species nuper in Etruria collectas. Pisis, Ex Typographia Polloni/ Prosperi, 1792-1794. 2 volumes (bound in 1). 4to (265 x 200mm). pp. 148; 154, with engraved frontispiece and 8 handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary red half calf, covers with gilt dentelled borderlines, richly gilt ornamented spine with gilt lettering. € 15.000

Beautiful uniformly bound copies of Rossi's major works on the insects of Etruria with two interesting provenances. One of Prince Pietri Ginori Conti, from a famous Florentine noble family, with his armorial bookplate, the other one of Jean Baptiste Huzard, with his stamped signature. Pietro Rossi (1738-1804) was professor at the university of Pisa and the world's first professor of entomology. His publications particularly the 'Fauna Etrusca' and the 'Mantissa insectorum', are considered as pioneer achievements of entomology. Both works were beautifully produced and printed on light blue paper. The 'Fauna Etrusca' has a fine dedication plate showing a caterpillar amidst foliage, flowers, and various insects. Some plates of the 'Mantissa' are heightened with gold. Both copies have broad margins.

J.B. Huzard, great French bibliophile, put together one of the largest natural history libraries of his time, containing some 40,000 items. The books of his library are known for their pristine condition. Nissen ZBI, 3482 & 3483.

[27] RUSSELL, P. Descriptions and figures of two hundred fishes; collected at Vizagapatam on the Coast of Coromandel. Presented to the Hon. the court of directors of the East India Company. London, G. and W. Nicol, 1803. 2 volumes, bound in one. Large Folio (466 x 328 mm). pp. vii, (1), 78, (4); pp.(2), 85, (1), (4), with 198 beautifully engraved plates (sometimes 2 plates on a leaf), a large number of the plates are aquatint etchings. Contemporary full calf, spine in 7 compartments with gilt lines and lettering, sides with gild border, marbled edges (some minor skilful repair to spine). € 16.000

A very fine copy of the first publication on the fishes of India. A splendidly produced pioneering work illustrated by a native artist. Russell was stimulated by Banks to study the fishes of the Coast of Coromandel north of Madras. 'Sir Joseph Banks, who honoured me with his correspondence, suggested how defected the history of Indian Fishes was in Europe at that time, and encouraged me to proceed' (Preface). Patrick Russell (1726-1805) was a Scottish physician-naturalist in the service of the East India Company and wrote apart from the present work a major book on the serpents of India. He is the first naturalist to describe the ichthyology of India. He was followed by Buchanan writing on the fishes of the Ganges and much later by Francis Day. 'The drawings of this Collection, as before mentioned, were executed by a native of India; and by the advice of artists at home have undergone only a few slight corrections' (Preface). The engravings are by Heath, others by Neele and 2 or 3 by Skelton, but for the greater part by Reeve. Due to climatological conditions Russell was unable to have the plates coloured, which was his original intention, like he had done with his previously published work on the snakes of India. 'In a hot climate, the colours of fish are more rapidly fugitive after death than in serpents. They escape while the painter is adjusting his palette...'(Preface). After 7 years in India Russell returned to England in 1789 where he worked on his publications until his death in 1805. A copy without any foxing of this very rare item, which is not easily found in such a nice condition. Nissen, Schöne Fischbücher 110; Wood p. 547; B.M. (Nat. Hist.), 1770. [28] SCHINZ, H.R. Beschreibung und Abbildung der künstlichen Nester und Eyer der Vögel, welche in der Schweiz, in Deutschland und den angrenzenden Ländern brüten. Mit illuminirten Kupfern. Zürich, bey Füssli und Compagnie, (1818-) 1830. Large 4to (330 x 260mm). pp. (6), iv, 119, (1 blank), (4, index), with 74 fine hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary brown marbled boards, spine with new gilt-lettered label. € 9.000

A very scarce work describing the nests and eggs of the birds of Switzerland, Germany and adjacent countries. The first series of thirty-three plates depict birds with their nests and eggs (four show nests and eggs only); the second series of fourty-one plates is devoted to eggs. The beautifully hand-coloured plates are by W. Hartmann and J. Kull. The work was published in 13 parts, for which reason complete copies are rare. Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777-1861) was a Zürich born Swiss naturalist. In 1833 he became professor of natural history at the university of Zürich. An uncut copy.

Nissen IVB, 824; Zimmer II, 551

[29] (SCHULTZ, E.C). Entdeckung einer dem Kreuz-Steine wesentlichen Entstehungs-Art der Kreuz-Figur. An Se. Excellenz den hochwohlgebohrnen Herrn Friedrich Anton Freyherrn von Heinitz. Hamburg, J.P. C. Reuss, (1780). 4to (212 x 170 mm). pp. 38, with an engraved handcoloured frontispiece. Recent boards. € 2.400

Ernst Christian Schultz (1740-1810) was a German naturalist and formed an important natural history collection. An illustrated description of a staurolite and the origin of the cross-figure. A beautifully produced monograph with a very attractive frontispiece plate. Ward 1998; Poggendorff II, pp. 860-861; Cobres I, p. 187.

[30] SCOPOLI, I.A. Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae seu novae, aut minus cognitae species plantarum et animalium quas in Insubria Austriaca tam spontaneas, quam exoticas vidit, descripsit, et aeri incidi curavit Ioannes Antonius Scopoli. Ticini, ex typographia Reg. & Imp. Monasterii S. Salvatoris, 1786-1788. 3 parts (bound in 1 volume). Folio (422 x 280mm). pp. (2), ix, 85; (4), 115; (4), 87, with 3 engraved frontispieces, 3 engraved title-vignettes, 3 engraved vignettes showing the Pavia Botanic garden and 75 engraved plates. Contemporary vellum, gilt lettered label on spine. € 12.800

"Gems of the flora and fauna of Lombardy, including native and exotic species which have lived there. Contains many type illustrations of importance. Each copper plate was executed at the expense of a separate patron. The book is very rare ..." (Wood 559); Pritzel 8558: "Aeusserst selten complett, indem einige Blätter bei der Einnahme von Pavia zu Grunde gingen"; Zimmer 565-566: "... the third (part) contains a discussion of the mammals and birds treated in Sonnerat's "Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée", 1776, and "Voyage aux Indes Orientales et a la Chine", 1782, with short diagnoses and the first application of binomial names to the species ..." This luxurious folio is Scopoli's most beautiful work, and as Nissen indicates it is one of the few really great natural history books produced in Italy during that time. The author was professor of botany at Pavia and the above work was printed at the monastry of San Salvatore, Pavia. It is of greatest rarity in complete state as sheets of the work were destroyed during the siege and capture of Pavia. A very fine broad-margined copy in an attractive contemporary Italian binding.

Stafleu & Cowan 11.551; Nissen BBI, 1822.

[31] SELIGMANN, J.M. Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltener Vögel worinnen ein jeder dererselben nicht nur auf das genaueste beschrieben sondern auch in einer richtigen und sauber illuminirten Abbildung vorgestellet wird. Nürnberg, J.J. Fleischmann, 1749-1773. Volumes 1- 8 (of 9), bound in 4. Folio (380 x 245mm). With 2 engraved frontispieces, 8 engraved title-vignettes, 1 large coloured folding map of Carolina, 1 engraved portrait and 421 beautifully handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spines with gilt lettered labels and gilt ornaments. € 40.000

One of the most splendid German works on birds. The number of copies printed must have been very small as complete copies with all the 9 volumes are rare. The last complete copy to appear at auction is almost 20 years ago. In 1749-1776, the works of Edwards 'A natural history of uncommon birds' and 'Gleanings of natural history' and Catesby 'Natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands' were translated into German and combined into one work under the title 'Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltener Vögel'. The plates of Edwards and Catesby were re-engraved by Seligmann, further embellished by the addition of figures of plants not present in the originals. Johann Michael Seligmann (1720-1762) was a Nürnberg publisher and engraver. He published some of the most splendid natural history works of his time such as Trew's 'Hortus Nitidissimis', Gessner's 'Opera botanica' and Schmidel's 'Erz Stüffen'. The final volume 9, not present here, contains 52 plates. 3 plates with contemporary handwriting in the margin, 2 plates with old handwriting (just one word), 1 plate, outer margin shorter (not supplied from another copy).

Nissen IVB, 857; Anker 462; Ludwig, Nürnberger naturwissenschaftliche Malerei im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert pp. 375-377. [32] ZORGDRAGER, C.G. Beschreibung des Grönländischen Wallfischfangs und Fischerey, nebst einer gründlichen Nachricht von dem Bakkeljau- und Stockfischfang bey Terreneuf, und einer kurzen Abhandlung von Grönland, Island, Spritzbergen, Nova Zembla, Jan Mayen Eiland, der Strasse Davids u.a. Aus dem Holländischen übersetzt, und mit accuraten Kupfern und Land- Charten gezieret. Nürnberg, Georg Peter Monath, 1750. 4to. pp. (6), 370, (10), with fine engraved allegorical frontispiece, 7 (1 folded) engraved plates and 6 folded engraved maps. Contemporary German speckled boards. € 3.200

A fine copy of the second German edition of this famous work on fishery and whaling in the Arctic Seas, containing maps of the North Polar region, Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Jan-Mayen and Novaya-Zemlya. The beautifully engraved plates show the ships of whalers, whales, hunting sceneries etc., of which the large folding one is by A. Salm after a drawing by van der Hem. The original Dutch edition was published in 1720. "Zorgdrager's work is by far the most important of the early authorities on the Northern Whalefishery, and must always be one of the chief sources of information for the early history on the subject" (Allen 177).