[Fauna van Nederland]. De vogels van Nederland. Tweede herziene druk.

2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: [4]-ii-lxxi-135 pp.; 17 pl., [4]-ii-136 pp.; 18/35, 18 pl. (some spotting not affecting the pl.).

Green cloth with gilt central element, flat gilt-titled spine (rubbed at extremities).

Second ed. of this standard work by the German ornithologist H. Schlegel (1804-1884), part on the birds only. Ill. with 35 hand-coloured lithographed plates containing figures of heads and feet and the 18 lithographed pl. showing the birds in their diff. habitats.
Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 3686 and (IVB) 828. - Anker 445. - Landwehr 167.
Joined: 1-2. Schlegel, H. - Fauna van Nederland, vogels. Leiden, P.W.M. Trap, [1854-1858]. 2 vol., 8vo; 362 (178, 184) pl. Contemp. quarter brown leather (spines restored). Illustrations only of the first edition, 46 instalments with each 8 pl., except for one which has only 2 pl. (as it should be), by the German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist Schlegel (1804-1884). Ill. (complete) with 362 hand-coloured lithogr. pl. after drawings from the author partly heightened with Arabic gum showing birds of prey (falcons, hawks, harriers, eagles, kites, buzzards, etc.), climbing birds (woodpeckers), passerines (swallows), galliformes, stilts, anseriformes, tamed birds, etc. Systematic synopsis of the birds of the country, with descriptions of the individual forms and their different plumages, and notes on their geographical distribution and habits. Trap, sold the entire edition to Van Goor who issued it in 1859 with the title "De Vogels van Nederland". Ref. Nissen (IVB) 830. - Anker 443. - Landwehr 166. Prov. J. G. Vanmarle. - 3. Schlegel, H. - De vogels van Nederland beschreven en afgebeeld. Met 362 gekleurde platen. Leiden, Noothoven van Goor, [1859 (- 1860/1861)]. 8vo. Text vol. only. Ref. Nissen (IVB) 830. - Anker 443. Prov. J. G. Vanmarle. (4 vol.)