Dierkundig mengelwerk in het welke de nieuwe of nog duistere zoorten van dieren door naauwkeurige afbeeldingen, beschryvingen en verhandelingen opgehelderd worden [...].

6 instalm. in 1 vol., 4to: viii-32, 38, 36, 32, 30, 25-[2] pp.; 10 pl. (faint dampstaining on last ff., edges uncut).

Contemp. half calf, speckled boards, gilt spine with raised bands (spine faded and worn). Good copy.

Very rare, first Dutch translation of this ill. zoological work by the German naturalist and explorer Peter Simon Pallas (1741-1811). The translator, Pieter Boddaert (1730-1796) was a renowned naturalist and zoologist himself and added many useful comments. The work consists of 6 instalments each with an additional, dated, title and ill. with 10 engr. (1 fold.): "De Hartebokken in het algemeen beschouwd" (2 pl.); "Twee uitlandsche vledermuizen" (4 pl.); "De zeerupsen" (1 fold. pl.); "De zeeduizendbeenen en zeepissebedden" (1 pl.); "De groote zandkoker, een nieuwe zoort van tor, en eene verhandeling over de oost-indische buidelrat en miereneter" (1 pl.); "Het geslacht der poulepeintades, de kuifhoenderen en de gekuifde zeepapegaai" (1 pl.), concluded with an index to all 6 parts. A printed note tipped in below the last preface text, states that the original pl. were unavailable, and new pl., based on the original drawings by Schouman, were made.
Ref. Landwehr (Dutch books col. pl.) 152 (mentions 10 pl.). - Nissen (ZBI) 3072 (mentions 11 pl.). - STCN.