[Algemeene natuurkundige en historische beschryving der zeldzaamste en verwonderenswaardigste schepsels in der Natuur].

18 parts in 1 vol. 4to; 17 pl. (some min. soiling, mostly marginal).

Contemp. half brown calf, marbled paper on covers, flat spine (rebacked).

First edition containing 18 (of 31) parts of this zoological treatise by Vosmaer. Our copy includes 17 hand-coloured engraved plates showing a.o. a marmot, a sloth, a spider monkey, a weasel, kingfishers, a trush, an Andean cock-of-the-rock, a parrot, birds of prey, a rattle snake, etc.
Ref. Nissen (ZBI) 4293.
Prov. Charles Atwood Kofoid, American zoologist (1865-1947) (bookpl.).