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Leipzig und Heidelberg, Winter 1869. 8vo. X, 382 S. mit 8 Tafeln, 9 Abbildungen und 1 gefalt. Karte. Neuer brauner Leinenband mit dem Original-Vorderdeckel mit der originalen Goldprägung, Vorsätze erneuert, Exlibris am Innendeckel, sauberes Exemplar. 'Gerade seine in diesem Buch beschriebene Reise nach den Quellarmen des Gazellenflusses bis zu den westlichen Grenzen des oberen Nilgebietes gehört...zu seinen glänzendsten Leistungen. Sein Hauptverdienst aber besteht in der fachmässigen...Arbeit, die... das ganze Gebiet des Gazellenflusses...zum ersten Mal wissenschaftlich beleuchtet hat.' (Vorwort). - Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 301, Hess/Coger 1370, Gay 2321, Henze II, 577 ff., Henning, Württembergische Forschungsreisende 72.
Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's Der Nilquellen-und Kusten-Gebiete Des Rothen Meeres Und Des Nordlichen Somal-Landes by Von Heuglin, M. Th - 1869
by Von Heuglin, M. Th
Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's Der Nilquellen-und Kusten-Gebiete Des Rothen Meeres Und Des Nordlichen Somal-Landes
by Von Heuglin, M. Th
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Cassel: Verlag Von Theodor Fischer, 1869. cviii + 1512 + cccxxv (index) pages; five parts bound in 4, the fifth part being "Nachtrage und Berichtegungen zur Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's von M. Th. von Heuglin Mit Betragen von Dr. O. Finsch" (Cassel, also Fisher, 1871); the set produced over time, 1869 - 1875; With folding colored map & 51 plates, 50 in color: 40 bird plates & 10 plates of eggs and 1 uncolored plate, collated complete; German text; Being the results of the extensive discoveries in this region of Martin Theodor von Heuglin (1824 -1876) German explorer and ornithologist, who spent most of his life intrepidly traveling and making scientific discoveries in the field of African natural history and other areas; while he held the position of Austrian consul at Khartoum, "...he travelled in Abyssinia and Kordofan, making a valuable collection of natural history specimens...It is principally by his zoological, and more especially his ornithological, labours that Heuglin has taken rank as an independent authority..."; (Britannica, 11th Ed.); approx. 7" x 10" size; endpapers with the bookplate of Dr. Bertel Bruun (1937 - 2011) Danish-American naturalist, international conservationist and neurologist, author of several birding guides; bound in contemporary marbled paper covered boards, black leather corners and spines; spines with simple gilt rules, gilt titles; spine leather splitting at edges, more so on one volume, holding on by the cords; the bindings still very secure and firmly sewn; one bird plate surface adhered to back of sheet; pencil numbers on plate corners; text printed with varying paper stocks, with uneven quality, some sections more toned and browned than others; the plates generally clean, well-colored and in good condition.. First Edition. Leather. Good.
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- Book Condition Used - Good
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Verlag Von Theodor Fischer
- Place of Publication Cassel
- Date Published 1869
- Keywords RDB Bertel Bruun Ornithology Bird Studies Avian Natural History Birding Reference Illustrated Art Ornithological Studies Biology Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's Der Nilquellen-und Kusten-Gebiete Des Rothen Meeres Und Des Nordlichen Somal-Landes M. Th. V