1830 SCHINZ Superb 144 litho plts of BIRDS Rare 1.EDN !

Schinz, H.R. / K.I. Brodtmann.

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel. Nach den neuesten Systemen bearbeitet...Nach der Natur u. den vorzüglichsten Originalen gezeichnet, u. lithographirt

Zürich, Brodtmann, n.d. (1819-1830).

FOLIO. 35 x 25 cms.

1 leaf, 144 lithographed plates.

Contemporary half cloth with blindstamped titling & tooling to spine, marbled boards.

Rare first edition with oly the plates.

The plates are lithographed by Carl Joseph Brodtmann (1787-1862) one of the most accomplished Swiss lithographers.

Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777 - 1861) was a Swiss physician and naturalist, author of many important zoological works.

Please view images carefully.

Minor rubbing to binding, some wear to corners, edges & spine ends. Minor spotting mostly to margins, intermittent light tidemark to right margin & low.corner. Last plate working loose. Manuscript Ex Libris (1846) to front inner board & to fly leaf (with biblioth.stamp).

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