SCHLEGEL, Hermann (1804-1884).: - De Zoogdieren, beschreven door H. Schlegel. Eene handleiding voor het Onderwijs en tevens bestemd voor de bezoekers van Diergaarden en Musea. Met 219 Houtsnêe-Afbeeldingen.

Amsterdam: Gebr. Willems en Loman & Reudler, 1852. Small 4to, 19.8x15.4cm. Pp. [iv],360,[8],viii, wood-engraved frontispiece, wood-engr. title vignette, 217 wood-engrs. in text. Orig. pictorial glazed paper-covered boards. Neat repair to one corner of free front end-paper, fine otherwise. - Rare. The first (about half-page) text engraving shows the "Zoölogische Tuin te Amsterdam", an early picture of the Artis Zoo which was founded in 1838.

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