Author: Schinz, H. R.
Title: Fauna Helvetica oder Verzeichniss aller bis jetzt in der Schweiz entdeckten Thiere. Erster Theil. Verzeichniss der in der Schweiz vorkommenden Wirbelthiere.
Description: Neuchatel, Allgemeine Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 1837. 4to (24.6 x 20.4 cm). Title to the Denkschriften, title to the Verzeichniss, title to the Wirbelthiere; 168 pp., one hand-coloured lithographed plate. Contemporary ruled half cloth over marbled boards, gilt title on spine. = Written by the Swiss naturalist Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777-1862). This is the first part of the Fauna Helvetica and all that was published on vertebrates, and all that was written by Schinz. A second part, on molluscs, is not included. The lithograph shows a bird, Anas purpureo-viridis, and a shrew, Sorex alpinus, both described by Schinz. Published in the Neue Denkschriften - or Nouveau Mémoires - Band (volume) I. Rear joint split, scattered light foxing to the text. Gilt on spine faded. Rare. Cat. BM(NH) p. 1835. Not in Nissen ZBI.

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