Author: Hartlaub, G.
Title: Die Vögel Madagascars und der benachbarten Inselgruppen. Ein Beitrag zur Zoologie der äthiopischen Region. Mit einer kürzlich entdeckten Original-Abbildung der Dronte von R. Savry.
Description: Halle, H. W. Schmidt, 1877. 8vo (23.0 x 14.5 cm). Wood-engraved frontispiece (dodo); xlii, 425 pp. Original printed wrappers. = "An important contribution to the avifauna of the Madagascar region" (Wood) with the fine dodo plate. Written by the German ornithologist, medical doctor, and explorer Gustav Hartlaub (1814-1900), founder of the famous Journal für Ornithologie. It deals with the avifauna of Madagascar, Comores, Seychelles, Mascarenes, etc. Uncut, as issued. Wrappers, therefore, worn at edges; spine split in three due to feeble stitching; otherwise a very good, complete copy. Wood, 378; Zimmer, p. 290.

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