NATURGESCHICHTEN DER PAPAGEIE. Mit dem Bildnisse und der Lebensbeschreibung von Le Vaillant's.

Prideaux-Selby, Treitschke, Friedrich.

Verlag: Pesth,, Budapest:, 1842

Beschreibung

[116] pp. First German edition, first printing, Text in German, Frontis portrait (of Le Vaillant) plus 30 hand-colored plates, each with a tissue guard. Fran?ois Levaillant (born Vaillant, later in life as Le Vaillant, "The Valiant") in Paramaribo (today Suriname, then Dutch Guiana) in 1753 to French parents. He was a French author, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector, and noted ornithologist. He described many new species of birds based on birds he collected in Africa. Several birds are named after him. He was among the first to use color plates for illustrating birds. Levaillant's fame as collector in his lifetime was based on bringing back the first giraffe skeleton to France. He also sold a significant collection to the Paris Natural History Museum, including in the sale not only the Bluebuck, a major collection of African birds, but insects and the secret of Becoeur's arsenical soap, which was widely used in taxidermy until the 1950s. The species illustrated here are African. Le Vaillant died in 1824. This copy was recently (07/22) rebound completely in green leather. All the sheets were washed and new tissue guards bound in. The book, with its 30 color plates is a marvel to peruse and is in pristine condition throughout. See additional images provided. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5942

Bibliografische Details

Titel: NATURGESCHICHTEN DER PAPAGEIE. Mit dem ...

Verlag: Pesth,, Budapest:

Erscheinungsdatum: 1842

Einband: Hardcover.

Zustand: Fine.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine.

Auflage: 1st German ed.