Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien / von Maximilian, Prinzen zu Wied ..

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Notes: Vols. 3 and 4 are in two parts each.; Sabin 47012; Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib., p. 422; Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, 4398 (note); Also available online.; SCNHRB has Bd. 1, and Bd. 3, Abt. 1-2, only.; SCNHRB copy of Bd. 1 (39088010327351; formerly REPT) has bookplate: Library of Congress ... Smithsonian Deposit; stamp on t.p. reads: Smithsonian Institution.; SCNHRB copy of Bd. 1 has later red buckram binding with gilt-lettered spine; "Library of Congress" is stamped at the foot of the spine.; SCNHRB copy of Bd. 3, Abt. 1-2 (formerly BIRDRB) is bound in 4 v.; SCNHRB copy of Bd. 3, Abt. 2 is incomplete: the title leaf and p. III-XII, the errata ([2] p.), and [1] leaf of plates are wanting.; SCNHRB copy of Bd. 3, Abt. 1-2 is interleaved with blank sheets of paper, with some ms. annotations made in German in pencil and ink.; SCNHRB copy of Bd. 3, Abt. 1-2 has stamp: Library, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Jun. 8, 1893; accession no. 145027 (for all 4 v.); also stamp of S.F. Baird, with his pencilled signature on front endpapers.; SCNHRB copy of Bd. 3, Abt. 1-2 is bound in old green half-leather and marbled paper boards with gilt-lettered spine and marbled endpapers and edges.; Elecresource
Contents: 1. Bd. Amphibia. Amphibien -- 2. Bd. Mammalia. Säugthiere -- 3.-4. Bd. Aves. Vögel

Author: Wied, Maximilian Prinz von 1782-1867
former owner: Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887 DSI; Library of Congress DSI

Physical description: 4 v. in 6, 11 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 21 cm