Abbildungen zur Naturgeschichte Brasiliens / herausgegeben von Maximilian, Prinzen von Wied-Neuwied

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Notes: In German and French.; Issued in 15 parts of 6 plates each; parts have added t.p. in French: Recueil de planches coloriées d'animaux de Brésil / publié par S.A.S. le Prince Maximilien de Wied-Neuwied.; Plates, with the exception of pl. no. [79] which is uncolored, are hand-colored.; Each plate accompanied by leaf of descriptive letterpress in French and German.; Also available online.; Elecresource; SCNHRB copy (39088013476627) imperfect: lacking main t.p. and possibly other preliminary material, portion of one of the French titles laid-in; all plates present but lacking an occasional accompanying letterpress leaf.; SCNHRB copy has [3] leaves of typescript index of plates tipped-in on front paste-down.; SCNHRB copy has paper fragment with ink signature "W. Milne Edwards" attached to the t.p. to 1re livraison.; SCNHRB copy half bound in buckram, marbled paper boards and green vellum tips, marbled endpapers; housed in a linen-cloth covered dropback box with bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries ... Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Physical description: 15 pts. in 1 v., [90] leaves of plates : col. ill. (engravings) ; 47 cm