European Honey Buzzard Der Wespenbussard junges Mannchen. Falco apivorus. From Deutche Ornithologie oder Naturgeschichte aller Vogel Deutschlands

by Johann Conrad Susemihl

$250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Colour-printed and hand-coloured engraved plates. First edition, published from 1800-1817. One of the most attractive German ornithological works. ...a work by which it was attempted to create a German parallel to the sumptuous ornithological works of other countries, notably of France, e.g. Levaillant's works, to which it was compared at the time, and with which it is quite comparable on account of its beautiful plates. These were drawn, engraved, printed, and coloured, by

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