[THYLACINE] Wilde Thiere aller Zonen. Ihre Gewohnheiten und Lebensweise, ihr Nutzen und Schaden

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in 60 nach der Natur gezeichneten und gemalten Tafeln zum Anschauungs-Unterricht für Schulen und zur Belehrung und Unterhaltung für die Jugend . Esslingen : J.F. Schreiber, [1864?]. Folio, original cloth backed pictorial papered boards (reinforcements to corners); hinges strengthened with binder s tape; pastedowns with publisher s advertisements; unpaginated, but approximately 80 pages of text in double columns, with 60 full page chromolithographed plates; occasional very mild foxing, but the plates clean and vibrant throughout. A scarce and beautifully illustrated German children s book on wild animals of the world, divided into sections on Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Asia and Australia. The Australian animals illustrated and described are the kangaroo; tree kangaroo; kangaroo rat; thylacine; wombat; platypus, and echidna. The North and South American sections include the blue whale; narwhal; buffalo; beaver; walrus; musk ox; grizzly bear; puma; jaguar; tapir; anteater, and llama. A single example recorded in Australian collections (Libraries Tasmania); OCLC locates two identically titled editions with suggested dates of 1864 and 1866.

• Binding: Hardcover

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