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MEYER, Johann Daniel
"Vorstellungen allerley Thiere mit ihren Gerippen"
"Angenehmer und nutzlicher Zeit-Vertreib mit Betrachtung curioser Vorstellungen allerhand kriechender, flying and swimming, on land and in the water, and feeding animals, both according to their shape and external constitution as well as according to the most accurately constructed structure of their skeletons or leg bodies .."
Published by Johann Joseph Fleischmann. Nuremberg. 1748 - 1756. 41 x 30 cm.
3 parts in one book. Colored title copperplate (somewhat torn), title, Meyers copperplate with large missing part, (4), 56 (partly loose), (2) index pages, 100 coloured engraved leaves, title copperplate, title, 28, (2) pages, 100 colored engraved leaves / title page (3rd part), (2), 10 pages, 36 of 40 colored engraved leaves. Exact collation on request. Leather binding with strong traces of use, spine rubbed and torn. Magnificent volume with 240 colored copper plates depicting various animals (birds, mammals, fish and reptiles) in nature and as skeletons. The leaves are labeled. Here is a much-used, but almost complete copy of the very rare edition, which was already an expensive pleasure at the time of publication.
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Limit 550 €
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