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BAEDEKER The eggs of European birds painted from nature.

$4,437.00

BAEDEKER, Friedrich W. J. (1788-1865)
Die Eier der Europaischen Vogel nach der Natur gemalt. Iserloun: J. Baedeker, 1855.
‘Beautifully executed plates’ (Anker). A fine copy of German pharmacist and ornithologist Bäedeker’s treatise on bird eggs. The work is divided into four parts: Accipitres, Oscines, Grallae and Natatores. Finely illustrated and exceptionally precise, 

4 parts in 2 volumes, folio (400 x 316mm). Vol. 1 with chromolithographic frontispiece by Sunderland, half-title, title-page and list of plates, vol. II 2 with title-page; overall 80 chromolithographic plates, all mounted on stubs. Contemporary pebble-grained burgundy cloth boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt

BAEDEKER The eggs of European birds painted from nature.
$4,437.00