oder naturgetreue Abbildung und Beschreibung der aussereuropäischen Vögel.... Erste Abtheilung Papageinen.
Nuremberg, C.H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, 1834-1841.
The first edition of this scarce, unfinished survey of non-European birds ('aussereuropäischen Vögel') by the German zoologist Carl Wilhelm Hahn (1786-1835), superbly illustrated with 136 engraved plates hand-coloured under the supervision of the author.
The atlas was issued in 17 parts, of which only the first 6 were completed by Hahn. Following his death in 1835, the work was taken up by Heinrich Carl Küster, who had earlier provided drawings for Hahn's Voegel, aus Asien, Africa, America, und Neuholland, published between 1818 and 1836. The first and most substantive section, illustrated with 80 plates, deals with parrots.
First edition, 17 parts (all published) in 1 vol.; 8vo (21 x 13 cm); 136 hand-coloured engraved plates, ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto, bookplate to front free endpaper recto, pp33-34 with MS corrections in pen, plates with MS numbering in pen and pencil, gutter margin verso of plates reinforced with tape, occasional offsetting, a little toned, bound without original wrappers; 19th century brown roan back marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, clear adhesive protective wrapping, a very good copy.
Zimmer pp281-282; Fine Bird Books 103.
The atlas was issued in 17 parts, of which only the first 6 were completed by Hahn. Following his death in 1835, the work was taken up by Heinrich Carl Küster, who had earlier provided drawings for Hahn's Voegel, aus Asien, Africa, America, und Neuholland, published between 1818 and 1836. The first and most substantive section, illustrated with 80 plates, deals with parrots.
First edition, 17 parts (all published) in 1 vol.; 8vo (21 x 13 cm); 136 hand-coloured engraved plates, ownership inscription in pen to front free endpaper recto, bookplate to front free endpaper recto, pp33-34 with MS corrections in pen, plates with MS numbering in pen and pencil, gutter margin verso of plates reinforced with tape, occasional offsetting, a little toned, bound without original wrappers; 19th century brown roan back marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, clear adhesive protective wrapping, a very good copy.
Zimmer pp281-282; Fine Bird Books 103.
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