Author's German translation of his: Historiae avium prodromus

According to Anker, there was another German ed. of 1760, with plates and edited by Friedrich Daniel Behn

Colophon: Leipzig, Gedruckt, bey Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, 1760

Woodcut title vignette; head- and tail-pieces; initials

Signatures: a-cA-2I2K²

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Anker, J. Bird books and bird art

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SCNHRB copy (39088015707235) has leaf laid-in with pencilled note: Senor Don José C. Zeledon, San José Costa Rica. Presents 1 book to Dir. Birds. Stamped: Library answered Apr 4 1906

SCNHRB copy inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: JV 1766

SCNHRB copy with contemporary ink ms. notations

SCNHRB copy with 8 etchings of birds trimmed and tipped-in throughout; possibly from the 1750 or the other 1760 ed.?

SCNHRB copy stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Richmond Collection [ms. acc. no.] 181664. Inscribed in ink on verso of t.p.: Chas. W. Richmond Aug. 20, 1901. Mailing label addressed to Richmond frorm Leipzig bookdealer List & Francke tipped-in at end

SCNHRB copy half bound in sheepskin and sprinkled paper boards; title in gilt, raised bands with gilt fleurons within compartments on spine; housed in an archival cardboard box

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