statement of responsibility: von Iohann Wolf und Bernhard Meyer

German and French

Added t.p. in French, which reads: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de l'allemagne, représentés d'après nature et décrits par Jean Wolf et par Bernard Meyer. Nuremberg : I.F. Frauenholz, 1805

Issued in 29 parts, each having six plates with their text. A thirtieth part was in preparation, and others projected, in January, 1821. Hefte 1-15 constitute the first Band. The text to Hefte 1-7 was written by Wolf alone. See BM (Nat. hist.), v. 5, p. 2348

The plates were illustrated by A. Gabler, J.M. Hergenroeder, and Stoelzner. The engravers included Gabler, J.C. Bock, and Dieterich

Errors in paging: p. 123-130 (Bd. 1) and p. 91-92 (Bd. 2) were apparently omitted by the printer, with no loss of text

"For a list of the contents of the parts, see note by Wolf in 'Isis,' Bd. VIII, 1821, Beylage No. 4. This list differs somewhat from the actual contents of the volumes, and the published list of the plates in Vol. 1" --BM (Nat. hist.), v. 5, p. 2348

citation/reference: Nissen, C. Illustrierte Vogelbücher, 1007

citation/reference: Ripley & Scribner. Ornith. books in Yale, p. 314-315

Includes bibliographical references

Nissen, C. Illustrierte Vogelbücher

Ripley & Scribner. Ornith. books in Yale

CHMRB copy 39088009319518 is bound in 1 v

CHMRB copy is imperfect: all text pages after p. 72 in Bd. 2 (i.e. p. 73-196) are wanting; only 150 of the 176 unnumbered plates are present

CHMRB copy was purchased from the Mary Stuart Book Fund, 1901

CHMRB copy has modern red quarter-leather binding with cloth-covered boards and gilt-tooled spine

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