[Pallas, Peter Simon / Pieter Boddaert].
[Natural History] Dierkundige beschouwingen, eeniger soorten van zeldzame dieren, door naauwkeurige beschryvingen, afbeeldingen en verhandelingen opgeheldert. Rotterdam, J. Meyneken, [ca. 1793], 6+32+38+35+32+30+28 pp.
Half parchment binding with smudges and creases. Interior good, some minor foxing. Illustrated with 10 engravings (2 by J. v. Hiltrop by J.J. Bylaert). In this copy 8 extra engravings from other works (a.o. 2 coloured ones by P. Rosel v. Rosenhof after C.F.C. Kleeman and one by Cl. de Fessard after L. Reinold). The 6 parts of this book were published between 1767 and 1770, translated by P. Boddaert from Pallas’ Miscellanea Zoologica or Spicilegia Zoologica. This copy is a title issue of the original 6 parts in which the first two leafs of each part have been replaced by a newly printed subtitle to present the whole as one publication.
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