Halle, Germany: E. Anton, 1840. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Quarto in blue boards with tan spine; xii, 228 pages 10 plates 28 cm Good (+); a former association copy with stamps on end papers and front flyleaf and title page; otherwise unmarked; boards and pages heavily foxed but readable. Hardcover.
In German. Scarce. A revision of the author's Pterylographia avium pars prior, of which only one part was published in 1833, edited by Burmeister with the addition of an extra plate. Formerly part of the Bibliothek der Zoologischen Gesellschaft in Hamburg. Delicate linework shows the pattern of feathers on a variety of birds.
