SUSEMIHL (JOHANN CONRAD)


Deutsche ornithologie oder oder Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Teutschlands... Neue Ausgabe, 22 parts in 1 vol., edited by C.W. Bekker, J.W. Lichthammer, C.W. Bekker and Lembecke, second edition, 132 engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, printed amendment slip tipped-in on one plate, some spotting, contemporary half calf over yellow boards, rebacked preserving original spine (worn with loss of spine label, gilt stamped "Johannes Gerbers, Hamburg 1927" on front free endpaper) [cf. Anker 52; cf. Great Bird Books 79; c.f. Nissen IVB 907; cf. Zimmer, p.81, all citing first edition of 1800-11], folio (508 x 345mm.), Darmstadt, Carl Wilhelm Leske, [1837-1841]
|Rare complete copy of a "work by which it was attempted to create a German parallel to the sumptuous ornithological works of other countries, most notably those of France, e.g. Levaillant's works, to which it was compared at the time... and with which it is quite comparable on account of its beautiful plates" (Anker). First published between 1800 and 1811, for this second edition the plates were "engraved by C. Susemihl and coloured under his supervision". A large proportion of the subjects are birds of prey, including owls.