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    25 February 1998

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    Lot 161

    WIRSING, ADAM LUDWIG. Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vgel, aus den Cabineten des... Herrn Geheimen Hofrath Schmidels und des Hernn Verfassers... beschrieben und abgehandelt von D. Friedrich Christian Gnther. Nuremberg: Wirsing, 1772. [3 plates dated: 1767, 1771, 1775]. 84 hand-colored engraved plates. Folio, contemporary mottled calf gilt, upper joint cracked, the other joint starting, some wear to spine and edges; some browning to text. FIRST EDITION, of the first three parts (?) of one of the finest illustrated works devoted to oology. Laid in is a prospectus for the second part. Nissen IVB 1002; Fine Bird Books 115.

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    USD 4,025

    Estimate

    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000

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    WIRSING, ADAM LUDWIG. Sammlung von Nestern und Eyern verschiedener Vgel, aus den Cabineten des... Herrn Geheimen Hofrath Schmidels und des Hernn Verfassers... beschrieben und abgehandelt von D. Friedrich Christian Gnther. Nuremberg: Wirsing, 1772. [3 plates dated: 1767, 1771, 1775]. 84 hand-colored engraved plates. Folio, contemporary mottled calf gilt, upper joint cracked, the other joint starting, some wear to spine and edges; some browning to text. FIRST EDITION, of the first three parts (?) of one of the finest illustrated works devoted to oology. Laid in is a prospectus for the second part. Nissen IVB 1002; Fine Bird Books 115.

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