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.