E. Wihlelm von WITTE
Deutschlands-Rindvieh-Raçen nach der Natur dargestellt und beschrieben. De 1stes Heft. Oderbruchs, Oldenburger und Friesisch-Anspachische Raçe[Germany’s Cattle Breeds, Depicted and Described from Nature. First Issue: Oderbruch, Oldenburg and Friesian-Anspach Breeds]
In der Realschulbuchhandlung|Berlin 1818|54 x 42 cm|En feuilles sous une boîte
Second edition, illustrated with 15 engraved plates hors texte, of this first part devoted to the cattle breeds of the Oderbruch, Oldenburg and Frisia-Anspach (cf. Kayser, Bücher-Lexicon, VI, 265). Thirteen plates were finely hand-coloured at the time, several of them showing the animals against handsome mountain landscapes; one of the two uncoloured plates depicts chalet utensils used in cheese-making. The French text is printed on the verso of the German text.
A very rare complete suite, preserved with its original upper wrapper, housed in a modern black box with smooth spine, red morocco lettering-piece to the spine and a large red morocco title-label to the...
€20,000