Amsterdam, G. L. Funke, 1878. 8vo (21.9 x 14.5 cm). Half-title, title page, lxxi, 135 pp.; second half-title and title, ii, 136 pp., for a total of 344 pp.; half-title to the plates; 35 chromolithographed plates; half-title to "tafereelen" (views) 18 chromolithographed and tinted lithographed plates, for a total of 53 plates. Contemporary quarter morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands; compartments with gilt bird vignettes and gilt title. Blueish-grey endpapers. Sprinkled edges.

Second, updated and condensed, edition of the most important work by the German-Dutch zoologist and ornithologist Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884) on the avifauna of the Low Countries. Profusely illustrated. Aimed at quick identification, only the bird heads and bills - and occasionally the legs - are shown. Separately, the Tafereelen show landscapes in which the various birds usually occur, with the birds at a natural size as seen from a reasonable distance. The fine illustrations are by Schlegel himself. He was a excellent lithographer and proved to have a keen eye for talent, as he was the first to discover the qualities of the famous animal painters J. G. Keulemans, Joseph Smit and Joseph Wolf. Note that is NOT the bird part of Schlegel's Fauna van Nederland. Boards rubbed at extremities; last three plates near-detached, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Very rare. Over the last 75 years there are only two auction records. Nissen IVB, 830; Apparently overlooked by Landwehr.