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Nürnberg, C. H. Zeh, [1830]-1832. 8vo (19.1 x 12.1 cm). xxviii pp.; 60 hand-coloured plates with explanatory text leaves. Contemporary quarter calf over tree-calf resembling paper boards. Spine with gilt ornaments and tan morocco label with gilt title. Edges green. = The rare complete mammal-section of a rare series on the fauna of Bavaria in southern Germany. The plates are larger than the text pages, as intended, and therefore mostly folded, as usual. Included are both the wild animals, for instance, several bats, and the domestic animals with, e.g., several dog breeds. This work should not be confused with neither the similarly titled later (1854) work by Gemminger and Fahrer, which only has 24 plates, nor by the earlier work by Paula von Schrank (1798-1803). Inscribed by a former private owner, dated 1912, on the front free endpaper recto. Some scattered spotting, mainly to the text leaves, otherwise clean. A very good copy. Nissen ZBI, 3356; Casey Wood, p. 533.