1884 ORNIS CAUCASIA GUSTAV RADDE TIFLIS TBILISI ORNITHOLOGY RUSSIA PLATES + MAP

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1884 ORNIS CAUCASIA GUSTAV RADDE TIFLIS TBILISI ORNITHOLOGY RUSSIA PLATES + MAP:
$1200.00

[23054] Radde, Dr. Gustav. Ornis Caucasia. Die Vogelwelt Des KaukasusSystematisch Und Biologisch-Geographisch Beschrieben. Kassel: Verlag Von Theodor Fischer, 1884. FirstEdition. xi + (7) + 592 pages, with the half-title; followed by the platesection; total of 26 colored plates & a folding map at back, all collatedcomplete; German text; approx. 9\" x 12\" size; old German bookseller’slabel of on front endpaper of Alfred Troschutz Bucchandlung und Verlag fur NaturfreundeHannover; bound in colorful orange-red-black marbled-paper covered boards, leatherspine with gilt decorations & titles; all edges lightly marbled in blue;one compartment chipped away at top of spine; leather chipped, dry, worn;sewing still very solid, boards with some wear and in good condition; the plateswell-printed; a good, complete reading and reference copy or for rebinding;Gustav Radde (1831 - 1903) self-educated and well-traveled German naturalistand explorer, who spent most of his career in the Russias; at the point ofpublication of this book, he had founded and become the director of the Museumof the Caucasus in Tbilisi (Tiflis) which became his home and base ofoperations; he enjoyed the favor of the Russian royalty and aristocracy and wasa great collector in entomology as well as ornithology and other natural historysubjects; the plates are particularly good examples of the beautiful Germanlithographic work of the later 19th century