Beschreibung:

SIEBOLD, Philipp Franz von. Fauna Japonica, Leiden: Arnz & Socius, for the author, 1833-1850, 3 volumes only (of 6), 2°, an imperfect set containing: Aves, 110 lithographed plates only (of 120, several plates brittle with occasional loss at margin, occasional spotting); Mammals 30 plates, 25 hand-coloured, (but with the text to the second part only, ink stamp on recto of plates); Reptiles , folding hand-coloured map, 23 lithographed plates only (library stamp on recto of plates), mixed bindings of later cloth and cloth-backed boards [Nissen ZBI 3848]; sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (3)