Accession No

5349

Brief Description

book, 'Picture Book of Natural History in Three Languages', with 11 colour plates, by K. Thienemanns, German, 1865/70 (c)

Origin

Germany; Stuttgart

Maker

Thienemanns, K. Jul. Hoffmann

Class

natural history; books

Earliest Date

1865

Latest Date

1870

Inscription Date

Material

paper (cardboard)

Dimensions

width 268mm; length 211mm; depth 5mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from G. David, St. Edward's Passage, Cambridge, England on 11/11/1998.

Inscription

front cover
PICTURE-BOOK
OF NATURAL HISTORY
IN THREE LANGUAGES.

Description Notes

Picture Book of Natural History in Three Languages. 11 Colour Plates. Circa 1865/70. Publishers K. Thienemanns Verlag. Stuttgart, Germany. Sellers in Great Britain A.N. Myers & Co. 15. Berners Street, Oxford Street. London. W.

Front cover has faded picture of jungle/water scene with tigers, elephants deer etc glued on to it. Book bound landscape format with red silk material. Pages bound together by glue.
Most colour plates have a selection from the following groups: insect; mammal; bird; flora; water living or going.

A colour photocopy of the colour plates are kept in the object history file

Condition good to fair - presence of foxing to paper

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