Seligmann, Johann Michael

9 volumes bound in 5, folio (425 x 263mm.), some titles printed in red and black, 4 engraved allegorical frontispieces, 473 hand-coloured engraved plates, one engraved portrait (only of 2), folding engraved map of the Carolinas, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, vol.3 with title-page, Die Beschreibung von Carolina, Florida und den Bahamischen Inseln and Vorrede des Übersetzer, (2pp., dated 4.November, 1755), original boards, housed in custom morocco-backed boxes, scattered staining and tears, a few plates and leaves loose, text block splitting in places, minor wear to boards, spines of boxes sunned

Nissen IVB 857; Fine Bird Books, p. 73; Anker 462

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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UNCUT COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. G.L. Huth's combined German translation of three fundamental ornithological works: Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama islands and Edward's Natural History of Uncommon Birds and Gleanings of Natural History. Seligmann's re-etchings of Catesby's and Edward's plates, mostly depicting birds, frequently incorporate flora and scenic backgrounds not in the originals.