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1617 - Zoology – Cynology
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Estimate €1,100 - €1,600
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Zoology – Cynology Götz (ed.), Theodor A Gallery of Dogs, or a Lifelike Depiction of the Dog in Forty-three Pure, Unmixed Breeds. With a brief introduction and a description of each breed. Second edition. With 32 coloured copperplate engravings. Weimar, Eduard Lobe, 1853. 18 pp. Landscape 4°. Contemporary paper binding with veined paste-paper covers and mounted red label (somewhat heavily scuffed, rubbed and bumped, crease marks, the joints scuffed; some small losses to the cover). Nissen ZBI 1613 (lists only the first edition) – The first edition of this work was published in 1839 by the same publisher. One of the rarest German books on dogs, featuring 43 depictions of dogs on 32 magnificently hand-coloured plates. In the text, each dog is described in terms of its appearance, and in some cases the specific character traits of the breed are mentioned. The work features both commonly kept breeds and very rare or even extinct breeds. The work is regarded as one of the finest publications on cynology from the first half of the 19th century. - The endpapers and text are partly fox-stained; a few leaves have slight water stains; the title page (central section with cut-out) is mounted in two parts on paper; the plate with illustration 42: the dog’s name has a paper label laminated over it. paper label (presumably by the publisher); the plates are partly slightly finger-stained (illustrations unaffected), with occasional small brown spots; overall in good condition; the plates are in rich colours. Zoology – With 32 coloured copper plates. Contemporary cardboard binding with veined paste-paper boards and a mounted spine label (somewhat more scuffed, rubbed and bumped; joints scuffed; the cover has some small defects in places). – The first edition of this work was published in 1839. One of the rarest German books on dogs, featuring 43 illustrations of dogs on 32 splendid hand-coloured plates. In the text, each dog is described in terms of its appearance, and in some cases the specific character traits of the breed are mentioned. The work includes breeds that are still commonly kept as well as those that are very rare or even extinct. The work is regarded as one of the most beautiful publications on cynology from the first half of the 19th century. The endpapers and the text are partly foxed; a few pages have small water stains; the title page (the middle section with a cut-out) is mounted in two parts on paper; plate 42: the dog’s name with a mounted label (probably by the publisher); the plates are partly showing some finger marks (the motifs are unaffected); there are sporadic small brown spots; overall in good condition; the plates retain their vivid colours.
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