DEKAT DIGITAL 2019 - 2020

THE RARE DE TOERAKO’s
De Toerako’s afgebeeld en beschreven by Schlegel, Hermann and GF Westerman. Onder
Medewerking van GF Westerman. Opgedravenaan BM den Koning. Amsterdam: Koninklijk
Zoölogisch Genootschap. Natura Artis Magistra, 1860. First edition, double elephant folio (733 x
530mm), 24pp. text (Dutch), plus leaf of Tabula Synoptica, 17 lithographed plates by PWM Trapp
after Schlegel, each in two states, uncoloured and with bright contemporary hand-colouring, gilt
label, occasional slight spotting.
Note: Probably the finest Dutch large colour-plate book on birds. “An account of the Touracos (fam.
Musophagidae). The general text, in Dutch, contains a description of each species with distribution,
synonymy and other notes. The synopsis contains Latin diagnoses of the species. The plates are
excellent and suggest the work of Wolf (Zimmer).
“The essential part of the work consists of the beautiful plates, executed in lithography coloured by hand from
drawings by Schlegel, made from nature and as far as possible from life. The birds are figured in life-size, which
accounts for the large format.” (Anker). These lively and colourful Sub-Saharan birds were mostly drawn from those
in the Royal Amsterdam Zoo. Nissen IVB 833, Bradley Martin 191.
For information please contact Merwelene van der Merwe on 082 414 9829
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