Wien, Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, 1865. 4to. Contemporary hcalf. Corners bumped, edges rubbed. Part of upper wrapper from the general title cut and mounted but having the htitle: ""Vögel"". Internally fine. IV,176 pp. and 6 fine chromolithographed plates of birds. (T.F. Zimmermann pinx - Lith. A. Hartinger).
The original printing of the bird-section from ""Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, Erster Band Vögel."" - Several new species are here fully decribed. - Anker: 391 - Casey A. Wood p. 515 - BMC (NH) I:p.75.