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Wertvolle Bücher, Graphik, Historische Photographie
Friday, 24 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1- 1105
Saturday, 25 October 2025 at 11:00 am Lose 1106-2003
Lot 1374 Harald Othmar Lenz. Schlangenkunde. Textband und …
Schlangenkunde. Textband und Tafelband. Mit 29 größtenteils kolorierten Abbildungen auf 10 lithographischen Tafeln. Gotha, Beckersche Buchhandlung, 1832. XIV., 1 Bl., 559 S. 8° u. Quer-4°. Lwd mit goldgepr. RTitel und Blindpr. Broschur mit DTitel in HLwd. Mappe. (Lwd. berieben und bestoßen, wasserfleckig, Kapitale stark berieben, Broschur stark berieben, mit Fehlstellen und fleckig, Deckel lose).
Zoologie - Herpetologie
Naturwissenschaften – Seltene erste Ausgabe. - Nissen ZBI, 2447. - Textband mit mehreren Besitzvermerken: F. Kreiberg, handschriftlich. Werner Hochheim, gestempelt. August. Hochheim., gestempelt. - Tafelband mit Stempel des Herzoglichen Kunst- und Naturaliencabinets in Coburg. - Harald Othmar Lenz (1798-1870) war ein deutscher Naturhistoriker, der in seinem Werk zu der Schlangenkunde seine umfangreichen Studien und Beobachtungen zu heimischen Schlangen, sowie auch einigen ausländischen Arten festhielt. - Dabei: O. H. Lenz, Schlangen und Schlangenfeinde. Der Schlangenkunde zweite sehr veränderte Auflage. Mit 12 lithographischen Tafeln. Gotha, E. F. Thienemann, 1870. 8°. Grüne HLwd. (Berieben und bestoßen.) - Nicht in Nissen ZBI. - Gestempeltes Exlibris von Arthur von Fraquet, sowie handschriftlicher Besitzvermerk. - Innengelenke geborchen. Ränder gebräunt. Teils stockfleckig. Mit gut erhaltenen Lithographien in schönem Kolorit.
Natural Sciences – Zoology. - Herpetology. - Text volume and plate volume. With 29 mostly colored illustrations on 10 lithographic plates. Canvas with gilt embossed title and blind embossing. Paper with front title in canvas portfolio. (Wrappers rubbed and bumped. Waterstained. Capitals heavily rubbed. Softcover heavily rubbed. With flaws and stained. Cover loose). - Rare first edition. Text volume with several ownership notes: F. Kreiberg, handwritten. Werner Hochheim, stamped. August. Hochheim, stamped. - Plate volume with stamp of the Ducal Art and Natural History Cabinet in Coburg. - Harald Othmar Lenz (1798-1870) was a German natural historian who recorded his extensive studies and observations on native snakes, as well as some foreign species, in his work on snakeology. - Added: O. H. Lenz, Schlangen und Schlangenfeinde. With 12 lithographic plates. Green half canvas. (Rubbed and bumped.) - Not in Nissen ZBI. - Stamped exlibris of Arthur von Fraquet, as well as handwritten ownership note. - Inner joints bent. Margins browned. Partly foxed. With well-preserved lithographs in beautiful coloring.
Startprice: 400 €
Estimate: 600 €
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