I have a mild fascination with the Dodo bird,
as it happens we have made a number of posts about them in the past, so I was interested when I looked through the catalogue of Antiquariaat Schierenberg, their Catalogue 91 - Ornithology and found 2 books about the bird, the first titled Die Vögel Madagascars und der benachbarten Inselgruppen. Ein
Beitrag zur Zoologie der äthiopischen Region, by G. Hartlaub, published in 1877,
Gustav Hartlaub (1814-1900), was a German
ornithologist, medical doctor, and explore,
founder of the famous Journal für Ornithologie. It deals with the avifauna of Madagascar, Comores, Seychelles, Mascarenes, and others,
yours for €150.00 at today's rate £125.42 or $162.76, also in the catalogue, a second book about the bird,
Prof. R. Owen's Osteologie der Dronte. ( Didus ineptus L.).
[AND] Nachschrift, by W. F. G. Behn, published in Dresden, by E. Blochmann
& Sohn, in 1868,
the author, Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Behn (1808-1878) was a
German anatomist and zoologist. "In 1845-47 he participated in a
circumnavigation of the globe aboard the Danish ship 'Galathea'. As a result of
the expedition, he collected valuable natural history material for the
zoological museum in Kiel. After his return to Kiel, he was appointed a full
professor of anatomy and zoology (1848). In 1867 he resigned his professorship at
Kiel as a protest against the annexation of Holstein by Prussia and the
formation of the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein. He then relocated to
Dresden, where from 1870 until his death in 1878, he served as president of the
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina",
the book yours for €500.00 again at today' rate, £418.02, or $542.55, would I like them for my collection? yes please!
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