Title: Reise-bilder.
Authors: Matthes, Benno,
Date: 1861
Publisher: Buchhandlung von H. J. Zeh,
Physical description: vi p., 1 leaf, 104 p. ; 18 cm.
Language: German
LC classification: F
Abstract: Worked as doctor and collector of natural history objects (for the museum in Dresden). Moved to America in 1850/51 and to Texas in 1853. Later became land owner there. Zoological publications on amphibians and reptiles. He returned again to Germany to take his Ph. D. degree, probably at Halle, in 1860. He included a treatise on Texas, "Bilder aus Texas," in Reisebilder (Dresden, 1861), about the effects of drought on flora and fauna and incidents regarding Indians and blacks.
Notes: Original wrappers. References: Howes, U.S.IANA, no. M.423.
Subject headings (LCSH): Texas--Description and travel