Beitraege zur Naturgeschichte
By: von Blasius Merrem ; mit illuminirten Kupfern
Publisher: Bei G.D. Baedeker
Published: 1790
Place of publication: Essen
Language: ger
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Snakes; Amphibians
Other titles: Beitraege zur Geschichte der Amphibien; Geschichte der Amphibien; Beytraege zur Naturgeschichte
Work titles: Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte
Notes: Heft 1 has imprint: Duisburg und Lemgo : Auf Kosten des Verfassers, und in Commission in der Meyerschen Buchhandlung, [1790].

Heft 2 was originally issued in 1790, other issues being cited for 1792, 1820, 1821, and 1829. Heft 3, issued in 1821, has other issues cited for 1822 and 1829. Cf. BM (Nat. hist.)

Collation of each Heft: Heft 1, [4], 47 p., XII leaves of plates; Heft 2, 47, [1] p., XIII leaves of plates; Heft 3, [2], II, 141, [3] p., XII [i.e. 13] leaves of plates.

Plates drawn by Merrem, J.F. Hennig, Kessler, H. Kolbe, and W. Hergenroeder; engraving by L. Schmidt; lithography (Heft 3) by J. Korff and F. Welcker.

Hand-colored illustrations.

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, Bd. 1, No. 2792

BM (Nat. hist.), v. 3, p. 1291

GV (1700-1910), Bd. 95, S. 78

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SCNHRB copy (39088009319757) has Heft 2, Aufl. 2, issued at Essen by G.D. Baedeker in 1829.

SCNHRB copy has printed cancel slips pasted over the plate numbers on plates 1, III, and IV of Heft 3.

SCNHRB copy has stamp: Smithsonian Institution; accession no.: 5827.

SCNHRB copy has modern green cloth library binding with gilt-lettered spine.