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RUEPPELL, WILHELM EDUARD SIMON. 1794-1884. Atlas zu der Reise nordlichen Africa ... Zoologie. Frankfurt am Main: 1826-1828.
6 March 2020, 10:00 EST
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RUEPPELL, WILHELM EDUARD SIMON. 1794-1884.
Atlas zu der Reise nordlichen Africa ... Zoologie. Frankfurt am Main: 1826-1828.
5 parts in one volume (all published): (Szaugethiere, Vogel, Reptilien, Fische des rothen Meers, wirellose Thiere des rothen Meers). Folio (380 x 265 mm). General title and five letterpress titles, 113 hand-colored engraved plates, 6 uncolored plates, few text leaves and plates toned. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt, joints and inner hinges slightly split, corners bumped.
An extremely rare early work documenting the fauna of North Africa, the five parts written by Cretzschmar, von Heyden and Rueppell. The last copy at auction was the Winterton copy in London in 2003.
Rueppel, the son of a Frankfurt banker was a Naturalist and explorer, setting off for the Sinai in 1821, and was the first European explorer to reach the Gulf of Aqaba in 1822. he went on to Egypt and up the Nile returning to Germany in 1827. While he was away Cretzschmar used the specimens that Rueppell had sent home to write several of the sections of this work. Rueppel returned to Africa in 1830 and became the first European to traverse Ethiopia. Nissen ZBI 3502; Anker 433; Nissen VBI 799; Zimmer II, 534.
5 parts in one volume (all published): (Szaugethiere, Vogel, Reptilien, Fische des rothen Meers, wirellose Thiere des rothen Meers). Folio (380 x 265 mm). General title and five letterpress titles, 113 hand-colored engraved plates, 6 uncolored plates, few text leaves and plates toned. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt, joints and inner hinges slightly split, corners bumped.
An extremely rare early work documenting the fauna of North Africa, the five parts written by Cretzschmar, von Heyden and Rueppell. The last copy at auction was the Winterton copy in London in 2003.
Rueppel, the son of a Frankfurt banker was a Naturalist and explorer, setting off for the Sinai in 1821, and was the first European explorer to reach the Gulf of Aqaba in 1822. he went on to Egypt and up the Nile returning to Germany in 1827. While he was away Cretzschmar used the specimens that Rueppell had sent home to write several of the sections of this work. Rueppel returned to Africa in 1830 and became the first European to traverse Ethiopia. Nissen ZBI 3502; Anker 433; Nissen VBI 799; Zimmer II, 534.