Lot 07

Thomas Driendl (1849 - 1916) A group of five books, each with their own title pages, bound in a single volume

Period half-leather binding decorated with gilding; book title printed on black gilt spine label. Red page edges. Excellent, clean copy. With a total of 13 hand-colored lithograph plates on stronger paper and five highly decorative hand-colored decorative lithographic title pages in the text section. Plates are ordered at the end of the text block as follows: Man and Beasts 40, Birds 22, Amphibians 12, Fishes 9 unnumbered plates. Beetles and butterflies 16, Flora 33 numbered plates. Das Menschengeschlecht und Thierwelt. In Bildern mit erläuterndem und belehrendem Texte für Schule und Haus. 1 leaf, 54 pages. Naturgeschichte der Vögel. In Bildern... 24 pp. Naturgeschichte der Amphibien und Fische. In Bildern... 8 pp., 6 pp.Naturgeschichte der Kaefer und Schmetterlinge. In Bildern... 36 pp. Naturgeschichte der Pflanzen. In Bildern... 19 pp. Munich, self-published, undated. Several pages at the end have a small humidity spot, mainly evident on the unprinted reverse side.