SCHINZ, Heinrich Rudolph. - Lot 64

SCHINZ, Heinrich Rudolph. Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen der verschiedenen Rassen und Stämme nach den neuesten Entdeckungen und vorzüglichsten Originalien. [With the assistance of J. F. A. Eichelberg]. J. Honeggerschen Lithographischen Anstalt in Zürich, 1845. 11 small format in folio folios sewn together in original lithographed black and red delivery covers on lemon paper, all in modern ochre cloth slipcase with title label on spine (40.5 x 29.5 cm) (some foxing, light soiling and wear to covers). Third, enlarged edition. False title, engraved title with vignette, title, 1 f. non ch., [4] pp. (table), 175 pp. (in total, in continuous pagination), 55 plates, 51 of which finely enhanced in watercolor, lithographed in black by J. Honegger after Wegner, Scheuchzer, Balder, Fuchs, Bodmer... Rare comprehensive anthropological study, illustrated with superb lithographed and colored plates depicting the physiognomy of various peoples of Africa, America, Asia, etc., as well as Aborigines, New Guinea natives and various groups from Pacific islands, New Zealand... More generally to be found in the room. Captioned in German and French, the two-column text in German (fraktur). Each issue comprises 15 pp. of text (in continuous pagination) and 5 hand-colored plates (except for the first issue, in which only one of the five plates is colored). Heinrich Rudolph Schinz (1777-1861) was a Swiss physician and zoologist. He gave up medicine to teach natural history at the Institute of Medicine and then at Zurich University. Between 1815 and 1852, he wrote a number of important works on zoology and natural history, including Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen... a very rare work, absent from important bibliographies including Ferguson, Bagnall, Hocken, Sabin and Field.