268 - [Americana]. Maximilian, Prince of WIED-NEUWIED.

[Americana]. Maximilian, Prince of WIED-NEUWIED. [Plates] Illustrations of the Natural History of Brazil Weimar, Au bureau d'Industrie, 1822–1825. 9 parts in a folio-sized cardboard case. 60 large plates printed on white vellum (24.5 x 30 cm in the frame on vellum sheets approx. 30.5 x 46.5 cm), sewn at the time into their 9 delivery folders (out of the 15 published) with glued spines, the whole bound in contemporary temporary cardboard covers with blue silk laces (the spine of the cardboard cover is missing; the covers are rubbed and worn, the laces are partially cut, the side edges of the folders are slightly tarnished or soiled, one corner is slightly damaged and gnawed on in issue 1, and there is slight foxing on the folder covers but the interior remains in very fresh condition). First edition. The first 9 installments of zoological plates from the famous work by the traveling prince, published in German and French. Beautiful copies with generous margins, remaining in very fresh condition and of the highest quality. Each plate is mounted on fine azure-blue laid paper and accompanied by a page of text in German and French. In azure-blue or ecru laid paper delivery folders, as originally published, with the title, volume number, and edition notation on the front cover. Title autographed on the plate, engraved on copper in black and delicately watercolored with light highlights applied with gum. A total of 60 depictions of Brazilian mammals, each with its Latin name. 1st Installment (1822): the Miriki, the long-tailed tiger cat, the bivalve-tailed bat, the long-nosed bat, the orange-headed coral snake, the double-ringed coral snake. 2nd Installment (1823): the Sauassu; the white-faced Sahuï; the black Sahuï; the sloth; the Aï; Azara’s Cuy; the Sucuriuba; the Sucuriu. 3rd Installment (1823): the variegated agama; the Catinga mouse; the bordered toad; the Brazilian squirrel; the three-ringed coral viper; the Guariba or black howler monkey. 4th Installment (1823): the Great Blue Heron; the Guigo or Gray Sapajou; the Preya or Aperea; the Moko or Rock Cavy; the Sajou with a whitish face ring; the Seriema; the Red Gouariba or Barbado. 5th Installment (1824): the orange-spotted Jabouti; the Couroucoucou; the green Cophias; the variegated-flanked Tejou; the black-and-bluish-striped Tejou; the chain-necked Agame. 6th Issue (1824): the green anole; the slender anole; the ringed boa; the Brazilian fox; the single-ringed coral snake; the black-collared tropidure; the black-necked sloth. 7th Issue (1824): The Agua Toad. A variety of the double-ringed snake. The Jararaca. The Ferrant’s Rattlesnake. The Spotted Rattlesnake. The Elegant Rattlesnake. The Yellowish Rattlesnake. The Golden Rattlesnake. The Crowned Scytale. 8th Installment (1824): The Spotted-ringed Snake. The Merrem Snake. The Double-keeled Snake. The Green Sea Snake. The Spotted-ringed Snake. The Crackling-Voiced Reinette. The Whistling Frog. The Jararaca (the text appears in the seventh installment). 9th Installment (1825): The Spotted Ampisbane. The Gouazoupita Deer. The Red-bearded Snake. The Flat-backed Tortoise. The Striped-backed Noctilion.