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Wilmsen's Handbuch - Volume with 62 Engravings (58 Originally Hand-colored) - This book is Friedrich Philipp Wilmsen’s Kupfer-Gammlung besonders zu FP Wilmsens Handbuch der Naturgeschichte . This is the second edition and was published in Leipzig in 1831 by CF Amelang. The work is bound in dark green cloth with gold gilt lettering on the spine. It includes 62 copperplate engravings, of which 58 are hand colored. The plates are by and after Muller & Weber It was designed as a supplement to previously published schoolbooks. Subject matters included range from mammals, birds, fish, sea life, botanicals, amongst others. The book was originally intended to supplement Friedrich Philipp Wilmsen’s Handbook of Natural History , but was stated by the authors to be able to work well with other schoolbooks of natural history. Paper Size: ~ 7 1/4” by 9 7/8” Paper Type or Special Features: Volume with 62 Engravings (58 Originally Hand-colored)