Gerstaecker, A.
Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. Nach dem von Dr. O. Kersten während der v. d. Decken'schen Ost-Afrikanischen Expedition im Jahre 1862 und von C. Cooke auf der Insel Sansibar im Jahre 1864 gesammelten Material.
Leipzig und Heidelberg, G. F. Winter, 1873. 4to (26.0 x 17.8 cm). xii, 543 pp.; 18 hand-coloured lithographed plates. Near contemporary brown cloth with original printed front board mounted.
An important and very rare publication on insects and arachnids from Zanzibar (Tanzania), with the detailed description and illustration of many new species of insects, Orthoptera, Blattaria, Mantodea, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Myriapoda, and spiders. Written by the German zoologist - in particular entomologist - Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker, or Gerstäcker (1828-1895), co-author of the authoritative Handbuch der Zoologie; and beautifully illustrated by the German illustrator and entomologist H. Tieffenbach (1820-1892). With 18 plates, this copy is complete. Minimal, scattered foxing, restricted to a few text leaves and plate margins, but otherwise excellent, clean. Horn-Schenkling II(2) p. 137; Nissen ZBI, 1539.
