Lindau, Brodtmann, 1816. Folio (43.6 x 35.0 cm). Engraved title, [ii], 72 pp.; 144 lithographed plates. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. Spine with five embossed bands and gilt title. Marbled edges.

A lithographical incunable, written and illustrated by the Swiss artist and lithographer Carl [or Karl] Joseph Brodtmann (1787-1862) who was active in Zürich and Schaffhausen. Adler lists him as an illustrator to Heinrich Rudolph Schinz's Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Reptilien (1833-1835). Schinz (1777-1861) was a fellow Swiss naturalist. The Bilder-Galerie is remarkable for its large size. It was published in 36 parts, divided as follows: 1. Ethnography and Mammals (18 parts, 36 text pages, 72 [12; 60] plates); 2. Birds (Parts numbered 26-33 [numbering out of sequence]; 16 text pages, 32 plates); 3. Herpetology and Entomology (Parts 19-25; 16 [6; 10] text pages, 28 [12, 16] plates); 4. Supplement to mammals (Parts 1-3; 4 text pages; 12 plates). Boards a bit rubbed at edges; endpapers toned; otherwise very good, unmarked. Very rare in any state. We found only one auction record. Adler II, p. 51. Neither in Nissen, nor in Cat. BM(NH).