Ratzeburg, J. T. C.
Die Waldverderbniss oder dauernder Schade, welcher durch Insektenfrass, Schälen, Schlagen und Verbeissen an lebenden Waldbäumen entsteht. Zugleich ein Ergänzungswerk zu den Abbildung und Beschreibung des schädlichsten Forstinsekten. Zweiter Band. Tanne, Lärche, Laubhölzer, und entomologischer Anhang.
Berlin, Nicolai, 1868. 4to (28.9 x 23.1 cm). xvi, 464 pp.; 26 [numbered 34-51, 41A, 43A, 45A, I-V] engraved plates of which 13 in chromolithography with additional hand-colouring and partly heightened with gum arabic. Original green boards with raised panels with gilt floral ornaments, and gilt borders. Spine with gilt bands and title. Iridescent silk endpapers. All edges gilt.
A very successful work by the German entomologist Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (1801-1871). This is the second part only, which deals with fir, larch, and deciduous trees, and contains an entomological appendix. The first part (not present, although more common) contains a general introduction, pine and spruce. ADDED are two letters, in the same old hand - possibly by Ratzeburg - dated 1856, and 1868. In the latter, the handwriting has deteroriated. Scattered spotting (as usual), the binding slightly warped and with some shelf wear. Front free endpaper soiled. Horn-Schenkling, 17685; Nissen ZBI, 3310.
