First Report of the State Zoologist, Accompanied with Notes on the Birds of Minnesota Wied’s account of his North

Wied’s account of his North American travels is second only to Lewis and Clark’s report on the Trans-Mississippian region they explored in 1804-1806

Freshwater Turtles of Australia is a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive update of John Cann’s highly respected Australian Freshwater Turtles (1998)

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Johann Sebastian Mueller was born in Nuremberg but moved permanently to England in 1744 changing his name to Miller

Sherman Foote Denton is one of the most recognized natural history illustrators and his beautiful chromolithographs prints are highly collectible

First Report of the State Zoologist, Accompanied with Notes on the Birds of Minnesota Wied’s account of his NorthPp. 487. Publishers original blind stamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and with gilt panel line, 8vo. The Geology and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, Report #1. The first comprehensive study of avifauna of Minnesota. Often listed under the name of the state zoologist, H. Nachtrieb. Tipped in at the title page is a printed card With the Compliments of Henry F. Nachtrieb, State Zoologist. This title was the first in a proposed series