Plates mostly signed by J. Capieux; some of the other artists featured include Boettger, Haussen, Saltzmann, and Wildermouth Imprint of Bd. 4: Leipzig, Bey Fr. Chr. Wilh. Vogel Bd. 1 has added t.p.: Gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere Deutschlands .. Bd. 2-4 have added t.p.: Gemeinnützige Naturgeschichte der Vögel Deutschlands .. Errata included in Bd. 1, pt. 2; Bd. 3, pt. 2; and Bd. 4, pt. 2 Errors in paging Includes bibliographical references and indexes Bd. 1. Vorkenntniss. Säugethiere -- Bd. 2-4. Vögel extracted picklist Some plates are tipped in on blank leaves Contemporary gray paperboard binding; gilt-tooled orange paper spine label; yellow edges SCNHRB (former MAMMRB) has Bd. 1 bound in two volumes: Bd. pt. 1 39088008041881 and Bd. 1 pt. 2 39088008102642 SCNHRB (former MAMMRB) Bd. pt. 1 39088008041881 and Bd. 1 pt. 2 39088008102642 have accession no. 167402 SCNHRB (former MAMMRB) copies have stamp on prelim. p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum, May 7, 1900 SCNHRB (fomrer MAMMRB) Bd. 1, pt. 1 has bookseller's ticket: R. Friedländer & Sohn, Buchhandlung, Berlin .. SCNHRB (former BIRDRB) has Bd. 2-4 bound in 6 volumes SCNHRB (former BIRDRB) Bd. 2-4 have stamp on t.p. verso: Smithsonian Institution National Museum, Feb. 28, 1907; accession no. 197901 SCNHRB (former BIRDRB) Bd. 2-4 have some ms. annotations in pencil and ink