All Apes Great and Small, Volume 1: African Apes Pages 1-40 with accompanying plates

Pages 1-40 with accompanying plates were released in 1874

629) describes it “one of the most important treatises on ornithology of all time

professionally repaired tear to right edge

It presents some of the earliest accounts of North American reptiles especially of turtles (shown in 5 hand-colored plates) and salamanders (shown in 2 hand-colored plates - one is the hellbender salamander

Wied spent the rest of his career studying his North American collections

All Apes Great and Small, Volume 1: African Apes Pages 1-40 with accompanying platesPp. xviii, 298; numerous black and white photos, text figures and maps. Color pictorial laminated boards (hardcover), lg 8vo. Contains 21 chapters by noted authorities in the field on all aspects of anatomy, evolution, biomolecular studies, taxonomy, behavioral studies, psychological studies and the bushmeat crisis. Volume 1 in the series Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospect edited by Russell Tuttle. No ownership marks and no signs of