4to (265 x 207 mm). 10 engraved plates with hand-coloring; engraved headpieces. (Minor losses to lower margin of a few leaves, some minor mostly marginal dampstaining.) Contemporary calf-backed boards gilt, uncut and unopened (some wear).

A rare later edition. The first edition of Boddaert's annotated translation of parts of Pallas' Spicilega Zoologica was published in 6 parts in 1767-1770; a second edition was published by Esveldt & Holtrop in 1779. The present edition is a reissue of the 1767-70 edition, adding a new title-page and 6 section titles.  According to Wood, the present edition is "one of the many editions of the author's Dierkundig Mengelwerk" (see Wood p.511). Plates depict several species of antelopes, bats, an opossum, and the tufted puffin. Landwehr, Color Plates, 154; see Nissen ZBI 3072.