[THE FIRST RUSSIAN MANUAL ON TAXIDERMY] Kratkoye nastavleniye k prigotovleniyu zhivotnykh dlya kollektsiy, ili izlozheniye sposobov nabivki chuchel, preparirovaniya skeletov i sobiraniya nasekomykh [i.e. A Brief Guide to Preparing Animals for Collections or a Description of Methods for Stuffing Stuffed Animals, Dissecting Skeletons and Collecting Insects]
St. Petersburg: Tip. A. Benke, 1894. 40 pp.: ill. In original illustrated publisher’s wrappers. Small fragments of spine and covers lost, numbers in red pencil on front cover, otherwise very good and clean. Scarce. Fifth edition. First edition was printed in 1868. The subsequent editions came out in 1875..... More