1.) DIE VÖGEL DEUTSCH-OST-AFRIKAS (1894) & 2.) DIE SÄUGETHIERE DEUTSCH-OST-AFRIKAS (1895)

Both volumes bound in matching early twentieth century quarter cloth.

Considered to be significant works in the fields of ornithology and mammalogy for their contribution to the knowledge of East African fauna. 

1.) THE BIRDS OF GERMAN EAST AFRICA by Anton Reichenow

First edition published in Berlin in 1894.

250pp. With 108 text illustrations by Anna Held of which 43 are hand coloured. Text in German.

2.) THE MAMMALS OF GERMAN EAST AFRICA by Paul Matschie

First edition published in Berlin in 1895.

xxviii + 156pp. With 75 black & white text illustration by Anna Held. Text in German.

Anton Reichenow (1847-1941) was a German ornithologist. He was considered one of the most important bird taxonomists in Germany and Europe at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, specialising in African birds from the then German colonies.

Paul Matschie (1861-1926) was a German zoologist. He was head of the department of mammals at the Berlin Zoological Museum from 1890-1926. He described 11 new species of reptiles with one being named in his honour. Matschie's tree kangaroo and Matschie's galago are two mammals that also bear his name.