"He had seen more than most of us, and had seen,
above all, the naturalist's supreme vision
- the vibrating web of life."

BREHM, ALFRED EDMUND. FROM THE NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. Studies of Wild Life and Scenes in Many Lands . . . . With Eighty-Three Illustrations From Original Drawings. London: Blackie & Son, Limited, 1896. Large 8vo. Original burgundy cloth with gilt figures on top cover and spine. T.e.g. Half-title. [xxxii], 592 pages. Frontispiece, vignette on title, twenty-two plates, numerous illustrations in the text. Slight shelfwear, one gathering pulled. A very good, clean copy.

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Brehm (1829-1884), the German naturalist best known for his Tierleben ("Animal Life," 1863-1869), traveled extensively through Africa, Lapland, Europe and Siberia, personally observing and describing the behavior of numerous species of birds and animals. North Pole to Equator is an illustrated collection of Brehm's public lectures, first published posthumously in German in 1890. In his Introductory Essay, J. Arthur Thomson proclaimed that Brehm's "merit is that he had seen more than most of us, and had seen, above all, the naturalist's supreme vision - the vibrating web of life" (p. xxix). BT000039.

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