Gaake V. The Animal World: Life and Habitat/ under the editorship of N.

Kholodkovsky. 3 vol. Vol.1-3, St. Petersburg, А. Devrienne, 1902. Illustrated edition with drawings by V. Kunert: 120 coloured plates, 620 in-text duplicated ornaments. Compound bindings: gold-stamped leather corners, calico, patterned endpapers, all edges mottled. Owner"s bookplate stamp of I. Chirkin. 27х19.5cm., in good condition: lacking one illustration, minor staining on pages, lower part of p.622 (vol.1) cut. The edition is of imoprtance to book collectors.