Catalog der ornithologischen Sam[m]lung seiner kaiserlichen Hoheit des Herrn Herzogs Maximilian von Leuchtenberg Fürsten von Eichstaedt etc. etc., 1851-1852
Leuchtenberg, Maximilian von 1817-1852 Search this
Subject:
Leuchtenberg, Maximilian von 1817-1852 Natural history collections Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (VII, 272 pages) ; 22 cm
Type:
Catalogs and collections
Catalogs
Place:
Germany
Eichstätt
Date:
1851
1852
Notes:
Title page handwritten in black ink, within a red double-rule border.
Manuscript handwritten in a commercially-produced blank account book with red-printed columns.
"Mit Aufnahme der Synonymen alphabetisch zusam[m]engestellt, als Ausgang aus d. im h. Museo sich vorfindenden systematisch ausgeführten Haupt-Catalog."
Maximilian von Lechtenberg, the 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, largely inherited his bird collection from his father, Eugène de Beauharnais, and from his father-in-law, Czar Nicholas I of Russia. After Maximilian's death, his collection was acquired by the state of Bavaria and relocated to Munich. Much of the collection was destroyed during the bombardment of Munich in World War II, although some specimens survived and are now in museums in Munich, Bamberg, and Erlangen.
Summary:
Catalog of the bird collection of Prince Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg & Prince of Eichstätt, comprising 3589 specimens, primarily of Russian and non-European birds, including some from Australia, Southeast Asia, South America, and the South Seas.
