Brehms Tierleben

Brehms Tierleben (English title: Brehm's Life of Animals)

Publishing history

As a freelance writer, Alfred Brehm furnished popular-scientific magazines

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Writer - Alfred Brehm

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with essays and travelogues. Because of his success in doing this, in

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1860 he was commissioned to write a 10-volume zoological encyclopedia.

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1860 - Zoological - Encyclopedia

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Journeys to Abyssinia, Scandinavia and Siberia both interrupted

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Abyssinia - Scandinavia - Siberia

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and enriched the work. The first six volumes of the encyclopedia, published

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under the title Illustrirtes Thierleben, appeared from 1864 to

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1869, published by the Bibliographisches Institut under

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1869 - Bibliographisches Institut

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Herrmann Julius Meyer. Illustrated under the direction of Robert Kretschmer (1818–1872), they met with wide approval from the educated bourgeoisie.

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Herrmann Julius Meyer - 1818 - 1872

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As of the second edition, which consisted of ten volumes published

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from 1876 to 1879, the work was already titled Brehms Thierleben.

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1876 - 1879

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The work made Brehm famous around the world and its title is still a

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catchphrase today, even though science has gone far beyond Brehm. Perhaps the

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greatest change in the second edition was the addition of new illustrations by

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Gustav Mützel and others, which

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Charles Darwin said were the best he had ever seen.

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The second edition was reprinted from 1882 to 1884,

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1882 - 1884

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and a third edition, published from 1890 to 1893, followed.

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1890 - 1893

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The work has been translated into various languages. Editions have continued

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to appear into the 20th century, especially in the form of abridged, one-volume

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works.

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