Great illustrated children's menagerie. Wild Animals. [Josef Scholz, Mainz, ca. 1880]. In-folio (35.2 x 21.2 cm). (13) cardboard ff.: publisher's album, blue cloth spine, chromotype first board, young children and mother, in an ornate rolled banner, reading a primer. Album with twelve superb double panoramic plates, lithographed and enhanced in colors on cardboard, featuring the most extraordinary animals. German imagery with realistic drawings and intact colors, lithography in colors and stencils. The plates bear the initials J. S.: Josef Scholz in Mainz, the latter was generally imported into France by Capendu. Legends of the name of the animal in three to five languages in foot. Two plates are signed Scotti and P. Schulz. 1879. No copy referenced. The hardback double pages are in perfect condition, small color pickup in the margin of the first board.