Foreign finches in captivity.

Butler, Arthur G.

London: L. Reeve & Co., 1894.
Quarto, 332 pp. 60 handcoloured lithographs by Frohawk. Publisher's blindstamped burgundy morocco grain cloth with handsome gilt finch design on upper board, top edge gilt, a fine copy.

A handsome monograph on finches. The illustrations by Frohawk, particularly those of the Australian finches, are excellent. A second edition with chromolithographed plates and smaller format was published in 1899.

Fine bird books (reprint) p. 85; Mengel 445; Nissen IVB 169; Wood p. 274.

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