Foreign finches in captivity.

Butler, Arthur G.

London: L. Reeve & Co., 1894.
Quarto, 332 pp. 60 handcoloured lithographs by Frohawk. Modern half burgundy morocco and marbled boards, spine with two inlaid black labels, top edge gilt, publisher's original cloth mounted on rear endpaper, a very good clean 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; Nissen SVB 88; Wood p. 274.

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