Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The birds of the Western Palearctic [BWP, a complete set].
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977-1994. Quarto, colour plates, a very good set in dustwrappers. Birds of the Western Palearctic (commonly known as BWP) is one of the greatest scientific bird book ever published. Complete in nine volumes, it covers 770 species of birds, of which about 600 are breeding species..... More