Beitrag zur Fauna Centralpolynesians. Ornithologie der Viti, Samoa-und Tonga-Inseln.
Leiden: E J Brill, 1867-1868. Tall octavo, 14 handcoloured lithographed bird plates; uncut in later boards mounting the front printed wrapper. More
BIRDS - Parrot and Pigeons
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A new and improved edition of Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets by Francoise Le Vaillant 1753-1824 from the original two volumes in the collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green.
Sydney: Imprime, 1989. Elephant folio, 144 loose plates. Publisher's handsome green cloth Solander boxes with coloured label, limited to 200 numbered copies, a fine set. A magnificent modern reproduction of Le Vaillant's great work on parrots. The published price was $20,000. Freight is extra. More
Amazon parrots: a monograph.
London: Rodolphe d'Erlanger/Basilisk Press, 1983. Folio, 25 tipped-in plates by Elizabeth Butterworth. Full red silk, all contained in a handsome black Solander box, limited to 515 numbered copies and signed by author and artist on the final leaf, a magnificent association copy inscribed "Rosemary Low- best wishes to Andrew Isles..... More
Vogelbilder aus fernen zonen. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der Papageien.
Kassel: Verlag von Theodor Fischer, 1878-1883. Folio, 33 chromolithographic (finished by hand) plates and accompanying text leaves. Publisher's green blindstamped and gilt cloth, a superb copy, very scarce in this condition. A FINE LARGE PAPER COPY. This copy appears to be a large paper variant, with a different publisher's cloth..... More
Catalogue of the Psittaci, or parrots in the collection of the British Museum.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1898. Octavo, 18 chromolithographic plates by Keulemans. Publisher's brown cloth, partly unopened, apart from a library pocket and a small paper library stamp on the bottom of the spine, a near fine copy. Volume 20 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in..... More
Catalogue of the Psittaci, or parrots in the collection of the British Museum.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1891. Octavo, 18 chromolithographic plates by Keulemans. Contemporary quarter morocco and cloth, some wear, bookplate, library stamp. Volume 20 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British Museum, 1874-1898. Wood p. 548; Zimmer p. 540. More
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