Leiden: E J Brill, 1867-1868. Tall octavo, 14 handcoloured lithographed bird plates; uncut in later boards mounting the front printed wrapper. More about Beitrag zur Fauna Centralpolynesians. Ornithologie der Viti, Samoa-und Tonga-Inseln
Leiden: E J Brill, 1867-1868. Octavo, one handcoloured lithographic distribution map, six (one folded plain and five handcoloured) lithographed plates and some folded tables. Early blue half morocco, all edges coloured, a very good set. The first true monograph on parrots. "In the first section of Volume one of this... More about Die Papageien: monographisch bearbeitet
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, expertly rebacked, the standard issue, some foxing but not affecting images; additional typescript index in French plus typescript interleaved French text. Anton Reichenow (1847-1941) was the most... More about 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 about Vogelbilder aus fernen zonen. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der Papageien
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 about Catalogue of the Psittaci, or parrots in the collection of the British Museum