Exotic ornithology, containing figures and descriptions of new or rare species of American Birds. by SCLATER, Philip Lutley and SALVIN, Osbert
by SCLATER, Philip Lutley and SALVIN, Osbert
Exotic ornithology, containing figures and descriptions of new or rare species of American Birds.
by SCLATER, Philip Lutley and SALVIN, Osbert
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By Philip Lutley Sclater and Osbert Salvin. London : Bernard Quaritch, 1869. Quarto, finely bound in modern full crushed Morocco decorated in gilt, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt lines and lettering; speckled edges; pp. vi; 204, with 100 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates by Joseph Smit; internally clean, a magnificent copy. A fine book introducing newly recorded species of American birds to a scientific readership, authored by Sclater, Secretary of the Zoological Society of London, aided by distinguished ornithologist and herpetologist Salvin. It was originally issued in thirteen parts between 1866 - 1869. The most recent copy at auction achieved GBP 11,970 (Sotheby's, The Library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven, 18 May 2022, lot 199). References: Anker 450 (""beautiful plates""); Fine Bird Books, p. 106; Nissen IVB 844; McGill/Wood, p. 558; Zimmer, p. 560
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