Live veiling - Lot 1388
[Ornithology]
Genera avium.
Brussels, V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, 1905-1914
Hamerprijs: €
200
€ 200 / 300
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Beschrijving lot
26 parts in 1 vol., folio; 42 (of 43) pl.
Mod. half black cloth binding, decorative paper on covers, flat spine.
Massive work directed by the Belgian ornithologist and entomologist Wytsman (1866-1925) and produced in collaboration with main European specialists such as P.L. Sclater, R. Bowdler Sharpe, W.R. Ogilvie-Grant, E. Hartert, C.E. Hellmayr and T. Salvadori. Illustrated with 42 splendid colourful chromolithographs of birds including 11 beautiful plates of parrots.
Ref. Nissen (IVB) 182. - Nissen (BBI) 1028. - Not in Anker.