De vogels van Nederlandsch Indië, beschreven en afgebeeld door H. Schlegel. Les oiseaux des Indes Neêrlandaises, décrits et figurés par H. Schlegel.

3 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [1]-38-[1]-79-[3]-68-[2] pp.; 50 pl. (some spotting on some pl. near the end).

Contemp. green blind-st. cloth with gilt title on cover, flat gilt-titled spine (rubbed at extremities).

Work on the birds of Indonesia consisting of three issues with 50 hand-coloured lithogr. pl. printed by P.W.M. Trap: the Pitta's (Vol. I): 6 pl., the Kingfishers (Vol. II): 16 pl. and the Falcons (Vol. III): 28 pl. In total depicting 205 birds in their ecological surroundings. Some pl. signed J. Smith. In our copy the vol. of the falcons and the kingfishers is inversed.
Ref. Landwehr 171. - Nissen (IVB) 829.