Extinct Birds
- Publisher : Hutchinson & Co.
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 45 chromolithographic plates, 4 uncoloured plates
Description:
An attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those Birds which have become extinct in historical time - that is, within the last six or seven hundred years. To which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction.
Chromolithographic or coloured collotype plates after J.G. Keulemans, G.E. Lodge, H. Grönvold, J. Smit and F.W. Frohawk, and 4 uncoloured plates. Plates numbered 1-42, 4A, 5A, 24A-C, 25A-B. First edition. Limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies (this copy numbered 130).
Nissen IVB 795; Anker 430.
Condition
4to (374x280mm), cont. green half morocco (a couple of minor scuffs), raised bands, gt title and tooling to spine compartments, teg, marbled endpapers. Some scattered foxing, mostly marginal, also affecting some plates. Fine copy.