THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA

Layard (E.L.) & Sharpe (R.B.)

Description:

New Edition, Thoroughly revised and augmented by R. Bowdler Sharpe, Senior Assistant, Depart ment of Zoology, British Museum.

890 pages, pages 856-867 missing as usual (probably never published), 12 hand coloured plates by Keulemans (including frontispiece), original publisher's half brown leather - a rubbed along the edges, green cloth sides, marbled endpapers (front free endpaper cracked), top edge gilt others uncut.

Details:

  • Publisher: Bernard Quaritch
  • Publisher Place: London
  • Date of Publication: 1875 - 1884
  • Edition: New revised & enlarged edition
  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (260 x 170 mm)
  • Lot No: 343
  • Hammer Price: $578
  • Bids: 3
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  • Estimate: $700/900
  • Reserve: $500

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