Keulemans | A Natural History of Cage Birds, 1871

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November 12, 04:34 PM GMT

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1,000 - 1,500 HKD

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[KEULEMANS, JOHN GERRARD

A Natural History of Cage Birds. London, 1871]


FIRST EDITION, 4 parts, large 8vo (282 x 182mm.), 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 113pp. text (without title or preliminary leaves, as issued), contemporary red half morocco, green pebbled boards, very minor scattered staining


Only 4 parts of a planned 20 were issued.


LITERATURE:

Nissen IVB 492

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