W. Vincent Legge | A History of the Birds of Ceylon, 1880, red half morocco

W. Vincent Legge

A History of the Birds of Ceylon. London: Taylor and Francis for the author, 1880

First edition, 4to (325 x 252 mm.), colour-printed engraved map of Ceylon, dedication leaf, list of subscribers, 33 hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.G. Keulemans (heightened in gum Arabic), chromolithographed oological plate (Plate 34: "Eggs of 17 Peculiar Species"), 12 woodcut illustrations in the text, red half morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt in six compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, slight loss to corner of leaf with engraved map of Ceylon (not affecting engraving), spotted staining to boards, extremities bumped

LITERATURE:

Anker 284; Fine Bird Books, p. 89; McGill/Wood, p. 439; Nissen IVB 539; Zimmer, pp. 282-283