Adolf Bernhard Meyer and L.W. Wiglesworth | The birds of Celebes, 1898, 2 volumes

Adolf Bernhard Meyer and L.W. Wiglesworth.

The birds of Celebes and the neighbouring islands. Berlin: R. Friedländer, 1898

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 4to (320 x 245mm.), 45 lithographed plates, 42 hand-coloured, after drawings by Bruno Geisler, 7 coloured maps, three-quarter morocco gilt by Morrell, top edge gilt, others uncut

A FINE COPY. This scholarly monograph rarely appears on the market. Most of the work was written by Wiglesworth.

LITERATURE:

Fine Bird Books, p. 93; Nissen IVB 626; McGill/Wood, p. 461; Zimmer, p. 432