L12405

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Lot 35
  • 35

[Shelley, Captain G.E.

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sun-Birds. London: Published by the author, 1876-1880]
  • paper
First edition, folio (374 x 270mm.), 121 hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.G. Keulemans, contemporary straight-grained green morocco gilt, [Nissen IVB 873; Wood, p.566; Zimmer, p.588], bookplate of Charles B. Godman, without title and text

Catalogue Note

A fine, tall copy of the plates to Shelley’s Sun-Birds.