C.H.T. and G.F.L. Marshall | A monograph of the capitonidae, or scansorial barbets, 1871

Charles H.T. and George F.L. Marshall

A monograph of the capitonidae, or scansorial barbets. London: published by the author, 1871

FIRST EDITION, 4to (305 x 234mm.), dedication leaf, list of subscribers, list of plates, 73 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after J.G. Keulemans, 2 further smaller plates inserted from Swainson’s Zoological illustrations (numbered 3A and 9A), brown morocco gilt by Mansell, gilt edges, upper joint slightly rubbed

One of the rarer quarto monographs, the work is devoted to the barbets, noted for bristles at the bases of their bills, as well as their bright colouring, and found in Central Asia and northern South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and South-East Asia.

LITERATURE:

Anker 324; Fine Bird Books, p. 92; McGill/Wood, p. 451; Nissen IVB 591; Zimmer, p. 416

PROVENANCE:

Walter John Francis Erskine, 12th Earl of Mar and 14th Earl of Kellie (1865-1955), engraved armorial bookplate dated 1913