Henry Eeles Dresser | A monograph of the coraciidae, 1893

Henry Eeles Dresser

A monograph of the coraciidae, or family of the rollers. Farnborough, Kent: Published by the Author, 1893 

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, 4to (375 x 270mm.), 27 hand-coloured lithographed plates, contemporary red morocco gilt presentation binding with owl vignette from title page reproduced in gilt to upper cover

Richly descriptive monograph on the coraciidae, or the rollers, by the important British ornithologist H.E. Dresser (1838-1915). The present copy features an inscription from Dresser to Colonel Magrath.

LITERATURE:

Fine Bird Books, p. 72; Nissen IVB 270; Zimmer, p. 178

PROVENANCE:

James Butler, Earl of Ossory (1844-1919), later 3rd Marquess or Ormonde, armorial bookplate