First Edition: 384 pages + errata leaf, 8vo (240 x 172 mm), 3 chromolithographic plates, 94 other plates, half calf with a red title label on the spine and gilt decoration in panels, marbled boards worn and rubbed, marbled endpapers and edges, inscriptions of previous owners on the front endpapers, toning of the text pages but the plates printed on better quality paper are bright, a good copy.
Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 733, 'Contributions to the Ornithology of South Africa. Collected with special reference to Dr. Holub's South African travels and the examples placed in the " Pavillion of Amateurs " at Vienna. By Dr. Emil Holub and Aug. von Pelzeln. With two coloured plates, woodcuts, and 32 zinco-graphs. A valuable work on South African Ornithology.'
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