Volumes I to IV Part I only (or, first four of seven volumes), original burgundy cloth with gilt spine, top edges gilt others uncut, pages: I. viii + 196, II. vii + (i) + 348, III. vii + (i) + 276, IV. v + (iii) + 287. Includes thirty-five fine hand-finished colour plates by Henrik Gronvold. Bookplate of the renowned ornithologist Peter Steyn on front pastedown in each case. A little bumped at extremities, with some browning and light foxing on the endpapers, text and plates are bright, a very good set.
Ayer/Zimmer, Catalogue of the Edward E. Ayer Ornithological Library, Part II, Field Museum Chicago, 1905, page 589, "A review of the birds of Africa and surrounding islands, excepting 'those countries bordering on the Mediterranean and eastward of the Red Sea.' . . . Many new genera are described. The illustrations are most excellent."
Fine Bird Books, page 108,
A South African Bibliography, volume IV, page 201.
- Overall Condition: A very good copy
- Size: Large 8vo (294 x 205mm)
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