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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Layard (E.L.) & Sharpe (R.B.)

THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA

Published: Bernard Quaritch, London, 1875 - 1884

Edition: New revised & enlarged edition

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New Edition, Thoroughly revised and augmented by R. Bowdler Sharpe, Senior Assistant, Depart ment of Zoology, British Museum.

890 pages, pages 856-867 missing as usual (probably never published), 12 hand coloured plates by Keulemans (including frontispiece), original publisher\'s half brown leather - a rubbed along the edges, green cloth sides, marbled endpapers (front free endpaper cracked), top edge gilt others uncut.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (260 x 170 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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