THE BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA

New edition thoroughly revised and augmented. 890 pages, pages 856-867 missing as usual (probably never published), 12 hand coloured plates by Keulemans, plates VIII and X bound out of sequence, half brown morocco which is worn along the edges of the spine, green cloth sides, bookplate on front paste-down endpaper, fore-edge and bottom edges uncut, top edge gilt, previous ownership on front blank page.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume, 1 page 872: quotes from the note on the wrappers, ‘This edition contains an account of the birds inhabiting about double the area of country included by the author of the original work. In many of the families a complete treatment of the subject, de novo, was considered necessary by Mr. Sharpe. There are twelve coloured engravings.’