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The first edition of Davd Seth-Smith monograph on Parakeets illustrated with 20 colour plates, 19 of which are hand-coloured.
The first edition of Davd Seth-Smith monograph on Parakeets illustrated with 20 colour plates, 19 of which are hand-coloured.
The first edition of Davd Seth-Smith monograph on Parakeets illustrated with 20 colour plates, 19 of which are hand-coloured.
The first edition of Davd Seth-Smith monograph on Parakeets illustrated with 20 colour plates, 19 of which are hand-coloured.
The first edition of Davd Seth-Smith monograph on Parakeets illustrated with 20 colour plates, 19 of which are hand-coloured.
The first edition of Davd Seth-Smith monograph on Parakeets illustrated with 20 colour plates, 19 of which are hand-coloured.
The first edition of Davd Seth-Smith monograph on Parakeets illustrated with 20 colour plates, 19 of which are hand-coloured.

hand-coloured lithographs


SETH-SMITH, David.

Parrakeets. A Handbook to the Imported Species.

London, R.H. Porter, 1902-1903.

$1,163.00
$1,163.00

Parrakeets.

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'A description of the habits, in life and captivity, of about 131 of the smaller species of the parrot groups... the coloured plates are excellent' (Zimmer).

The first edition of this monograph on Parakeets by the British zoologist David Seth-Smith, richly illustrated with 20 colour lithographs (19 hand-coloured, 1 chromolithographed). The plates were first published in the Aviculture Magazine. Seth-Smith (1875-1963) was curator of birds at London Zoo for over 30 years, he also wrote under the pseudonym 'The Zoo Man'.

First edition, 6 parts bound in 1 vol.; 8vo (25.5 x 16.5 cm); 20 lithographs (19 hand-coloured, 1 chromo-) after Frohawk, Goodchild, Grönvold and W.E. Renaut, photographic vignette to title, 24 in-text illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original red card wrappers bound in at rear; later half red morocco, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces to spine, top-edge gilt, a little offsetting to title and and a few ff. of text, otherwise clean, a very good copy.

Zimmer 575; Nissen IVB, 860; Casey Wood 563; Trinity College, Hartford 217; Whittell 655; Yale Library 261.

Stock code 111302

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The first edition of Davd Seth-Smith monograph on Parakeets illustrated with 20 colour plates, 19 of which are hand-coloured.

Parrakeets.

$1,163.00
$1,163.00

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First edition of this ornithological classic, Walter Lowry Buller's History of the Birds of New Zealand, with 36 chromolithographic plates, published in parts in London between 1872 and 1873.
First edition of this ornithological classic, Walter Lowry Buller's History of the Birds of New Zealand, with 36 chromolithographic plates, published in parts in London between 1872 and 1873.

BULLER, Walter Lawry.
A History of the Birds of New Zealand. [1872-]1873.
$3,419.00

Second and preferred edition of the definitive work on New Zealand birds, Walter Lowry Buller's History fo teh Birds of New Zealand, in the publisher's deluxe red morocco.
Second and preferred edition of the definitive work on New Zealand birds, Walter Lowry Buller's History fo teh Birds of New Zealand, in the publisher's deluxe red morocco.

BULLER, Walter Lawry.
A History of the Birds of New Zealand. 1888.
$4,787.00

A History of British Birds.
A History of British Birds.

YARRELL, William.
A History of British Birds. 1843.
$1,163.00

The edition deluxe of Birds of Arabia by Meinerthagen, one of ten specially bound copies with a unique bird of prey design to the front cover.
The edition deluxe of Birds of Arabia by Meinerthagen, one of ten specially bound copies with a unique bird of prey design to the front cover.

MEINERTZHAGEN, Colonel R.
Birds of Arabia. 1980.
$6,838.00

Containing 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself.
Containing 40 finely coloured plates, mostly hand signed by Hayes himself.

HAYES, William.
Birds. [1773].
$22,564.00

An attractively bound second printing of the standard reference for Australian parrots, Alan Lendon's Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary.
An attractively bound second printing of the standard reference for Australian parrots, Alan Lendon's Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary.

LENDON, Alan.
Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary. 1976.
$137.00

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