A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America

by John Gould

$16,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

First edition

Early half olive green morocco over green pebbled cloth covered boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, lettered in the second and fourth, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges A fine copy of the first edition of Gould's fourth monograph, in which he considerably enlarged the number of recorded species of the American partridge family. Besides the spectacular plates of American birds, this work is interesting for

• Binding: Leather

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