A Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons

by John Gould

$32,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Contemporary full dark brown crushed morocco, covers elaborately bordered in gilt, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second and fourth, the others with an overall repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges Revised and expanded second edition of Gould's monograph on trogons, including the most beautiful depictions of these colourful tropical birds. As Gould states in his preface, this revised and expanded edition was in

• Binding: Leather

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