The birds of Celebes and the neighbouring islands.

A$9,250 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Berlin : R. Friedlander, 1898. Two volumes, quarto, black library buckram spines lettered in gilt, bump to upper corner of the first volume, original printed wrappers bound in, pp. xxxii; 392; 393 962, 7 coloured maps and 45 lithographed plates, of which 42 are hand-coloured; internally clean, a fine set. A rare scholarly work on the magnificent birds to be found on Celebes in the Indonesian Archipelago. Fine Bird Books, p.93; Nissen IVB 626; Wood, p.461; Zimmer, p.432.

• Binding: Hardcover

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