The birds of Australia, comprising three hundred full-page illustrations with a descriptive account of the life and characteristic habits of over seven hundred species.

A$3,750 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Melbourne : Charles Stuart Co., 1890-1891. Six volumes, bound in three, folio, full roan lettered and ruled in gilt, edges rubbed and joints a little cracked, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, contemporary owner s wet stamp to title page of first volume, unpaginated, 303 chromolithographed plates, text sheets, tissue guards; occasional spots of foxing but overall a very good set. Broinowski s great work on Australian ornithology.

• Binding: Hardcover

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