A monograph of the pittidae, or, family of ant thrushes
$20,000 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books
First edition
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1863. Folio. 23 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 31 beautiful hand-colored lithographed plates after D. G. Elliot, E. Maubert, A. Mesnel and 1 unsigned plate after C.P. Tholey. Modern brown morocco, author and title in gilt on spine, a.e.g. Item #16290 First edition, a fine copy of Elliot’s beautiful paintings of the pittas, small Asian forest birds
- Binding: Leather
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