A monograph of the Alcedinidæ: or, family of kingfishers

by R. B Sharpe, Richard Bowdler

$15,000 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: Published by the author, 1868-1871. 4to. iv , lxxi, iii , 304 numbered in pencil by hand , xi index pp. FIRST EDITION. With 120 hand-colored lithographs and taxonomical chart. Hand-colored map of the family Alcedinidae laid in. Dark red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, interior dentelles, gilded fore-edge; interior generally in good condition with some foxing throughout. Item #17919

• Binding: Leather

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