Parrakeets.

£850 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

hand-coloured lithographs 'A description of the habits, in life and captivity, of about 131 of the smaller species of the parrot groups... the coloured plates are excellent' (Zimmer). The first edition of this monograph on Parakeets by the British zoologist David Seth-Smith, richly illustrated with 20 colour lithographs (19 hand-coloured, 1 chromolithographed). The plates were first published in the Aviculture Magazine. Seth-Smith (1875-1963) was curator of birds at London Zoo for over 30 years, he also wrote under the pseudonym 'The Zoo Man'. First edition, 6 parts bound in 1 vol.; 8vo (25.5 x 16.5 cm); 20 lithographs (19 hand-coloured, 1 chromo-) after Frohawk, Goodchild, Grönvold and W.E. Renaut, photographic vignette to title, 24 in-text illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, original red card wrappers bound in at rear; later half red morocco, marbled boards, contrasting black morocco lettering-pieces to spine, top-edge gilt, a little offsetting to title and and a few ff. of text, otherwise clean, a very good copy. Zimmer 575; Nissen IVB, 860; Casey Wood 563; Trinity College, Hartford 217; Whittell 655; Yale Library 261.

• Binding: Hardcover

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