Rare and Illustrated Books on Ornithology

num. figs. Orig. pictorial cloth (spine rubbed). € 375,=
= A famous falconry book in the greatly enlarged second edition, now quite scarce. <strong>Rare</strong>
original edition. With an ex libris of Gordonii Alchin.
109. Hartlaub, G.
Die Vögel Madagascars und der benachbarten Inselgruppen. Ein
Beitrag zur Zoologie der Äthiopischen Region, mit einer kürzlich
entdeckten Original-Abbildung der Dronte von R. Savry. Halle, H.
Schmidt, 1877. XIII, 425p. <strong>and</strong> one woodengraved frontisp. by M.
Toller. Orig. green pictorial cloth. € 295,=
= Wood, 378: "An important contribution to the Avifauna of the Madagascar region"
with the fine Dodo-plate <strong>and</strong> rare now. See also Zimmer I, 290.
110. Haverschmidt, F.
Birds of Surinam. Edinburgh 1968. Text, 1 folding map, 40 coloured
plates, 30 photographs, num. figs. Orig. green cloth. € 245,=
= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition with the very fine plates.
111. Heinroth, K. <strong>and</strong> J. Steinbacher.
Oiseaux d'Europe. Lausanne (1980). 20p., 208 fine coloured plates after
watercolours of Binder, Eigener, Murr a.o. In orig. blue cloth
portofolio. € 395,=
= Ex libris of Monica library, in a mint condition.
112. Heinroth, O. <strong>and</strong> L. Koch.
Gefiederte Meistersänger. Das erste tönende Lehr- und Hilfsbuch zur
Beobachtung und Bestimmung der heimischen Vogelwelt <strong>and</strong> Neue
Folge in 2 portofolios. Berlin 1935/36. 2 booklets with 193p., 48
photographs <strong>and</strong> 6 records with bird voices. Orig. blue <strong>and</strong> green
cloth portofolio. € 1.000,=
= <strong>Rare</strong> original edition of this unusual h<strong>and</strong>book on bird-recording <strong>and</strong> maybe the first
successful commercial recording of birdsongs in the world A bird-recordingincunabula!.
Especially rare because of the Neue Folge in a mint condition.
113. Heinroth, O. <strong>and</strong> M.
Die Vögel Mitteleuropas in 4 vols. including the Nachtrag. Berlin 1926-
1931. 4to text with 509 plates of which 158 are coloured. Orig. h.cloth
with original marbled flyleaves. € 550,=
= Nissen IVB, 428. The fine original edition including the rare supplement.. It is one of the
really important contributions to animal psychology in the field of ornithology <strong>and</strong> a real
st<strong>and</strong>ardwork. We also have a set of the first 3 vols. without the Nachtrag in a medium
copy, please inquire.
114. Henry, G.
Coloured plates of the Birds of Ceylon. with a short description of
each bird of W. Wait, 4 parts in one. Ceylon government 1927-1935.