Rare and Illustrated Books on Ornithology

illustrations of mainly birds in their natural Japanese surroundings
<strong>and</strong> some insects <strong>and</strong> fish. (Kyoto about 1900). Orig. Japanese wrs.
bound with a delicate string. € 570,=
= A tiny spot on the cover but the inside is fine.
120. Hoffmann, J.
Die Waldschnepfe. Ein monographischer Beitrag zur Jagdzoologie.
2nd ed. Neudamm, J. Neumann, (1887). 204p., 1 frontisp. H.cloth with
coloured lithographed title mounted. € 325,=
= <strong>Rare</strong> monograph of the Scolopacidae in a fine copy without foxing.
121. Holden, G.
Canaries <strong>and</strong> Cage-Birds. New York, Holden, 1883. 369p., 3p. of
advertisements showing nice cages such as the "Gunther" cage <strong>and</strong> 8
chromolithographs <strong>and</strong> numerous woodcuts, incl. also a large number
of cages! Orig. pictorial cloth with a gilt canary on the frontcover.
€ 325,=
= <strong>Rare</strong>. Not in Nissen IVB, Anker, Zimmer, Catalogue of Ayer collection at the Field
Museum nor in the Cat. Brit. Museum (Nat. Hist.).
122. Hoogerwerf, A.
Een bijdrage tot de Oologie van het eil<strong>and</strong> Java (1949); De Avifauna
van Tjibodas en omgeving (Java) (1949); Avifauna van Batavia en
omstreken (1938) in 3 vols. Leiden <strong>and</strong> Batavia 1938-1949. Text with 40
coloured plates <strong>and</strong> 28 plain plates. Orig. cloth <strong>and</strong> wrs. € 325,=
= All have large indexes. The first 2 are also separately available.
123. Houwink, R.
Onze Hoenders. 's-Gravenhage (1929). 4to. Text with 144 small
coloured lithographed plates by Th. Dijkwel, all mounted. H.cloth.
= One of the rarer scrapbooks published for the N.V. Sigarenfabriek € 275,=
Majoor in Beverwijk, not the much more common "Verkade Albums" which we also hold,
please inquire. It also has a nice large woodcut by the same artist. Some browning on the
first <strong>and</strong> last leave but not on the plates.
124. Hudson, W.
Birds of La Plata in 2 vols. London 1920. Text with 22 coloured plates
after watercolours of Grönvold. Orig. pictorial cloth with original
dustjacket (repaired <strong>and</strong> one top part lost). € 275,=
= Nissen IVB, 460. Apart from the dustjacket a very good copy of the first edition. An
interesting Hudson item as it comprises Hudson's share of the Argentine Ornithology
during 1888/89. Only published in 1500 copies.
125. Ihering, H. von <strong>and</strong> R. von Ihering.
As aves do Brazil. Sâo Paulo 1907. XXXVIII, 485p., 2 coloured maps,