Rare and Illustrated Books on Ornithology

is one of the few with the extra plate "Cygne de Bewick", which is not mentioned on the
list of plates. Some faint marginal foxing <strong>and</strong> signed by former owner.
131. Judd, W. (Ed.)
The Birds of Albany county. Albany 1907. 178p., 21 plates of which
only the frontisp. is coloured. Orig. blue cloth. € 95,=
= <strong>Rare</strong> privately printed ornithological monograph on upper New York State, especially
the lower Hudson Valley, published only in 300 copies of which this one is 255 <strong>and</strong>
signed by the author. - Nissen IVB, 489.
132. Keulemans, John.
Feathers to Brush. The Victorian Bird Artist John Gerrard Keulemans
(1842-1912) by Tony Keulemans <strong>and</strong> Jan Coldewey. Epse 1982. 4to.
94p., 28 coloured reproductions. Orig. h.calf. € 415,=
= Limited edition of 475 copies of which this is no. 73 <strong>and</strong> signed by both.
133. Kirby, M. <strong>and</strong> E.
Beautiful Birds in Far-Off L<strong>and</strong>s: their haunts <strong>and</strong> homes. London,
Nelson, 1872. Small 8vo. Text with 16 very nice chromolithographs of
mainly tropical humming- or love-birds. In an original red <strong>and</strong> gilt
cloth binding with gilt edges. € 275,=
= We cannot trace Mary <strong>and</strong> Elizabeth Kirby but they are the same who published "The
Sea <strong>and</strong> its wonders" also nicely illustrated <strong>and</strong> most probably rare too. Not in Nissen
IVB nor Cat. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.)!
134. Klein, J.
Historia Avium prodomus cum praefatione de ordine animalum in
genere. Accessit Historia Muris Alpini et vetus Vocabularium
Animalium... Lübeck, Schmidt, 1750. 4to. 7 ll., 238p., engraved
titlevignette, 8 folded engravings. Cont. h.calf (rebacked). € 675,=
= Nissen IVB, 504; Anker 254. Wood: "One of the important <strong>and</strong> fundamental treatises on
ornithology". A small repair on titlepage <strong>and</strong> browning on a part of the text (some rather
heavy) but the plates are fine.
135. Kleinschmidt, O. a.o.
Berajah or Zoographia Infinita. Including 47 monographs <strong>and</strong> one
Beilage all mainly on birds of Prey in 2 vols. <strong>and</strong> some issues. Halle
1905-1937. 4to with over 244 photographs or lithographs of which 83
nice chromolithographs mostly of falcons <strong>and</strong> mostly after
Kleinschmidt. New h.cloth with most original wrs. bound in <strong>and</strong>
some original issues. € 1.600,=
= Nissen IVB, 507 does only refer to Anker 258, who also does not give a complete
collation. It includes several important monographs such as: O.Kleinschmidt, Falco
Nisus (Kl) with 21 photographs; Idem, Falco Peregrinus with 36 photographs (several in
colour); Idem, Erithacus Domesticus with 8 plates (4 chomolithogr.); Koenig, Avifauna
Aegyptus with 6 beautiful chromolithographs of Egyptian falcons <strong>and</strong> one photograph,