Rare and Illustrated Books on Ornithology

several maps. Cloth. € 170,=
= A good ex library copy with a small perforated stamp on title of this rare book.
160. Moubray,
Moubray's treatise on domestic <strong>and</strong> ornamental poultry. A practical
guide to the history, breeding, rearing, feeling, fattering <strong>and</strong> general
management of fowls <strong>and</strong> pigeons. New ed. by L. Meall, added the
diseases of poultry. London, A. Hall, Virtue, 1854. 512p., 10 partly
h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings such as the Turkey. Orig. cloth (worn).
= Some plates have a waterstain at the topedge. € 220,=
161. Mouton-Fontenille, M.
l'Art d'empailler des oiseaux contenant des principes de théorie
nouveaux et des procédés de pratique avantageux pour conserver à
chaque famille ses formes et ses attitudes naturelles, faisant suite au
traité élémentaire d'ornithologie. Lyon, Yvernault et Cabin, 1811. XV,
171p., 1 l., 5 folding engravings. New h.vellum with marbled boards.
= Ronsil 2096. Last edition with the same amount of plates from the first € 475,=
edition 1802. Foxing throughout but mostly only in the margins.
162. Mouton-Fontenille <strong>and</strong> M. Henon.
l'Art d'empailler des oiseaux contenant des principes nouveaux et sûrs
pour leur conserver leurs formes et leurs attitudes naturelles avec la
méthode de les classer d'après le systême de Linné. 2nd edition. Lyon,
Bruyset Ainé, 1802. 3 ll., XVI, 283p., 5 folded engravings. Old vellum.
= The second edition of this scarce work on taxidermy includes a € 525,=
catalogue of birds observed in the department Rhône listing 165 species. The plates have
a waterstain <strong>and</strong> small repairs. Old h<strong>and</strong>writing on halftitle.
163. Müller, A. <strong>and</strong> K.
Charakterzeichnungen der vorzüglichsten deutschen Singvögel.
Leipzig, Winter, 1865. Text with 11 woodengravings (<strong>and</strong>) Gefangenleben
der besten einheimischen Singvögel. Idem 1871. 298p. Together
in h.cloth. € 325,=
164. Mulsant, E. <strong>and</strong> E. Verreaux
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches ou colibris constituant la
famille des Trochilïdes. 4 vols. in two. Lyon, Société Linnéenne,
1876/77. 4to. 1286p. Half red morocco with marbled edges (spines
worn). € 450,=
= Nissen IVB, 659. Only the text, lacking 64 coloured plates <strong>and</strong> the supplement.
Although not complete it contains the important scientific text on the humming birds.
Small library stamp on the verso of tp. It contains a small mounted watercolour of a