Rare and Illustrated Books on Ornithology

ird eggs, figs. Original decorated green cloth (rebacked). € 325,=
= Nissen IVB, 813. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition of a fine bird book on the New Engl<strong>and</strong> states.
Occasional foxing, the plates generally clean <strong>and</strong> bright. We also have the 3rd edition
1869 in the original pictorial cloth binding, please inquire.
210. Savi, P.
Ornithologia Italiana. Opera posthuma del Prof. Paolo Savi in 3 vols.
2nd ed. Firenze, Le Monnier, 1900. 1187p., some woodcuts. New cloth.
= Zimmer, 548. An important contribution on Italian ornithology in the € 540,=
enlarged 2nd edition. Ex libris of Carolus Casolari Doctor Chemiae atque Naturalis
Historiae cultor pasted in on front <strong>and</strong> a small library stamp on title.
211. Schinz, H.
Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel. Zürich, Brodtmann,
(1819-1830). 4to. Only atlas with lithographed title <strong>and</strong> 144 nicely
h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs. Orig. h.calf. € 4.000,=
= Nissen IVB, 825. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. H<strong>and</strong>coloured Atlas of Schinz's Birds mostly with 4
figs. on one plate but some with one bird only such as Autruche, Casuar <strong>and</strong> including
also the Dodo <strong>and</strong> the Manura Superba.... About 10 plates with marginal foxing <strong>and</strong> 2
plates with a marginal repair. Overall a very good copy.
212. Schiöler, E.
Danmarks fugle, med henblick paa de in Grönl<strong>and</strong> paa Faeroerne og i
Kongeriget Isl<strong>and</strong> forekommende arter. 2 vols. Copenhagen, Nordisk
Forlag, 1925-1926. Folio text with one coloured map of Greenl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong>
184 plates of which 101 are coloured. H. cloth. € 840,=
= In 1931 a third volume was published which is not present here. Libr. stamps on tp.
These 2 vols. are devoted to ducks <strong>and</strong> geese. Vol. 2 only treats Greenl<strong>and</strong>, therefore it is
the largest monograph on ducks <strong>and</strong> geese of northern Europe <strong>and</strong> Greenl<strong>and</strong>.
213. Schlegel, H. <strong>and</strong> P. Bleeker.
66 Contributions on fishes in the tropical Seas of South East Asia, esp.
Indonesia, China, Japan <strong>and</strong> Philipines. Amsterdam, Nederl.
Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, Kon. Zool. Genootschap, Natura Artis
Magistra, from vols. 1-4 (1864-1871). Mostly in orig. wrs. (several
restored). € 540,=
= Important for the description of new species especially in tropical water. The first
volume contains also 8 fine lithographs of which 6 are h<strong>and</strong>coloured by P. Trap, but these
are not on fishes but mainly on birds by H. Schlegel. Includes 2 nice ones on squirrels.
Also more contributions by H. Schlegel on birds such as: the Gracula, Buceros
Nagtglasii, Ptilopus, Buceros Pulchrirostris, Falco Bosschi <strong>and</strong> Artus Spectabilis, Snellen
van Vollenhoven, Finch, Pollen are included but the Bleeker papers are by far the most
important.