Rare and Illustrated Books on Ornithology

If interested in a complete set of this very famous Ibis vols. 1-137 with 8 supplements
(1859-1995)...see no. 359
226. Sharpe, R.
A review of recent attempts to classify birds. An addres delivred
before the second international ornithological congress on the 18th
May 1891. Budapest 1891. With 2 folding tabs., text diagrams. Cloth.
= Ex library copy with stamp on title. Signed by the author <strong>and</strong> dedicated € 280,=
to F. Steindachner 1891. - <strong>Rare</strong>!
227. Sharpe, R.
A h<strong>and</strong>list of the genera <strong>and</strong> species of birds. (nomenclator avium tum
fossilium tum viventium). 5 vols. with general index in 6 vols.
London, British Museum (Nat. Hist.), 1899-1912. Orig. brown cloth
(several rebacked). € 800,=
= A major achievement by the same author of the famous Catalogue of birds in the British
Museum including the index by Ogilvie-Grant. Ex libris with perforated library stamp on
title.
228. Sharpe, R. <strong>and</strong> P. Robert.
Birds in Nature. London, Sampson, Low a.o., 1888. 4to. Text with 39
mounted nice chromolithographs <strong>and</strong> plates, all by Pieter Robert <strong>and</strong>
numerous woodcuts. Orig. pictorial green cloth <strong>and</strong> gilt edges
(rebacked). € 625,=
= Not in Nissen IVB nor Anker. <strong>Rare</strong> limited edition of only 210 copies. The same author
who wrote the famous monograph on the Paradise Birds. The same Paul Leo Robert, the
fine bird artist, who depicted: "Les Oiseaux dans la Nature", "Gefiederte Freunde" etc.
<strong>and</strong> even under that artist name it is not enlisted in Illustrierte Vogelbücher by Nissen!
Some few leaves on which the chromolithographs are mounted are sometimes very
lightly foxed in the margins, otherwise a good copy.
229. Simon, E.
Catalogue des espèces actuellement connues de la famille des
Trochilides. Paris, L. Mulo, 1897. 416p. H.cloth. € 325,=
= A rather rare catalogue on these birds.
230. Simon, E.
Histoire Naturelle des Trochilidae (Synopsis et Catalogue). Paris 1921.
422p. Orig. wrs. (repaired). - uncut. € 325,=
= Ronsil, 2784. <strong>Rare</strong>. As usual a bit browned due to the quality of the paper.
231. Sjöstedt, Y.
Zur ornithologie Kameruns, nebst Angaben über die Säugetiere des
L<strong>and</strong>es. Stockholm, K. Svenska Vet. Akad. H<strong>and</strong>l., 1895. 4to. 120p., 10
beautiful chromolithographed plates by A. Ekblom. New wrs. - uncut