SHARPE, R.B. [Richard Bowdler]

A monograph of the Alcedinidæ: or, family of kingfishers.

London: Published by the author, 1868-1871. 4to. [iv], lxxi, [iii], [304] (numbered in pencil by hand), xi (index) pp. FIRST EDITION. With 120 hand-colored lithographs and taxonomical chart. Hand-colored map of the family Alcedinidae laid in. Dark red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, interior dentelles, gilded fore-edge; interior generally in good condition with some foxing throughout. Item #17919

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