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DRESSER, Henry Eeles. A Monograph of the Coraciidae, or the Family of Rollers. Farnborough: by the Author, 1893.
Large 4to (372 x 271 mm). 27 hand-colored lithographic plates by J.G. Keulemans, 3 plates with slips pasted over common and/or scientific names. (Some occasional spotting.) 19th-century blue morocco gilt by Leighton, upper cover with central gilt coat-of-arms of Baron Sherborne, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, edges gilt (discreet repair to lower portion of upper hinge and foot of spine, some light rubbing particularly to joints). Provenance: Baron Sherborne (bookplate; binding); Ernest Shoemaker (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of the companion volume to the author's Monograph of the Meropidae, 1884-1886, with notes on the anatomy and osteology again by Frank E. Beddard. Like the Bee-Eater, the Roller, a beautiful though solitary forest-haunting bird, is largely restricted to the Ethiopian region. Out of the 26 species identified by Dresser, 18 were inhabitants of the region, and 17 peculiar to it. Ayer/Zimmer, p.178 (“A thoroughly detailed study of the group, with excellent hand-coloured plates”); Fine Bird Books p.92; Nissen IVB 270.
Large 4to (372 x 271 mm). 27 hand-colored lithographic plates by J.G. Keulemans, 3 plates with slips pasted over common and/or scientific names. (Some occasional spotting.) 19th-century blue morocco gilt by Leighton, upper cover with central gilt coat-of-arms of Baron Sherborne, spine in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, edges gilt (discreet repair to lower portion of upper hinge and foot of spine, some light rubbing particularly to joints). Provenance: Baron Sherborne (bookplate; binding); Ernest Shoemaker (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION of the companion volume to the author's Monograph of the Meropidae, 1884-1886, with notes on the anatomy and osteology again by Frank E. Beddard. Like the Bee-Eater, the Roller, a beautiful though solitary forest-haunting bird, is largely restricted to the Ethiopian region. Out of the 26 species identified by Dresser, 18 were inhabitants of the region, and 17 peculiar to it. Ayer/Zimmer, p.178 (“A thoroughly detailed study of the group, with excellent hand-coloured plates”); Fine Bird Books p.92; Nissen IVB 270.