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Die papageien, monographisch bearbeitet.
Octavo, three volumes 1557 pp. one handcoloured lithographic distribution map, six (one folded plain and five handcoloured) lithographed plates and some folded tables. Modern green half morocco and marbled boards, marbled edges, a very good set.
Australian parrots.
Folio, two volumes colour plates. Publisher's full green calf, limited to 1000 copies numbered and signed by author and artist. Fine set in solander box.
Parrots of the world.
Folio, 584 pp. colour plates by William T. Cooper. Publisher's full green calf and slipcase, limited to 100 numbered copies and signed by Forshaw and Cooper.
Folio, 42 coloured plates and accompanying text. Publisher's red half morocco, "An essay ..." by Brian Reade tipped in, a very good copy.
Amazon parrots: a monograph.
Folio, 180 pp. 25 tipped-in plates by Elizabeth Butterworth. Full red silk, all contained in a handsome black Solander box, limited to 515 numbered copies and signed by author and artist, with an additional handcoloured lithograph in a mount signed by the artist and limited to 70 copies; a fine copy.
Octavo, 658 pp. 18 chromolithographic plates by Keulemans. Publisher's brown cloth, partly unopened, a superb near mint copy, very scarce in this condition.