Item #16-4854 De vogels van Nederlandsch Indië. Les Oiseaux des Indes Neerlandaises. [Birds of the Dutch East Indies]. First edition of the lithographs with manuscript descriptions of the plates. Hermann Schlegel.
De vogels van Nederlandsch Indië. Les Oiseaux des Indes Neerlandaises. [Birds of the Dutch East Indies]. First edition of the lithographs with manuscript descriptions of the plates.
De vogels van Nederlandsch Indië. Les Oiseaux des Indes Neerlandaises. [Birds of the Dutch East Indies]. First edition of the lithographs with manuscript descriptions of the plates.
De vogels van Nederlandsch Indië. Les Oiseaux des Indes Neerlandaises. [Birds of the Dutch East Indies]. First edition of the lithographs with manuscript descriptions of the plates.
De vogels van Nederlandsch Indië. Les Oiseaux des Indes Neerlandaises. [Birds of the Dutch East Indies]. First edition of the lithographs with manuscript descriptions of the plates.
De vogels van Nederlandsch Indië. Les Oiseaux des Indes Neerlandaises. [Birds of the Dutch East Indies]. First edition of the lithographs with manuscript descriptions of the plates.

De vogels van Nederlandsch Indië. Les Oiseaux des Indes Neerlandaises. [Birds of the Dutch East Indies]. First edition of the lithographs with manuscript descriptions of the plates.

Leyden and Amsterdam: E.J. Brill & G.L. Funke, 1863-1866, 48 (of 50) handcolored lithographic plates of kingfishers (16), pittas (6), and falconidae (28), loosely inserted in a folio sized album inserted in clear sleeves ..Sheets measure 32.2 x 24cm...... Also included are manuscript descriptions of all the plates. ...
.... Some edges slightly frayed, some slightly foxed. but not affecting images. ... A work on the birds of the Dutch East Indies, including descriptions of several species not previously recorded. "The plates... have the figures in miniature but are of high quality" (Zimmer). Bibliographical references: Sitwell Fine Bird Books p.139; Haks and Maris p.237; Bastin & Brommer p.15; Landwehr, Dutch Colour Plates 171; Nissen IVB 829; Wood p.554......Added: 2 lithographic plates from other series, one of a kingfisher and a mallard, and one of the red phalarope. (total 50 plates). Item #16-4854

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