Monograph of the Pittidae, parts 1 & 2
Book Description
Published by Hill House Publishers, Melbourne, 1989, limited facsimile edition of 1873 original. One of a series of remarkably exact same-size facsimile of the original in the British Library. Printed by offset lithography on acid-free matt art paper and hand bound. Blue Japanese Saifu cloth, gilt lettering to spine, gilt British Museum Natural History crest to front cover. Folio, 22.25ins x 15.25ins, endpapers patterned with British Museum stamps, [ii], 10 full page colour plates each faced by a page of text, title to part two, 13pp text. "540" stamped to the front pastedown else no inscriptions or markings. F.
Dealer Notes
stock no: 45290
Author
Gould, John
Date
1989
Binding
Cloth
Publisher
Hill House
Illustrator
John Gould
Condition
Fine
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