Birds of Australia. Comprising Three Hundred Full-Page Illustrations, with a Descriptive Account of the Life and Characteristic Habits of over Seven Hundred Species
Melbourne, Charles Stuart and Co., 1890 and 1891.
Imperial folio, six volumes bound as three, with six individual title leaves, a few preliminaries as called for, a 30-page index and a page of errata at the end of the last volume plus the full complement of 303 full-page chromolithographic plates, each with a leaf of explanatory text (and often the original tissue-guard).
Contemporary gilt-ruled full brown morocco, all edges gilt; some wear to the extremities, and in particular the spines of the second and third books (the latter lacks the top third of its spine); scattered foxing (mainly light, but moderate in some cases in the second book); minor signs of use and age; overall, a decent set, possibly worth restoring.
The plate count per volume is, respectively, 52, 58, 48, 48, 50 and 47. Although it is complete, this set is sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
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