Rare and Illustrated Books on Ornithology

<strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Illustrated</strong> <strong>Books</strong> on Ornithology 

1. Adams, H. <strong>and</strong> H. 

The smaller British Birds with description of their nests, eggs, habits 

etc. London, G. Bell <strong>and</strong> Sons, 1874. 244p., 32 chromolithographs. Orig. 

green decorated cloth with gilt edges. € 220,= 

= Nissen IVB, 6. Some repairs at edges of several plates. 

2. Ali, S. <strong>and</strong> S. Ripley 

H<strong>and</strong>book of the Birds of India <strong>and</strong> Pakistan in 10 vols. Bombay 1968- 

1974 with about 3500p., 113 coloured plates. Cloth with dustjacket. 

= First edition of this monumental work which describes <strong>and</strong> illustrates € 325,= 

nearly 1200 species, now out of print! 

3. Ali, Salim 

The ornithology of Travancore <strong>and</strong> Cochin in 8 parts. Bombay, 

Bombay Natural History Society: Journal (1935/37). Text with 1 folding 

map, 3 maps, 9 plates <strong>and</strong> about 150p. H.calf. € 220,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>. This is the first publication on its Ornithology. See below. One part misbound. 

We also have a rare complete set of the Bombay Natural History Society: Journal vols. 

14 (1903) onwards, please inquire. 

4. Amuchastegui, A. <strong>and</strong> H. Hook 

Some birds <strong>and</strong> mammals of Africa. London, Tryon Gallery, 1979. 

Folio. Text with 5 fine coloured plates of birds one being the famous 

Black Eagle <strong>and</strong> Touraco <strong>and</strong> 9 coloured plates of mammals amongst 

which a Lion <strong>and</strong> Leopard. Orig. h.morocco with marbled boards in 

slipcase. € 375,= 

= Beautiful illustrations after the watercolours of Axel Amuchastegui in a limited edition 

of 500 copies, this one being no. 364 <strong>and</strong> signed. 

5. Amuchastegui, A. <strong>and</strong> H. Sick. 

Studies of birds <strong>and</strong> mammals of South America. London, John 

Murray with Tryon Gallery, 1967. 4to. 63p., 24 coloured plates after 

watercolours all by Amuchastegui. Cloth. € 425,= 

= Ex libris of the Monica library. Most probably also in a limited edition but does not 

state. 

6. Amuchastegui, A. <strong>and</strong> S. Sitwell. 

Some Birds <strong>and</strong> Mammals of South America. London, Tryon Gallery, 

1966. Folio with 16 fine coloured plates after Axel Amuchastegui <strong>and</strong> 

one coloured frontisp. of the Argentine Eagle. New cloth. € 500,= 

= One of 300 copies (being an unnumbered file copy: ex series). 10 plates on birds 

<strong>and</strong> 6 on mammals. The book was sold out before publication <strong>and</strong> is quite rare now.

7. Archer, G. <strong>and</strong> E. Godman. 

The birds of British Somalil<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Gulf of Aden. Their life 

histories, breeding habits <strong>and</strong> eggs. Vols. 1, 3-4. London 1937-1961. 

Text with 3 folded maps (one coloured), 24 coloured plates mostly 

after watercolours of Thorburn <strong>and</strong> Grönvold. Orig. green cloth, some 

with dustjacket. € 750,= 

= Fine copy of this classic monograph on the birds of eastern Africa <strong>and</strong> the Gulf of Aden, 

including Yemen <strong>and</strong> the Isl<strong>and</strong> of Socrota. Each volume has a typed new index of bird 

species. Some pencilnotes in the text. Vols. 3-4 also separately available. 

8. (Arnault de Nobleville, L.) 

Aëdonologie ou traité du Rossignol franc ou chanteur, contenant la 

manière de le prendre au filet, de le nourrir facilement en Cage et d'en 

avoir le Chant pendant toute l'année, ouvrage accompagné de 

remarques utiles... avec figures. Paris, Debure, 1751. 12mo. VII, 1 l., 

156p., 2 ll. <strong>and</strong> 2 folded engravings (one depicting this nice bird). Cont. 

full calf with orig. marbled flyleaves. € 695,= 

= Ronsil 84. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. See picture… 

9. Arnold, F. 

Die Vögel Europas, Ihre Naturgeschichte und Lebensweise in Freiheit 

und Gefangenschaft. Nebst Anleitung zur Aufzucht, Eingewöhning, 

Pflege, Fang- und Jagdmethoden. Stuttgart, Verlag für Naturkunde, 

(1897). LXXX, 457p., 48 chromolithographs <strong>and</strong> numerous figs. Orig. 

pictorial cloth with flyleaves (spine a bit worn). € 245,= 

10. Audubon, J. 

Audubon <strong>and</strong> his Journals. Ed. by Maria R. Audubon with zoological 

<strong>and</strong> other notes by E. Coues in 2 vols. London, Nimmo, 1898. Text 

with 10 portraits <strong>and</strong> 37 illustrations. Orig. cloth (rebacked). 

= First <strong>and</strong> rare english edition. Contains Audubon's European journals € 275,= 

(1826-1829), Labrador journal (1833) <strong>and</strong> Missouri River journal (1843). Ex library copy 

with small stamp on titlepage from the Bradford Library with its ex libris. 


Le gr<strong>and</strong> livre des Oiseaux with preface of Jean Dorst <strong>and</strong> published 

by R. Peterson <strong>and</strong> V. Peterson. Paris, Citadelles, 1986. Folio. Text with 

coloured frontisp. of a portrait of Jean Jacques Audubon (1785-1851), 

435 fine coloured plates with explanatory text <strong>and</strong> "concordance <strong>and</strong> 

index". In orig. cloth binding with dustjacket in slipcase. € 625,= 

= This is his great work on the Birds of America representing 1065 birds of 489 species in 

a mint condition.

12. Baer, K. von 

Ueber Entwicklungsgeschichte der Thiere. Beobachtungen und Reflexion. 

Theil I: Entwicklungsgeschichte des Hühnchens im Eie. 

Köningsberg, Bornträger, 1828. 4to. XXII, 1 l., 271p., 3 partly 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings. Orig. wrs. (repaired). - uncut. € 1.850,= 

= Horblit 9A; Dibner, 196; Junk Rara 265. The first volume of Von Baer's classic, complete 

in itself <strong>and</strong> treating the development of the chicken in the egg. His investigations are 

fundamental for modern embryology. "Four important advances in embryology are 

associated with von Baer's name. They are: (a) the discovery of the mammaliam ovum; 

(b) the proposition known as the Germ-layer-theory; (c) the law of corresponding stages 

in the development of embryo's; (d) the discovery of the notochord" (Singer 465). Some 

light browning on the edges of several pages. The plates have been cleaned <strong>and</strong> one plate 

with a marginal repair, covers in original state but repaired <strong>and</strong> with a sticker stating: 

Haar & Steinert, Librairie Allem<strong>and</strong>e, 9 Rue Jacob à Paris. The complete work would 

comprise 3 parts, published between 1828 <strong>and</strong> 1837. 

13. Baird, S. <strong>and</strong> T. Brewer <strong>and</strong> Ridgway. 

A history of North American Birds in 3 vols. being all L<strong>and</strong>-birds. 

Boston, Little, Brown, 1874. 4to with 64 h<strong>and</strong>coloured woodengraved 

plates <strong>and</strong> 593 woodcuts in the text. Green cloth (one rebacked). 

= Nissen IVB, 64; Anker, 25. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition <strong>and</strong> scarce now. € 475,= 

The colouring of the heads was done under the direction of Mrs. F. Russell 

of Brookline, Mass. from patterns prepared by Ridgway. 

14. Bairei, K. or Bairei Hyakucho Gafu. 

Bairei's Album of one hundred birds in 2 vols. (Tokyo about 1881/82). With 

67 coloured woodblock prints with text in Japanese. Orig. stiched wrs. 

= Barlett <strong>and</strong> Shohara, Japanese Botany.., p.529: "This was € 1.175,= 

Kono Bairei's first kacho, for in spite of the title it may be so classified, since many of the 

pictures emphasize the plants as much as the birds. The illustrations in these volumes 

are in black (with dilutions to gray), orange-brown (with delutions), <strong>and</strong> vaguely 

perceptible tinting of the grays with green or blue. Being printed from the same block... 

the effects are extremely life-like <strong>and</strong> pleasing". Complete copies would comprise 3 vols. 

with 100 plates. A very pleasing collection of Japanese birds many being waterfowl. Some 

20 plates are double paged. In a fine condition. 

15. Baker, E. 

Birds in the Fauna of British India. 8 vols. in 2nd edition. 1922-1930. 

Text with 39 plates (some in colour). Bound. - reprinted edition of 

about 1985. € 275,= 

= We also have more of this huge Faunal work on India from Fishes, Reptilia, Mollusks to 

Insects being the Fauna of British India... a complete set has about 60 volumes! Please 

inquire. 

16. Baker, E. 

The fauna of British India including Ceylon <strong>and</strong> Burma: Birds. In 8

vols. 2nd edition. London 1922-1930. Text with 39 coloured plates after 

watercolours of the author <strong>and</strong> Grönvold, one map <strong>and</strong> numerous 

woodcuts. Orig. red cloth. - uncut. € 500,= 

= Fine set of this classic monograph of the birds of the subcontinent of India in the 

enlarged second edition. 

17. Bannerman, D. 

The Birds of Tropical West Africa with special reference to those of 

Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast <strong>and</strong> Nigeria in 8 vols. London 

1930-1951. Large 8vo. Text with 6 folded tinted or coloured maps, 85 

coloured <strong>and</strong> 3 plain plates after Henry Jones, Grönvold, Lodge <strong>and</strong> 

num. figs. Orig. blue cloth (about half are worn <strong>and</strong> a little faded) 

= Nissen IVB, 73. One of his most important ornithological € 750,= 

faunae descriptions streching from Senegal to the Congo <strong>and</strong> East about 20 E., Cape 

Verde Isles, Golf of Guinea <strong>and</strong> several other parts of Western Africa such as Gambia, 

Sierra Leone, Gold Coast <strong>and</strong> Nigeria. It is profusely illustrated. For further Bannerman 

see also periodicals <strong>and</strong> serials. 


Birds of the British Isles, illustrated by G.E. Lodge. In 12 vols. 

Edinburgh 1953-1963. Text with 416 coloured plates. Orig. green cloth 

with original dustjacket. € 650,= 

= Fine set of this highly esteemed h<strong>and</strong>book on British birds. 

19. Bannerman, D. <strong>and</strong> W. 

Birds of the Atlantic Isl<strong>and</strong>s in 4 vols. Edinburgh <strong>and</strong> London 1963- 

1968. Text with 49 coloured plates, 58 b&w plates <strong>and</strong> 15 maps. Orig. 

blue cloth. € 625,= 

= First edition. Contains the Canary Archipelago, Salvage Isl<strong>and</strong>s, Madeira, the Desertas, 

Porto Santo Isl<strong>and</strong>s, the Azores <strong>and</strong> the Cape Verde Isl<strong>and</strong>s. <strong>Rare</strong> in such a fine condition. 

The colour plates are all after M. Reid-Henry. 

20. Baudrimont, A. <strong>and</strong> G. Martin Saint-Ange 

Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur le développement du 

foetus et en particulier sur l'évolution embryonnaire des oiseaux et des 

Batriciens. Paris, Acad. Sciences Savant Etrangers, (1846). 4to. 224p., 18 

engravings of which the first 7 are h<strong>and</strong>coloured. Cloth with new 

flyleaves. - uncut. € 405,= 

= DSBI, vol.1, p.517/19: "The work that won him the greatest recognition was that done 

with M. Saint-Ange. They studied the chemical changes that took place in embryonic 

development in chickens <strong>and</strong> amphibia <strong>and</strong> the toxological effects of various gaseous 

substances on the embryo..." 

21. Bellardi, L. 

Quadri iconografici di Zoologia, proposti ad uso delle scuole. Torino,

Milano, Paravia, 1863. Folio with 60 lithographs with numerous 

figures being h<strong>and</strong>coloured, the text of 38p. is printed on yellow 

paper. Orig. h.cloth portofolio (repaired). € 880,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> zoological <strong>and</strong> entomological well illustrated atlas for the use of students. Not in 

Nissen, nor the Catalogue of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). Includes 7 fine plates on 

Birds <strong>and</strong> 4 plates on reptiles. 

22. Bent, A. 

Life Histories of North American Birds in 20 vols. (all publ.). 

Washington, U.S. Nat. Mus.: Bull., 1919-1958. Text with 1388 plates. 

Orig. issues. € 475,= 

= Fine set of one of the monumental North American contribution to ornithology. Single 

volumes also available, please inquire. 

23. Berge, F. 

Die Fortpflanzung europäischer und ausser europäischer Vögel. Ein 

Beitrag zur Naturgeschichte derselber. 2 parts of text in one <strong>and</strong> 2 

parts of atlas in one. Stuttgart, L. Rieger, 1840-1841. 12mo. 322p., 192 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings. Cont. boards. € 1.475,= 

= Nissen IVB, 108. Text slightly foxed as usual but plates are fine.. A nice small collection 

of h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings of bird eggs. One of the rarer oölogical works! 

24. Bishop, R. 

Bishop's Birds, etchings of water-fowl <strong>and</strong> upl<strong>and</strong> game birds. 

Philadelphia, J. Lippincott Comp., 1936. 4to. 

Text with 73 aquatinted engravings all signed by the author. Orig. 

decorated vellum. € 475,= 

= Nissen IVB, 104. Only 135 numbered <strong>and</strong> signed copies issued in this edition of which 

this is no.48 in a fine copy with all the beautiful aquatints. 

25. Blakston, W. <strong>and</strong> W. Swaysl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> A. Wiener. 

The illustrated book of Canaries <strong>and</strong> cagebirds, British <strong>and</strong> foreign. 

London, Cassell <strong>and</strong> Comp., (1877/80). 4to. Text with 56 

chromolithographs, num. figs. H.calf with marbled edges. € 500,= 

= Nissen IVB, 108. Beautiful chromolithographs of canary birds, parrots, parakeets, 

finches etc. by Ludredge. Some plates a bit foxed at verso, otherwise a good copy. We 

also have a copy with its original pictorial cloth binding but rebacked, please inquire. 

26. Blanford, W. 

Eastern Persia. An account of the journeys of the Persian Boundery 

Commission 1870-1872 vol. 2: The Zoology <strong>and</strong> Geology. London, 

MacMillan, 1876. VIII, 516, 2p., 1 double coloured map of Persia 

divided into 5 zoological provinces including a part of Baluchistan, 28 

lithographs of which 18 are h<strong>and</strong>coloured by Keulemans <strong>and</strong> many

on birds. New green h.cloth with old boards but with new flyleaves. 

Old label pasted on spine. € 1.250,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 405. Important zoological <strong>and</strong> especially ornithological contribution to Iran 

<strong>and</strong> in a lesser degree dealing with reptilia <strong>and</strong> with its geology refering to Abich, De 

Filippi a.o. One plate repaired at edges <strong>and</strong> erased stamp on halftitle with gold ink. 

Otherwise a good copy. 

27. Blanford, W. 

Observations on the Geology <strong>and</strong> Zoology of Abyssinia... London, 

Macmillan, 1870. XII, 1 l., 487p., one fine tinted folded lithographed 

frontisp. of the Hill-Fort of Duga with its castle <strong>and</strong> 4 woodengraved 

views, 8 lithographs of which 6 are h<strong>and</strong>coloured by Keulemans 

depicting birds <strong>and</strong> one coloured geological map of Abyssinia (maybe 

the first one ever published). Orig. green cloth. € 780,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 406. <strong>Rare</strong>. The Zoological <strong>and</strong> especially the bird section of this work is the 

most important part. It describes 293 species <strong>and</strong> sub-species of birds, of which 6 are new 

<strong>and</strong> includes all the lovely h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates by Keulemans! Some light foxing 

however mostly in the margins. Small library stamp on title. The work is divided in 3 

sections being: narrative, zoology <strong>and</strong> geology. 

28. Borrer, W. 

The birds of Sussex. London, R. Porter, 1891. Text with 6 nice 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs by Keulemans <strong>and</strong> one coloured map. In 

orig. blue cloth or orig. red cloth. € 245,= 

= Nissen IVB, 123a. Fine copy of this rare local birdbook. 

29. Brehm, A. 

Gefangene Vögel. Ein H<strong>and</strong>- und Lehrbuch für Liebhaber... und 

fremdländischer Käfigvögel. Theil I in 2 vols. (all publ.): Weichfresser. 

Leipzig, Winter, 1872-1876. 827p. Text with 4 lithographs (3 tinted). 

Cont. full cloth. € 325,= 

30. Brehm, A. <strong>and</strong> Th. Zimmermann. 

Bilder und Skizzen aus dem Zoologischen Garten zu Hamburg. 

Hamburg, W. Lührsen, 1865. VI, 283p., 1 woodengraved frontisp., 8 

woodengravings by Zimmermann <strong>and</strong> numerous figs. Orig. boards. 

= <strong>Rare</strong> only edition of this great german zoo director with a € 325,= 

repaired titlepage. We added a small booklet by the same author: Meine Stellung zum 

zoologischen Garten in Hamburg und meine Entlassung (1866). 28p. We also have 

another copy of this title in original cloth, however rebacked. For his "Tierleben" see 

periodicals <strong>and</strong> serials.

31. Brehms Tierleben. Allgemeine Kunde des Tierreichs in 13 vols. 4th 

ed. 1911-1918. Text with all the fine chromolithographs. Orig. cloth. 

= The last <strong>and</strong> best edition including 4 vols. on Birds. € 475,= 

32. Buckley, Th. <strong>and</strong> J. Harvie-Brown. 

A vertebrate fauna of the Orkney Isl<strong>and</strong>s. Edinburgh, Douglas, 1891. 

XXIV, 314p., 9 ll., 1 tinted map, a nice lithographed titlepage, 6 photoengravings, 

num. figs. Orig. cloth (spine worn <strong>and</strong> a bit shaky). 

= Deals mainly with the birds of the British Orkney Isl<strong>and</strong>s. € 275,= 

<strong>Rare</strong> not in the Cat. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.). 

33. Buekers, P. 

Onze Vogels, bewerkt naar Friderich's Naturgeschichte der Deutschen 

Vögel. Zutphen, Thieme, (1902). Text with 48 chromolithographs. 

Orig. pictorial cloth. € 395,= 

= Nice first dutch edition of the very popular german Friderich "Naturgeschichte", most 

probably after the 4th edition (1890/91) with 50 plates. See Nissen IVB, 331 that does not 

quote this translation at all! Our copy has no date but must be 1902 <strong>and</strong> the amount of 

plates states 46 on the title but should be 48. Rather rare as we never had it. Some little 

spotting in the beginning. It also includes a h<strong>and</strong>written list of 4 ll. of names of birds in 

dutch <strong>and</strong> latin, in a neat h<strong>and</strong>writting, dated Leiden 7 July 1909. Apart from some light 

foxing to the first few pages <strong>and</strong> somewhat weak hinges a very smart copy with an 

exceptionally fine art-deco cloth binding. 

34. Buffon, G. Comte de 

336 Gravures pour les Oeuvres complètes de Buffon: Oiseaux. Paris, 

Pourrat, 1833 with "only" 120 nicely h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings of birds 

engraved by Oudet <strong>and</strong> drawn by Prêtre, Travies, Vauthier a.o. New 

h.calf <strong>and</strong> new flyleaves, but including the original lithographed title. 

= It seems to be one of the many unrecorded editions of Buffon € 425,= 

<strong>and</strong> most probably taken from another larger edition as it states 2nd to 18th livraison. All 

plates nicely h<strong>and</strong>coloured. 


Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière: Histoire Naturelle des 

Oiseaux in 18 vols. Paris, Impr. Royale, 1770-1785. 12mo. Text with 264 

engravings. Cont. h.calf with gilt spines. € 1.500,= 

= Nissen IVB, 160. Ronsil 413. These are vols. 14-31 from the Histoire Naturelle, générale 

et particulière, Imprimerie Royale edition, from 1749 to 1804 in 44 vols. Nissen only 

quotes 262 plates. The plates are after De Sève <strong>and</strong> depict the birds in their natural 

surroundings including nice architectural design. Some slight foxing but only in the 

text. NB: On this item postage will be extra. See picture… 


Oeuvres complètes de Buffon avec la nomenclature linnéenne et la

classification de Cuvier. Revues sur l'édition in 4to de l'Imprimerie 

Royale et annotées par M. Flourens <strong>and</strong> with a preface also of Marie- 

Jean-Pierre Flourens. In 12 vols. Paris, Garnier frères, 1853-1854. Large 

8vo text with 1 engraved frontisp., 1 engraved portrait, 160 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings. Cont. h.calf with gilt spines <strong>and</strong> gilt edges. 

= Nissen ZBI, 704 states an incorrect amount of plates. € 2.350,= 

One of the many Oeuvres complètes by this famous author mostly dealing with birds (4 

vols.), mammals (3 vols.) <strong>and</strong> minerals (3 vols.). Apart from some foxing in the text a fine 

set. Buffon, Les gr<strong>and</strong>s Naturalistes Français (R. Heim 1952) p.232 states this edition as 

being the 8th important edition after his death in 1788. 

37. Bulliard, P. 

Aviceptologie Française ou traité général de toutes les ruses dont on 

peut se servir pour prendre les oiseaux qui sont en France. Paris, J. 

Lussac, (1795). 12mo, XXIV, 246, XLIIp., woodengraved frontisp. <strong>and</strong> 

34 woodengravings. Cont. h.calf. € 500,= 

= Ronsil, 419. Published in 1778 for the first time, we believe this is the fourth edition of 

this very popular french manual on fowling of the 18th <strong>and</strong> 19th century. It was 

published upto 1823. 

38. Bulliard, P. 

Traité de la Chasse aux oiseaux et de toutes les ruses dont on se sert 

pour les prendre, suivi d'une collection considerable de figures et de 

pièges nouveux propres à différentes chasses. Nouv. ed. Paris, Audot, 

1818. 12mo. 270p. with 57 engravings of birds <strong>and</strong> utensiles to catch 

them. Cont. full calf. € 920,= 

= Also published as: Traité de Chasse, tome 2: Aviceptologie. Not in Nissen nor Anker! 

Only in Ronsil no.419 quoting a wrong number of plates. A highly augmented <strong>and</strong> rare 

edition of the Aviceptologie française, first published in 1778 with only 34 plates. Some 

light foxing but mainly in the text. 

39. Buturlin, S. <strong>and</strong> G. Dementiev 

Polnyi Opredelitel Ptitse SSSR. (A full key to the birds of the USSR) in 

4 vols. Moskva 1934-1937. Text with 80 plates (4 in colour). Orig. cloth. 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first russian edition with latin nomenclature. € 395,= 

A 5th volume was published in 1941. Library stamps on titles as usual. If interested in 

russian fauna <strong>and</strong> zoology, please see our set of the Fauna SSSR, no. 343. 

40. Caldwell, H. <strong>and</strong> J. 

South China Birds. Stories <strong>and</strong> Legends. Shanghai (1931). 7 ll., 447p., 1 

coloured frontisp., 1 anatomical plate, 75 photographs of which 6 in 

colour. Orig. blue cloth (rubbed <strong>and</strong> discoloured). € 275,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> Shanghai print with 550 species of birds found in Fukien, Kwantung, Kiangsi, 

Kiangsu <strong>and</strong> Chekiang. Some marginal waterstaining on the first few leaves.

41. Cetti, F. 

Gli Uccelli di Sardegna. Sassari, G. Piattoli, 1776. 5ll., 334p., 1 engraved 

frontisp., 6 engravings, 2 engraved textvignettes. Cont. vellum. 

= Nissen IVB, 859. This is part 2 of the Storia Naturale di Sardegna. € 1.275,= 

<strong>Rare</strong> study on the birds of Sardinia. A charming nicely illustrated book. The two other 

vols. published deal with the mammals, fish <strong>and</strong> amphibians. With an ex libris of 

Marchionis Salsae <strong>and</strong> Bradley Martin. See picture… 

42. Chenu, J. 

Encyclopédie d'Histoire Naturelle ou traité complet de cette science, 

d'après les travaux des Naturalistes les plus éminents... Buffon, 

Lacepède, Cuvier, Geoffrey St. Hilaire, Latreille, De Jussieu, 

Brongniart... in 22 vols. <strong>and</strong> 9 indexes in 31 vols. Paris, Marecq et 

Havard, 1850-1861. 4to, text with over 750 fine woodengraved plates 

<strong>and</strong> numerous woodengraved figs. All cont. h.calf with gilt spines <strong>and</strong> 

marbled edges. € 2.250,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 4620; Nissen BBI, 352; Nissen IVB, 193. Deals with Zoology, Insects<strong>and</strong> 

Botany. The main part is on Birds by O. des Murs in 6 vols. with 240 fine plates <strong>and</strong> 

Coleoptera in 3 vols. by Desmarest with 40 plates <strong>and</strong> Butterflies by Lucas in 2 vols. with 

80 very fine plates. The last 2 volumes deal with Botany. One of the truly great Natural 

History Encyclopedia of the 19th century. A fine copy with all the indexes. NB: On this 

item postage will be extra. 

43. Chenu, J. <strong>and</strong> O. Des Murs. 

La Fauconnerie ancienne et moderne. Supplément au tome 2 des 

Leçons élémentaires sur l'histoire naturelle des Oiseaux. Paris, 

Hachette, 1862. Small 8vo. 176p., 1 woodengraved frontisp., 51 

woodcuts. Orig. pictorial cloth. € 350,= 

= Rather rare small booklet on french falconry. The frontisp. <strong>and</strong> titlepage were cleaned. 

44. Ching, Raymond. 

Raymond Ching, The Bird paintings with text by D. Snow <strong>and</strong> A. 

Chisholm a.o.. London 1978. Folio text with 26 fine coloured 

reproductions of his watercolours <strong>and</strong> 31 figs. in black <strong>and</strong> white. 

Orig. full cloth with original dustjacket in original portofolio. € 325,= 

= Limited edition of 360 copies in a mint condition. 

45. Clancey, P. 

A h<strong>and</strong>list of the birds of Southern Moçambique. 2 parts in one. 

Lourenço Marques, Mem. Inst. Cetti, Inv. F. Cient. Moç., 1971. 343p., numerous 

maps, 5 photographs, Gli Uccelli 39 fine di Sardegna coloured ..... plates no. 41 

after watercolours by the 

author. Orig. wrs. with mounted coloured photographs. € 275,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> nicely illustrated bird monograph on Mozambique.

46. Cooper, J. <strong>and</strong> S. Baird (Ed.) 

Ornithology (of California): Vol. 1: L<strong>and</strong> Birds (all publ.). Cambridge, 

Geol. Survey of California, 1870. 603p. with numerous very precise 

woodengravings. Orig. green cloth (spine weak). € 375,= 

= Zimmer p.135. Contains the important appendix by S. Baird on additional species. <strong>Rare</strong> 

ornithological guide to California most probably published in a small edition. The vol. 2: 

Waterbirds, was never published. Cat. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) vol.1 p.379. 

47. Cory, C. 

The birds of the Bahama Isl<strong>and</strong>s containing many birds new to the 

Isl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> a number of undescribed winter plumages of North 

American birds. Boston, published by the author, 1880. 4to. Text with 

8 fine lithographs. Orig. decorated cloth (rebacked). € 780,= 

= Nissen IVB, 203; Fine bird <strong>Books</strong> #68. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition, however in uncoloured state. 

Important h<strong>and</strong>book to the birds of the Bahamas. Ex library copy with perforated stamp 

on titlepage <strong>and</strong> small stamp on back of plates, but signed by the author. Zimmer, p.139 

quotes: A manual of the birds of the West Indies, an extended bibliography of westindian 

ornithology <strong>and</strong> descriptions of birds other than well known North American 

forms. 

48. Cory, C. 

The birds of the Bahama Isl<strong>and</strong>s, containing many birds new to the 

Isl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> a number of undescribed winter plumages of North 

American birds. Rev. edition (=2nd ed.). Boston, Estes <strong>and</strong> Lauriat, 

1890. 4to, 250p., 8 fine lithographs. New h.calf with label <strong>and</strong> flyleaves. 

€ 405,= 

= Nissen IVB, 203. Zimmer p.139: A manual of the birds of the West Indies with an 

extended bibliography of Westindian ornithology <strong>and</strong> descriptions of birds than well 

known to North American farms. The first edition published in 1880 is identical, except 

that here there are 16 pages of additional text. Ex library copy with a perforated stamp on 

titlepage <strong>and</strong> a very tiny stamp on the back of plates. Corners damaged. 

49. Cotton, J. 

The Song Birds of Great Britain, containing delineations of 33 birds of 

the natural size (incl. the genus Sylvia of Latham), coloured 

principally from living specimens with some account of their habits 

<strong>and</strong> occasional direction for their treatment in confinement. 2 parts in 

one. London (privately printed 2nd ed.) 1836. Text with 33 nicely 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings of these songbirds in their natural 

surroundings with their eggs. Cont. green full morocco, inner <strong>and</strong> 

outer borders richly gilt including the spine <strong>and</strong> all edges (spine just 

slightly rubbed). € 2.600,= 

= Nissen IVB, 206. A rare treatise on all the forms of British Songbirds inscribed: "Mrs. 

Sutherl<strong>and</strong> Graeme with Mr. Cottons kind regards. 28th Sept. 1837". Special binding by

Armstrong. The last plate has a very inoffensive small brown spot, otherwise a fine copy. 

See picture… 

50. Crawshay, R. 

The Birds of Tierra del Fuego. London, Quaritch, 1907. Text with 21 

fine h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates by Keulemans, 23 photographic plates, one 

tinted map. Cont. h.calf, gilt lettered spine, gilt topedge. € 2.500,= 

= Nissen IVB, 212. Fine copy of this great classic on the birds of South America <strong>and</strong> very 

scarce now! The binding is from W. Frostick at Petersborough. 

51. Crespon, J. 

Ornithologie du Gard et des pays circonvoisins. Nismes, Bianquis- 

Gignoux, 1840. 583p. H.calf with marbled flyleaves. € 325,= 

= Ronsil, 690. <strong>Rare</strong> regional ornithological guide of southern France. Ex libris of Le 

Comm<strong>and</strong>ant Raymond de Plantin de Villeperdrix. The same author who published the 

Faune méridionale, suivie d'une méthode de taxidermie with 73 plates, published in 1844, 

see below. 

52. Crespon, J. 

Faune méridionale ou description de tous les animaux vertébrés 

vivans et fossiles, sauvages ou domestiques... suivie d'une méthode de 

taxidermie ou l'art d'empailler les oiseaux. Nimes et Montpellier, 

Lebrun, 1844. 2 vols. of text <strong>and</strong> atlas with 75 lithographs. Cont. 

leatherbacked boards. . € 1.500,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 989 only quotes 70 plates 

Scarce <strong>and</strong> one of the earliest general works on the zoology of this part of France. The 

plates mostly depict birds, being 53 in total. Library stamp on the titlepage <strong>and</strong> halftitle, 

some marginal spotting to plates. It includes a rare pamphlet of a sale-catalogue of the 

zoological collection of Jean Crespon in Nimes in 12p. (1845?). Some 12 plates have been 

cut short at the bottom with slight loss of text. 

53. Cronau, C. 

Die Hühnervögel mit besonderer Rücksicht auf ihre Pflege und Zucht 

in der Gefangenschaft. 2 vols. incl. oblong sized atlas. Berlin, Gerschel, 

1880. 267p., 35 lithographs <strong>and</strong> engraved plates. Orig. wrs. (spine 

repaired) <strong>and</strong> h.cloth. € 200,= 

= Not enlisted in Nissen nor in Anker; Wood 305: "The work deals with the feeding, 

rearing, housing <strong>and</strong> acclimatization of fowls <strong>and</strong> pheasants. The Atlas has coloured 

plates of Reeves' Pheasant <strong>and</strong> Amherst's Pheasant, with numerous plans of pheasantruns 

<strong>and</strong> hen-coops. It is a rare book". Classic treatise on aviaries in the 19th century <strong>and</strong> 

nicely illustrated. 

54. Cuvier, G. le Baron. 

Le regne animal distribué d'apres son organisation, pour servir de 

base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie

comparée. Nouvelle édition in 5 vols. Paris, Deterville, 1829. 2736p. 

<strong>and</strong> 20 engravings. Cont. fine red h.morocco with marbled flyleaves. 

= Nissen ZBI, 1013. This is the second highly augmented edition € 930,= 

of which the last 2 vols. are by Latreille. The first edition deals with the mammals <strong>and</strong> 

birds. This is one of his great books <strong>and</strong> the founder of comparative anatomy (first 

edition 1817). He classified the animal world in four main groups being Vertebrates, 

Molluscs, Articulata <strong>and</strong> Radiata. See Printing <strong>and</strong> the Mind of Man no. 276. As usual the 

text is a bit foxed throughout but most plates are unaffected. 

55. Dabbene, R. 

Estudios y exploraciones ornithologicas en la Republica Argentina. 2 

parts in one. Buenos Aires, Mus. Nac. de Buenos Aires: Annales, 1910. 

527p., 87 figs. New wrs. € 325,= 

= Contains a large list of localities, a bibliography <strong>and</strong> an index of names. <strong>Rare</strong>, not in 

Anker, Wood or Zimmer. Includes the Falkl<strong>and</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s. 

56. David-Beaulieu. 

Les oiseaux du Tranninh. Hanoi, Publ. de l'Ecole Sup. des Sciences, 

1944. 224p., 1 folded map. Orig. wrs. € 170,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> local ornithological survey of this province of northern Vietnam. 

57. Degl<strong>and</strong>, C. 

Ornithologie Europeenne ou catalogue analytique et raisonné des 

oiseaux observés en Europe in 2 vols. Paris, Libr.Enc. de Roret, 1849. 3 

ll., 1172p. H. calf with marbled flyleaves. € 375,= 

= Ronsil, 750. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. 

58. Degl<strong>and</strong>, C. <strong>and</strong> Z. Gerbe. 

Ornithologie Européenne ou catalogue descriptif, analytique et 

raisonné des oiseaux observés en Europe. 2nd ed. in 2 vols. Paris, 

Bailliere, 1867. 1292p., H.calf with marbled boards. € 325,= 

= Ronsil 750. Marginal foxing mostly in vol.1. This is the enlarged second edition. Ex 

libris of the Monica library. 

59. Degreaux, L. 

Etudes Ornithologiques. La Puissance de l'Aile ou l'oiseau pris aux 

vol. Classification alaire avec planches. Paris <strong>and</strong> Marseille, 1871. 

260p., 4 lithographs. Orig. wrs. € 220,= 

= Ronsil 753. Signed by the author on the first half title. Important monograph on the 

"classification alaire". 

60. Delacour, J. <strong>and</strong> P. Jabouille. 

Oiseaux des Iles Paracels. Saigon, Trav. Serv. Oceanogr. des Pêches de 

l'Indochine: Mem., 1930. 4to, 24p., 3 coloured plates <strong>and</strong> 10 

photographs. Orig. wrs. € 325,= 

= Not in Nissen IVB but in Ronsil p.136. A fine copy of this rare ornithological work on

the birds of the Paracels Isl<strong>and</strong>s between the Philippines <strong>and</strong> Vietnam. The same author 

who published the famous: Oiseaux de l'Indochine in 4 vols. 


Les oiseaux de l'Indochine Française in 4 vols. Paris 1931. Royal 8vo. 

Text with 67 coloured plates by Grönvold. Orig. wrs. € 900,= 

= Nissen IVB, 228. A good copy of this classic work on the birds of South East Asia. Very 

well illustrated after watercolours of Grönvold. We added: his rare liste des oiseaux de 

l'Indochine Française 1940. 130 p. Wrs. 

62. Dementev, G. a.o. 

Birds of the Soviet Union in 6 vols. Moscow 1966-1970 with about 

4500p., numerous maps <strong>and</strong> figs. Cloth. € 460,= 

= The most important h<strong>and</strong>book of Russian Birds in an english translation, 2 vols. 

however in a good photostat. 

63. Des Murs, O. 

Animaux nouveaux ou rares, recueilis pendant l'expédition dans les 

parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro à Lima et de 

Lima au Para pendant les années 1843 à 1847: Oiseaux. Paris, Bertr<strong>and</strong>, 

1855. 4to. Text with 20 original <strong>and</strong> fine chromolithographs some 

heightened with gum arabic, all by Oudart. In wrs. - uncut. € 475,= 

= Nissen IVB, 241. Although the text of this book was reprinted in Leipzig in 1922, the 

plates are original <strong>and</strong> beautiful. This forms the bird part of the famous Expedition de F. 

de Castelnau en Amérique du Sud between 1843 <strong>and</strong> 1847. 

64. Des Murs, O. 

Traité général d'Oologie ornithologique au point de vue de la classification. 

Paris, Klincksieck, 1860. XIX, 640p. <strong>and</strong> a nice woodengraved 

title bound in. New cloth. € 425,= 

= Cat. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) vol.1, p.446. <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> important oological catalogue by this 

eminent ornithologist, who also published the famous Iconographie ornithologique. The 

nice woodengraved title depicts several eggforms such as: cylindrique, oralaire, ovée 

elliptique, ovoïconique, sphèrique. A small repair on the halftitle. A library stamp on the 

title <strong>and</strong> at the end. 

65. Descourtilz, J. 

Ornitologia Brasiliera ou Historia Natural das Aves do Brasil. 

Notaveis por sua plumagem, canto e habitos. Primeira ediçao 

Portuguesa, traduzida por E. Santos <strong>and</strong> J. Moojen. Vol. 1: text only. 

Rio de Janeiro, Kosmos, (1944). 4 ll., 228p., 1 l. with a printer mark of 

Livraria Kosmos. Full red morocco. € 195,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> one of 315 copies printed, numbered 185. This is only the text however not 

with the atlas, but a very fine production especially during the war <strong>and</strong> the first 

translation in Portugese of the original of 1845/46 in french <strong>and</strong> now very rare.

66. Description de l'Egypte: Histoire Naturelle: Atlas. We have single 

plates from the second edition to offer as follows: 9 beautiful plates 

on Birds; 8 on Invertebrates; 11 on Shells; 9 on Spiders; 27 on Insects; 9 

on Echinodermes; 8 on Polypes; 2 on Algues; 3 on Mummies <strong>and</strong> 

Artefacts of Thèbes. In loose sheets (some repaired). 

Prices are between € 75,= <strong>and</strong> € 125,= 

= The birds are by Barrab<strong>and</strong>e <strong>and</strong> the finest! These plates are for instance € 125,=. 

67. Dharmakumarsinhji, R. 

Birds of Saurashtra India with additional notes on the birds of Kutch 

<strong>and</strong> Gujerat. Bombay (1950). 4to. Text with 2 maps, coloured frontisp. 

showing an Indian Tawny Eagle <strong>and</strong> 51 plates of which 33 in colour. 

Cloth with original dustjacket (repaired). € 260,= 

= A fine produced work on the birds of south-eastern India, Gulf of Cambay <strong>and</strong> Kutch. 

68. Drapiez, P. 

Résumé d'Ornithologie ou d'Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux... complété 

par une Iconographie. Paris, Bureau de l'Encyclopédie Portative et 

Fournier, 1829-1843. 12mo. Text with woodengraved frontisp. <strong>and</strong> 48 

small lithographs depicting birds in their natural surroundings. Cont. 

h.calf. € 215,= 

= Nissen IVB, 266 under Iconographie with the same amount of plates but less text. It 

seems to be rather rare. 

69. Du Fouilloux, J. 

La Venerie. De nouveau revue et augmentée du Miroir de Fauconnerie 

(<strong>and</strong>) P. Harmont (Mercure), le Miroir de Fauconnerie ou se verra 

l'instruction pour choisir, nourrir, traiter, dresser et faire voler toute 

sorte d'Oyseaux, les muër et essimer cognoistre les maladies et 

accidents qui leur arriuent et les remedes pour les guerir. Dedié à 

Monseigneur le Duc de Luynes. Paris, P. David, 1640. 3 ll., 124 

numbered ll., 4 ll. (<strong>and</strong>) 38p. for the Miroir (<strong>and</strong>) 2 engraved 

titlevignettes, 57 fine woodengravings (some whole paged) <strong>and</strong> 7 

woodengravings for the falconry, in total being 64. Cont. full vellum 

(some brown spots) with new flyleaves. € 3.400,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 1174 under Du Fouilloux only the first edition; Thiebaud 306; Brunet II, 

1357 quotes several editions amongst which this one being one of the latest including the 

"Miroir" by Pierre Harmont on Falconry. The woodengravings are very expressive <strong>and</strong> 

depict many different hunting dogs, hares, boars, deer, hunting utensils, but also sheep, 

shepherdes <strong>and</strong> falcons. A waterstain at the edges of the title <strong>and</strong> the first few pages. A 

rather vague library stamp on the title <strong>and</strong> first page. A h<strong>and</strong>written old inscription on 

the first blanc <strong>and</strong> some old ink underlining in the beginning. The woodcuts have a

strong impression. Includes the famous woodcuts "les Bergeres erodant leurs Brebis" 

with music. 

70. Dubois, A. 

Synopsis Avium. Nouveau manuel d'Ornithologie in 17 fasc. 

Bruxelles, Lamertin, 1899-1904. Text with 16 nicely 

chromolithographed plates by A. Dubois <strong>and</strong> printed by J. Goossens. 

Orig. wrs. (2 repaired, of which the last rather crudely). € 375,= 

= Not in Nissen IVB or Anker! Although rather late for chromolithographs still nice. 

Valuable monograph including the "table alphabetique des genres et systématique des 

ordres et des familles." We also have fasc. 11-17 with 4 chromolithographs separately 

available. 

71. Dupré, A. 

L'Ornithocunomachie ou combats des Oiseaux et des Chiens. Poème 

en cinq chants avec des notes et une table explicatives. Paris, Boucher, 

1819. XII, 1 l., 205p. New h.calf with new flyleaves. € 325,= 

= Thiebaud 322. Curious book on the fight between dogs <strong>and</strong> birds. "Poème allégorique 

sur les mérites respectifs de la fauconnerie et de la vénerie. L'áigle de Jupiter, roi des 

oiseaux de proie, décide de se battre avec Diane, qui lance ses chiens devant les oiseaux; 

les faucons et les éperviers sont victorieux." Title <strong>and</strong> halftitle restored <strong>and</strong> a waterstain in 

a corner of the last few pages. With ex libris of the Bibliotheca Tiliana. 

72. D'Urban, W. <strong>and</strong> A. Matthew. 

The birds of Devon. 2nd ed. with supplement. London, Porter, 1895. 

Text with 4 chromolithographs of Keulemans, 4 photographs, 3 maps. 

Orig. pictorial cloth <strong>and</strong> original flyleaves. € 245,= 

= Important <strong>and</strong> rare study of the birds of Devon in a fine copy with the 

signature of W. Verdoorn. 

73. Dwight, J. 

The Gulls (Laridae) of the World, their plumages, moults, variations, 

relationships <strong>and</strong> distribution. New York, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1925. 

336p., 65 plain plates, 5 coloured plates. Cloth. € 375,= 

= A rare bird monograph on the Gulls, very well illustrated! 

74. Ehrenberg, C. <strong>and</strong> F. Hemprich. 

Symbolae Physicae seu Icones et descriptiones Avium, quae ex itinere 

per Africam Borealem et Asiam Occidentalem. Decas secunda. 

Zoologica I Aves: Berlin 1829. Folio with 10 beautifully h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithographs of such magnificent birds as the Ibis, Vulture, Falco etc. 

coloured by Müller after Schmidt, Bürde a.o. In orig. h.cloth 

portofolio. - uncut. € 1.500,= 

= Nissen IVB, 290 <strong>and</strong> Junk rara p.138. Next to the Mammals the most beautiful part 

within zoology. One plate a faint marking. The text of 64p. not present here but all plates 

are present!

75. Elliot, D. 

A Classification <strong>and</strong> Synopsis of the Trochilidae. Washington, Smiths. 

Contr. to knowledge, 1878. XII, 275p., 127 figs. Cont. h.calf with 

marbled flyleaves. € 245,= 

= Cat. Brit. Museum (Nat. Hist.) vol.2 p.522. A classic study on the Trochilidae. 


The Gallinaceous game birds of North America, including the 

Partridges, Grouse, Ptarmigan <strong>and</strong> wild Turkeys. London, Suckling 

<strong>and</strong> Co., 1897 with 46 plates with colour chart in the back <strong>and</strong> after 

watercolours of Edwin Sheppard. Orig. decorated cloth (soiled). 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first British edition. Apart from the somewhat soiled € 375,= 

cloth <strong>and</strong> one small tear in the colour chart a reasonably good copy. 

77. Erlanger, C. von 

Forschungsreise durch Süd-Schoa, Galla und die Somali-Länder. 

Beiträge zur Vogelfauna Nordostafrikas, mit besonderer 

Berücksichtigung der Zoogeographie in 3 vols. (1904/05). About 500p., 

1 portrait, 36 chromolithographs by Kleinschmidt all on birds (several 

being folded) <strong>and</strong> 11 coloured photostats, 1 original tinted folded 

map <strong>and</strong> 4 tinted folded maps in a good photocopy in pocket at the 

back of vol. 2. H.calf with gilt flyleaves <strong>and</strong> one newly bound (vol. 3) 

to match. € 2.500,= 

= Very rare as it is a separate print from the Zeitschrift der Ges. für Erdkunde zu Berlin 

<strong>and</strong> Journal für Ornithologie, of both we hold rare complete sets, please inquire. Deals 

with the birds of north-eastern Africa <strong>and</strong> is very well illustrated. Most probably 

privately printed after the death of Erlanger in 1904. There are no copies in Nissen IVB, 

Anker or the Cat. British Museum (Nat. Hist.). NDB Vol.IV, 592: "Hat als einer der Ersten 

das damals neu aufkommende und viel umstrittene Prinzip der Zoogeographie zum 

Leitgedanken seiner Forschungen gemacht und ihm zum Durchsetzen verholfen". Fine 

copy with all the beauties of chromolithographs by Kleinschmidt. The rare vol. 3 which is 

mostly lacking is in a good photocopy <strong>and</strong> includes the 11 coloured photostats! There is a 

nice dedication by the author in vol. 2, dated Juli 1905. 

78. Estienne, Charles/Kaerle Stevens/Carolus Stephanus. 

De L<strong>and</strong>winninge ende Hoeve van M. Kaerle Stevens, Doctoor in de 

Medecijne. Uit de Fransoysche Sprake in de Nederduytsche 

overgheset. Wat in desen Boeck begrepen is, suldy inde navolgende 

Pagie vinden. Antwerpen, Chr. Plantyn, 1566. Small 8vo. 2 ll., p.7-415 

<strong>and</strong> incl. 3 ll. of newer paper in the beginning <strong>and</strong> the end <strong>and</strong> a 

h<strong>and</strong>written index of 11 ll. <strong>and</strong> a nice woodengraved titlevignette. 

19th century h.calf (rebacked). € 7.000,= 

= Plantijn Press no. 1140, under Estienne: "Estienne's treatise on husb<strong>and</strong>ry, translated

from French into Dutch. In the dedicatory to Antoon van Stralen, Plantin explains that 

having issued the year before a French edition, he was asked by many people to publish a 

Dutch version. At first reluctant, he finally ceded to the pressures, <strong>and</strong> had the text 

translated at his own 'great cost <strong>and</strong> labour'. The name of the translator is nowhere given 

in the edition, but the Plantanian archives show that Martin Everaert took the job, <strong>and</strong> 

was paid 12 fl. <strong>Rare</strong> first dutch edition of Charles Estienne or Kaerle Stevens in flamish 

which was first published in Paris in 1564 as: l'Agriculture et la Maison Rustique, which 

went through many different editions untill the 19th century! Here we offer it as 

described in Plantijn Press Bibliography but added is a contemporary h<strong>and</strong>written index 

which was never published. It deals with all aspects of agriculture <strong>and</strong> is devided in 6 

books being: Het eerste boeck van der Hoeven. Van wat maniere van Lantwinninge hier 

na sal gheleert worden; Boeck II: Van de Hoven. De ghelegentheyt van de Hoven, soo wel 

v<strong>and</strong>e warmoes hoven als v<strong>and</strong>e Cruythoven; Boeck III: Den Hof. Van de 

verscheydenheyt der Hoven; Boeck IV: De Beemden; Boeck V: Van graen ende rontsaet 

op ackers ende saeylant te winnen; Boeck VI: De War<strong>and</strong>e. De gheleghentheyt van de 

War<strong>and</strong>e. Ex libris of the Bibliotheque de Mr. Em. Mancel pasted in on verso of binding 

<strong>and</strong> "Biblioth. Eccles. Cathed. Torn" pasted in on top of titlepage. Some nice old dutch 

commentary on this book is printed: "In desen boeck is begrepen all t'gene dat van noode 

mach wesen om een Hoeve te bouwen, allerley beesten ende vogelen (birds) te houden 

ende met medecijne te helpen, , warmoeshoven ende cruythoven te schicken, bien te 

regeren, allerley fruytboomen te planten ende te enten, beemden, vijvers ende 

vischputten te onderhouden, saeylant te winnen, wijngaerden te regeren, bosschen te 

planten van opgaende hout, ende van scheerhout, war<strong>and</strong>en van wilden ghedierte te 

maken, ende reyghers te houden. Noch een cort verhael van iaghen ende vlieghen". In 

the beginning some wormholes but only in the margins with some repairs, otherwise a 

good copy. 

79. Eykman, C. <strong>and</strong> P. Hens a.o. 

De Nederl<strong>and</strong>sche Vogels. Determineerlijst, kenmerken ... van alle tot 

nu toe in Nederl<strong>and</strong> in het wild waargenomen vogelsoorten in 3 vols. 

Wageningen (1936-1949). XVI, 1148p., 2 plates <strong>and</strong> num. illustrations. 

Orig. cloth. € 245,= 

= Still a classic on dutch birds <strong>and</strong> rare now because it was published during the war. 

80. Eyton, T. 

A history of the rarer British Birds (<strong>and</strong>): Catalogue of British Birds. 

London, Longman, Rees a.o., 1836. 178p. with 80 nice woodcuts in the 

manner of Thomas Bewick. Orig. cloth (repaired). € 375,= 

= Nissen IVB, 306. It was intended as a supplement to Bewick's Birds. Rather scarce. 

81. Fabricius, O. 

Fauna Groenl<strong>and</strong>ica, systematice sistens Animalia Groenl<strong>and</strong>iae 

occidentalis hactenus indagata... maximaque parte secundum proprias 

observationes. Hafniae et Lipsiae, I.G. Rothe, 1780. XVI, 452p., 1 

folding engraving. New cloth. € 900,= 

= Wood, Vertebrate Zoology p.336: an early <strong>and</strong> important contribution to the zoology of 

Greenl<strong>and</strong> in which he describes 470 species of which 130 were new to science with 54

irds mentioned in 72p. As usual foxed throughout. 5 h<strong>and</strong>written leaves at the 

beginning <strong>and</strong> end. 

82. Faucheux - 

l'Elevage des oiseaux étrangers. Monographie des oiseaux de chambre 

exotiques. Traduit du Dr. Rusz. Paris, Acclimatation, (1880). 235p., 9 ll. 

Cont. h.calf with marbled flyleaves. € 275,= 

= Not in Ronsil! nor in the Cat. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.). The same author who translated 

the "Histoire naturelle des Perroquets" from Reichenow. Some light foxing throughout 

<strong>and</strong> rare. 

83. Ferrières, H. de 

Le livre du Roy Modus et de la Royne Racio, nouvelle edition 

conforme aux manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale, ornée de gravures 

faites d'après les vignettes de ces manuscrits fidèlement reproduites, 

avec une préface par E. Blaze. Paris, E. Blaze, 1839. 4to. 16p., 139 ll., 

several woodcut letters some with mythical animals <strong>and</strong> 43 

woodengravings in the text (<strong>and</strong>) Découverte bibliographique: Le livre 

du Roy Modus et de la Royne Racio by A. Chassant (1870). 14p. Cloth 

(around 1900). € 825,= 

= Thiébaud 400 <strong>and</strong> 402. The first rare book by Ferrières in a limited edition of only 100 

copies <strong>and</strong> the second "découverte bibliographique" one of 50 only. The original 

manuscript dates from about 1375 <strong>and</strong> is one of the earliest <strong>and</strong> most important 

contributions to french hunting <strong>and</strong> bird catching! "J'ai cité cette édition, parce qu'elle est 

la meilleure de ce livre précieux. Elle laisse néanmoins beaucoup à désirer, attendu 

qu'elle est imprimée dans un caractère soi-disant gothique tout-à-fait de fantaisie et à peu 

près illisible, qu'elle contient beaucoup de fautes, et est absolument sans notes. Mais elle 

vaut encore mieux que les anciennes éditions si rares et si chères". From the Bibliotheca 

Tiliana with its ex libris <strong>and</strong> a small library stamp. The Chassant booklet is an extra to 

Ferrières' famous work! A fine copy, apart from some light staining on the cloth. 

84. Finn, F. 

Indian sporting birds. London, Francis Edwards, 1915. Text with 103 

fine chromolithographs by Foster <strong>and</strong> Neale a.o. Orig. red cloth. - 

untrimmed. € 375,= 

= Nissen IVB, 312. Fine copy of this rare bird sporting book on India. 

85. Finsch, O. 

Die Papageien, monographisch bearbeitet in 2 vols. Leiden, Brill, 

1867/68. XII, 561, VII, 996p., 2 ll. with text <strong>and</strong> 6 lithographs of which 5 

are h<strong>and</strong>coloured, 1 lithographed distribution map <strong>and</strong> 10 folded tabs. 

H. calf (rebacked). € 1.200,= 

= Nissen IVB, 314. Vague library stamp on tp. <strong>and</strong> some textpages repaired. Otherwise a 

good copy of this classic work on the natural history, habits, systematic classification, 

anatomy, etc. of Parrots. Otto Finsches most important work.

86. Finsch, O. 

On a collection of birds from north eastern Abyssinia <strong>and</strong> the Bogos 

country. With notes by the collector W. Jesse. (London 1870). 4to, 

135p., 4 fine h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs by J. Smit <strong>and</strong> one engraved 

map. New wrs. € 475,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>. Not in Nissen IVB nor Anker. Wood, 341: "This collection represents 219 species, 

about a quarter of all birds known to inhabit north eastern Africa including two new to 

ornithology." 

87. Finsch, O. <strong>and</strong> G. Hartlaub. 

Beitrag zur Fauna Centralpolynesiens: Ornithologie der Viti-, Samoa- 

und Tonga- Inseln. Halle, H. Schmidt, 1867. XXX, 290p., 14 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs. Orig. wrs. (front cover repaired). - uncut. 

= Nissen IVB, 141; Anker 141: € 500,= 

"In this valuable contribution G. Hartlaub has prepared the preface, the introduction, <strong>and</strong> 

the diagnoses, the remaining part of the text being written by Finsch. The work is based 

chiefly on material collected by Dr. Gräffe, but deals with all birds known from the area 

in question, being 99 species as well as ten doubtful ones." <strong>Rare</strong> with the very nice 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates. Apart from the repaired cover, a very fresh copy. 

88. Forbush, E. 

Birds of Massachusetts <strong>and</strong> other New Engl<strong>and</strong> states in 3 vols. Boston 

1925-1929. 4to. 1493p. with one portrait <strong>and</strong> 93 fine coloured plates all 

after watercolours of Louis Fuertes <strong>and</strong> Allan Brooks, 13 maps, 

numerous photographs. Orig. cloth. € 300,= 

= Nissen IVB, 328. The rare first edition of a fine north American bird book. Small library 

stamp on the first blancs. 

89. Forshaw, J. <strong>and</strong> W. Cooper 

Parrots of the World. New York, Doubleday, 1973. Folio. Text with 158 

coloured plates by W. Cooper, numerous maps. Orig. cloth with 

dustjacket. € 325,= 

= Describes about 340 species of a total of almost 500 birds, nicely illustrated by William 

Cooper. This is the first American edition. We also have the 2nd edition (1978), please 

ask. 

90. Forshaw, J. <strong>and</strong> W. Cooper 

The birds of Paradise <strong>and</strong> Bower birds. Sydney 1977. folio with 60 fine 

coloured plates <strong>and</strong> several text figures <strong>and</strong> distribution maps. Cloth 

with dustjacket in slip-case. Mint copy. € 405,= 

= A fine copy of this great tropical bird book! 

91. Fürbringer, M. 

Untersuchungen zur Morphologie und Systematik der Vögel, zugleich 

ein Beitrag zur Anatomie der Stütz- und Bewegungs- Organe in 2 vols.

Amsterdam, Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 1888. Folio, X/IX, 1751p., 31 

mostly tinted lithographs, num. tabs. H.cloth (small repair). € 450,= 

= Nissen IVB, 342. A basic morphological <strong>and</strong> systematic monograph on birds. The cover 

of volume 1 is stained <strong>and</strong> soiled. 

92. Gadeau de Kerville, H. 

Faune de la Norm<strong>and</strong>ie, Fasc. 2-3: Oiseaux (Carnivores, Gallinaces 

upto Palmipedes) in 2 vols. Paris, Bailliere, 1890-1892. 685p., one fine 

tinted lithograph of a Pigeon. Orig. wrs. (both restored). € 295,= 

= Fasc. 2 has some marginal waterstaining. Ronsil 1140. All that has been published on 

birds of Norm<strong>and</strong>y <strong>and</strong> rare. We also have vol. 4: Reptiles, Batraciens <strong>and</strong> Poissons <strong>and</strong> 

Supplement aux Oiseaux (1897). 543p., 4 photographs. H.cloth. If interested, please ask. 

93. Gätke, H. 

Heligol<strong>and</strong> as an Ornithological Observatory. The results of 50 years 

experience. Transl. by R. Rosenstock. Edinburgh, Douglas, 1895. XI, 

599p., 1 portrait, 1 plate showing the author in shooting costume 1893 

<strong>and</strong> a few ll. of illustrated publishers announcements. Orig. green 

cloth with pictorial cover. - Translation of the first german edition of 

1891 however better illustrated. € 275,= 

94. Gesner, C. 

Vogelbuch; Thierbuch, das ist ein kurze Beschreybung aller 

vierfüssingen Thieren; Fischbuch, vollkomne Beschreybung aller 

Fischen so in dem Meer und süssen Wasseren; Schlangenbuch; De 

Scorpione, kurze Beschreybung des Scorpions, 5 books in 2 vols. 

Zürich, Froschauer, 1575-1589. Folio text with about 1275 fine 

woodcuts in the text (several on the complete page). New full calf in 

old style <strong>and</strong> new flyleaves. € 13.600,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 1552, 1555, 1557; Nissen IVB, 350. Important german translation of the 

famous Historia Animalium including the rare Schlangenbuch <strong>and</strong> De Scorpione, mostly 

in the 2nd/3rd edition. Some first leaves of the Thierreich have been restored in lower 

corner <strong>and</strong> a light thumbing in corners as usual in all 5 books. Several tears have been 

repaired, but otherwise a good copy with broad margins <strong>and</strong> strong imprint of the 

woodcuts. Vague library stamp on 2 titles <strong>and</strong> some h<strong>and</strong>written notes in an old h<strong>and</strong>. In 

the "Vogelbuch" the last 40 ll. have a waterstain. See picture… 

95. Gink, C. van 

Officiele St<strong>and</strong>aard der erkende Pluimveerassen in 5 vols. Doetinchem 

(no date, about 1950?). 970p., num figs. H.cloth. € 325,= 

= The big dutch book on the official st<strong>and</strong>ards of poultry in the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, very well 

illustrated. This is the same Gink who published together with Spruyt, the popular "Onze 

Duiven" in 1930.

96. Gmelin, C. 

Gemeinnützige systematische Naturgeschichte der Säugethiere, der 

Vögel, der Amphibien (incl. Schlangen und Fische) für gebildete Leser 

nach den Linnéischen Natursystem entworfen in 5 vols. Mannheim, J. 

Neydeck, 1809-1815, (1818). Text with h<strong>and</strong>coloured engraved 

frontisp. <strong>and</strong> 264 h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings mostly engraved by W. 

Siegrist, Jun. <strong>and</strong> including the index in 3 languages. Cont. h.calf with 

marbled flyleaves. € 8.500,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> second impression(?) of the first edition with the Amphibian plates printed on 

blueish <strong>and</strong> stronger paper. Nissen ZBI, 1596a only quotes 263 plates. Dean, Bibl. of fishes 

vol.1 p.479 only quotes the 2nd ed. 1829 with the same amount of fish plates. Because we 

are lacking the text <strong>and</strong> titlepage to the fishes we can not tell which edition the Atlas to the 

fishes actually is. Even though not totally complete very scarce <strong>and</strong> especially important 

because of the fine illustrations of the amphibians, snakes <strong>and</strong> fishes. The atlasses are 

devided as follows: Mammals with 28 h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates <strong>and</strong> 1 h<strong>and</strong>coloured frontisp; 

Birds in 2 vols. with 87 h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates; Fishes with 113 h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates <strong>and</strong> 

Amphibians with 36 h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates. Some faint foxing in the text, but hardly 

noticeable. Some h<strong>and</strong>written names in an old h<strong>and</strong> only added on the blanc part of the 

foldout bird plates, so not obstrusive in any way. Small library stamp on first blanc of 

each volume. Carl Christian Gmelin (1762-1837) was the director of the Botanical Garden 

in Karlsruhe (Germany). This is his only contribution on zoology. He published in 

1805/26 the Flora Badensis Alsatica in 4 vols. 

97. Good, A. 

The birds of French Cameroon in 2 vols. Dakar, Mem. Inst. Franç. 

d'Afrique Noire 1952/53. 4to. 470p., including 52 figs. Orig. wrs. (spine 

split). - uncut. € 170,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> important monograph on the birds of western Africa. 

98. Goodall, J. <strong>and</strong> A. Johnson <strong>and</strong> R. Philippi. 

Las Aves de Chile, su conocimiento y sus costumbres. 2 parts in one. 

Buenos Aires 1946-1951. 803p., 100 coloured figs <strong>and</strong> plates, numerous 

figs. H.calf with marbled boards <strong>and</strong> flyleaves. € 220,= 

= Nissen IVB, 362. Published in a limited edition of 2000 copies, of which this is no. 1152. 

99. Gould, J. 

Introduction to the Trochilidae or family of Humming-birds. London, 

Taylor <strong>and</strong> Francis, 1861. IV, 216p. Orig. red cloth (rebacked). 

= A revised version of the introduction to Gould's great colour plate folio: € 325,= 

A monograph of the Trochilidae (1849/60). A limited number were printed at the author's 

expense for distribution amongst scientists <strong>and</strong> friends, thus scarce. Upper part of 

titlepage cut away which was most probably the part of the author's signature. <strong>Rare</strong> 

original print. 

100. Gould, J. 

An introduction to the Birds of Great Britain. London, printed for the

author, 1873. IV, 135p., 14p. list of subscribers <strong>and</strong> 4p. of prospectus of 

the works on ornithology by John Gould. Restored orig. red cloth. 

= The introduction is a revised edition of the text accompanying € 375,= 

the great folio: "The Birds of Great Britain" <strong>and</strong> it was intended for scientists <strong>and</strong> others 

who could not afford the 5 folio volume edition. 

101. Gyldenstolpe, N. 

Contribution to the ornithology of northern Bolivia. Stockholm, K. 

Svenska Vet. Akad. H<strong>and</strong>l. 1945. 300p., 1 folded map, 1 coloured plate, 

8 figs. Orig. boards. - uncut. € 275,= 

= We offer the complete volume of the H<strong>and</strong>lingar, serie 3 vol. 23 with some more 

contributions. <strong>Rare</strong>. 

102. Hachisuka, M. 

A h<strong>and</strong>book of the Birds of Icel<strong>and</strong>. London 1927. 132p., 7 photographs 

<strong>and</strong> one folded plate <strong>and</strong> 1 map. Orig. blue cloth. € 240,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>. One of the plates is a photograph of the specimen of the Great Auk in the 

Zoological Museum, Cambridge. The last known living Great Auk was killed in 1844. He, 

Masa Hachisuka, combined his ornithological activities with the Secret Service of Japan. 

Ex libris of Lucy Elliot <strong>and</strong> signed by her. 

103. Hahn, C. <strong>and</strong> H. Küster. 

Vögel aus Asien, Africa, America und Australien in Abbildungen nach 

der Natur, mit kurzen Beschreibungen... Parts 1-15. (lacks part 13) 

München, auf Kosten des Herausgebers, 1818-1824. 4to. Text with 84 

beautifully h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs of exotic <strong>and</strong> tropical birds, 

some with anatomical details. First 12 parts bound in one cont. boards 

with 1 orig. wr. bound in The other 2 parts bound in a new boards 

with all orig. wrs. bound in (some small repairs). € 4.200,= 

= Nissen IVB, 403. Very rare early contribution to the birds of Australia, Asia, Africa 

<strong>and</strong> the Americas <strong>and</strong> an incunabula on lithography too. A complete set would 

comprise 19 issues with 114 coloured plates of which we hold the greatest part, our copy 

lacks part 13 however. We have the rare original wrappers to part 12, 14 <strong>and</strong> 15 (last 2 

restored). It was published at the cost of the author but the first 12 parts were published 

by Lechner in Nürnberg <strong>and</strong> we never had nor did ever see a complete set in the last 35 

years! All the plates have been drawn by the author being Carl Wilhelm Hahn. 

104. Hammer-Purgstall, J. von 

Falknerklee, bestehend in drey ungedruckten Werken über die 

Falknerey nähmlich: das ist: das Falkenbuch (aus der Ambrosiana zu 

Mail<strong>and</strong>); Habichtslehre (Hofbibl. zu Wien); Kaiser Maximilians 

H<strong>and</strong>schrift über die Falknerey (Idem). Aus dem Türkischen und 

Griechischen verdeutscht... Pesth, Hartleben, 1840. 3 ll., XXXII, 115p., 

49 ll., 1 engraved frontisp. <strong>and</strong> original blue printed wrappers with 3

similar woodcuts of a Falcon, bound in new h.calf with marbled 

boards <strong>and</strong> new marbled flyleaves. € 3.600,= 

= Harting 112; Schwerdt, 228: "A book particularly important to lovers of falconry, its 

origin <strong>and</strong> history". <strong>Rare</strong> only printed in 300 copies. The Turkish <strong>and</strong> Greek texts of the 

above-mentioned works are given with the German translations, <strong>and</strong> an Introduction of 

32p. with a short list of such works relating to Falconry as were known to the editor. The 

name Falknerklee or Falconer's Trefoil, was evidently bestowed in allusion to the three 

works in one volume, like three leaves on one stem. It also includes 49 ll. of original 

arabian text on Falconry (partly unopened!) <strong>and</strong> 3 in greek. We suppose that these 3 

parts are for the first time printed <strong>and</strong> translated here. Some pencilnotes on the 

innerside of the boards with dates out of the life of Hammer-Purgstall, a famous austrian 

orientalist <strong>and</strong> some notes on p.80. Added: a recent reprint of a manuscript called 

"Alphabetisches Register zu BAZ- Name". Uebersetzung J. Hammer-Purgstall with 24 

interleaved pages. See picture… 

105. Hartert, E. 

Katalog der Vogelsammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen 

Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt, 

Knauer, (1892). XVII, 259p., Orig. wrs. € 210,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> one of the main collection on birds in Germany. We also have a set of the rare 

Abh<strong>and</strong>lungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft vols. 1-30 (nos. 

1-259) (1854-1912) lacking only 2 vols. <strong>and</strong> several nos. at € 5.675,=. This periodical 

includes the Merton's Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise in den südöstlichen 

Molukken <strong>and</strong> Voeltzkow, Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reisen in Madagascar und 

Ostafrika; Kükenthal's Ergebnisse, wissenschaftliche Reiseergebnisse <strong>and</strong> furthermore a 

lot on Reptiles <strong>and</strong> Amphibians...but also on Birds. 


Aus den W<strong>and</strong>erjahren eines Naturforschers. Reisen und Forschungen 

in Afrika, Asien und Amerika, nebst daran anknüpfenden meist 

ornithologischen Studien. Berlin 1901/02. XIII, 329p., 13 photographs. 

Orig. full cloth. € 325,= 

= A nice mint copy of this rare African travelbook, dealing a lot with birds. 


One of the rarest Birds: Callaeops Periophthalmica spec. nov. with one 

fine h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithograph by Grönvold (<strong>and</strong>) Notes on the little 

Bustard with one lithograph a.o. London, Nov. Zool., 1916. 5p. Orig. 

wrs. - uncut. € 195,= 

= Includes also Rothschild's Notes on Amathusiidae, Brassolidae, Morphidae etc. with 4 

coloured plates. 

108. Harting, J. 

Hints on the management of Hawks. 2nd ed. to which is added: 

Practical Falconry, chapters historical <strong>and</strong> descriptive. 2nd ed. 

London, Cox, 1898. VIII, 268p., 1 frontisp., 9 photographs <strong>and</strong> plates,

num. figs. Orig. pictorial cloth (spine rubbed). € 375,= 

= A famous falconry book in the greatly enlarged second edition, now quite scarce. <strong>Rare</strong> 

original edition. With an ex libris of Gordonii Alchin. 

109. Hartlaub, G. 

Die Vögel Madagascars und der benachbarten Inselgruppen. Ein 

Beitrag zur Zoologie der Äthiopischen Region, mit einer kürzlich 

entdeckten Original-Abbildung der Dronte von R. Savry. Halle, H. 

Schmidt, 1877. XIII, 425p. <strong>and</strong> one woodengraved frontisp. by M. 

Toller. Orig. green pictorial cloth. € 295,= 

= Wood, 378: "An important contribution to the Avifauna of the Madagascar region" 

with the fine Dodo-plate <strong>and</strong> rare now. See also Zimmer I, 290. 

110. Haverschmidt, F. 

Birds of Surinam. Edinburgh 1968. Text, 1 folding map, 40 coloured 

plates, 30 photographs, num. figs. Orig. green cloth. € 245,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition with the very fine plates. 

111. Heinroth, K. <strong>and</strong> J. Steinbacher. 

Oiseaux d'Europe. Lausanne (1980). 20p., 208 fine coloured plates after 

watercolours of Binder, Eigener, Murr a.o. In orig. blue cloth 

portofolio. € 395,= 

= Ex libris of Monica library, in a mint condition. 

112. Heinroth, O. <strong>and</strong> L. Koch. 

Gefiederte Meistersänger. Das erste tönende Lehr- und Hilfsbuch zur 

Beobachtung und Bestimmung der heimischen Vogelwelt <strong>and</strong> Neue 

Folge in 2 portofolios. Berlin 1935/36. 2 booklets with 193p., 48 

photographs <strong>and</strong> 6 records with bird voices. Orig. blue <strong>and</strong> green 

cloth portofolio. € 1.000,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> original edition of this unusual h<strong>and</strong>book on bird-recording <strong>and</strong> maybe the first 

successful commercial recording of birdsongs in the world A bird-recordingincunabula!. 

Especially rare because of the Neue Folge in a mint condition. 

113. Heinroth, O. <strong>and</strong> M. 

Die Vögel Mitteleuropas in 4 vols. including the Nachtrag. Berlin 1926- 

1931. 4to text with 509 plates of which 158 are coloured. Orig. h.cloth 

with original marbled flyleaves. € 550,= 

= Nissen IVB, 428. The fine original edition including the rare supplement.. It is one of the 

really important contributions to animal psychology in the field of ornithology <strong>and</strong> a real 

st<strong>and</strong>ardwork. We also have a set of the first 3 vols. without the Nachtrag in a medium 

copy, please inquire. 

114. Henry, G. 

Coloured plates of the Birds of Ceylon. with a short description of 

each bird of W. Wait, 4 parts in one. Ceylon government 1927-1935.

4to. Text with 64 fine col. plates after watercolours of the author. Orig. 

cloth. = Nissen IVB, 965. Fine copy of this very popular bird book € 775,= 

on Sri-Lanka with a typed list of the "Birds peculier to Ceylon". Ex libris of Thomas 

Walker Buckley pasted in on front. 

115. Henshaw, H. 

Report upon the ornithological collection made in portions of Nevada, 

Utah, California, Colorado, New Mexico <strong>and</strong> Arizona during the years 

1871-1874. Washington, Report upon geogr. <strong>and</strong> geol. Explorations 

<strong>and</strong> Survey west of the one hundredth meridian by Wheeler: Zoology, 

1875. 4to. 521p., 15 chromolithographs after R. Ridgway. New cloth. 

= Nissen ZBI, 4756. This is the complete bird section of these very € 425,= 

elaborate explorations on North American natural history. We also have the complete 

work dealing with Birds, Betrachians, Reptiles, Fishes <strong>and</strong> Insects with 45 lithographs (28 

coloured), please inquire. 

116. Herman, O. 

J.S. von Petényi. Der Begründer der wissenschaftlichen ornithologie in 

Ungarn. (1799-1855). Ein Lebensbild. Budapest, Ornith. Congress, 

1891. Folio. 137p., 1 fine lithogr. portr. by Suhujoli Gy. Orig. wrs. 

edges foxed. € 245,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> ornithological biography incl. a list of Von Petényi's works. If interested in the 

International Ornithological Congresses 13th to 17th (Ithaca to Berlin), see under 

periodicals. 

117. Hervieux de Chanteloup, J. 

Nouveau traité des Serins de Canarie. 2nd edition. Paris, Prudhomme, 

1713. Small 8vo, 10 ll., 356p., 7 ll., one woodengraved plate of aviaries 

<strong>and</strong> 2 woodengravings of Canary-music. Full cont. calf (corners 

repaired). € 395,= 

= Very popular treatise on holding canaries which had many editions. Some non 

obstrusive soiling (mainly the flyleaves) <strong>and</strong> some old ink lettering on the first <strong>and</strong> last 

blancs, including the flyleaves. This is the second edition. 

118. Heuglin, M. von 

Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's, der Nilquellen- und Küsten. Gebiete 

des Rothen Meeres und des nördlichen Somal-L<strong>and</strong>es. Vol. 1: Fam. 

Vulturidae to Columbidae <strong>and</strong> including its general index. Cassel, 

Fischer, 1869. CVIII, 7 ll., 851p. H.calf (rubbed). € 325,= 

= Nissen IVB, 441. The complete work would comprise 2 vols. This is only the text, but 

still it is an important <strong>and</strong> detailed account of the Avifauna of northeastern Africa, 

arranged systematicaly (see Wood). The complete work now costs about € 6.000,=! 

119. Hobun, Kikuchi 

Hobun Gafu with 39 double- <strong>and</strong> single-page colour woodblocks with

illustrations of mainly birds in their natural Japanese surroundings 

<strong>and</strong> some insects <strong>and</strong> fish. (Kyoto about 1900). Orig. Japanese wrs. 

bound with a delicate string. € 570,= 

= A tiny spot on the cover but the inside is fine. 

120. Hoffmann, J. 

Die Waldschnepfe. Ein monographischer Beitrag zur Jagdzoologie. 

2nd ed. Neudamm, J. Neumann, (1887). 204p., 1 frontisp. H.cloth with 

coloured lithographed title mounted. € 325,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> monograph of the Scolopacidae in a fine copy without foxing. 

121. Holden, G. 

Canaries <strong>and</strong> Cage-Birds. New York, Holden, 1883. 369p., 3p. of 

advertisements showing nice cages such as the "Gunther" cage <strong>and</strong> 8 

chromolithographs <strong>and</strong> numerous woodcuts, incl. also a large number 

of cages! Orig. pictorial cloth with a gilt canary on the frontcover. 

€ 325,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>. Not in Nissen IVB, Anker, Zimmer, Catalogue of Ayer collection at the Field 

Museum nor in the Cat. Brit. Museum (Nat. Hist.). 

122. Hoogerwerf, A. 

Een bijdrage tot de Oologie van het eil<strong>and</strong> Java (1949); De Avifauna 

van Tjibodas en omgeving (Java) (1949); Avifauna van Batavia en 

omstreken (1938) in 3 vols. Leiden <strong>and</strong> Batavia 1938-1949. Text with 40 

coloured plates <strong>and</strong> 28 plain plates. Orig. cloth <strong>and</strong> wrs. € 325,= 

= All have large indexes. The first 2 are also separately available. 

123. Houwink, R. 

Onze Hoenders. 's-Gravenhage (1929). 4to. Text with 144 small 

coloured lithographed plates by Th. Dijkwel, all mounted. H.cloth. 

= One of the rarer scrapbooks published for the N.V. Sigarenfabriek € 275,= 

Majoor in Beverwijk, not the much more common "Verkade Albums" which we also hold, 

please inquire. It also has a nice large woodcut by the same artist. Some browning on the 

first <strong>and</strong> last leave but not on the plates. 

124. Hudson, W. 

Birds of La Plata in 2 vols. London 1920. Text with 22 coloured plates 

after watercolours of Grönvold. Orig. pictorial cloth with original 

dustjacket (repaired <strong>and</strong> one top part lost). € 275,= 

= Nissen IVB, 460. Apart from the dustjacket a very good copy of the first edition. An 

interesting Hudson item as it comprises Hudson's share of the Argentine Ornithology 

during 1888/89. Only published in 1500 copies. 

125. Ihering, H. von <strong>and</strong> R. von Ihering. 

As aves do Brazil. Sâo Paulo 1907. XXXVIII, 485p., 2 coloured maps,

figs. Wrs. (repaired). € 220,= 

= Wood 397: "Probably the most useful of all the treatises on the birds of Brazil, in which 

several species new to science are described". Herman von Ihering was an important 

Brazilian ornithologist from german descent. Due to the quality of the paper it is slightly 

browned. 

126. Irby, L. 

The ornithology of the straits of Gibraltar. London, R. Porter, 1875. 

236p., 2 folding maps. Orig. pictorial cloth. € 385,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. Inscribed on the first blanc <strong>and</strong> a part of one map. A good copy. 

127. Jackson, F. 

Notes on the Game birds of Kenya <strong>and</strong> Ug<strong>and</strong>a. (incl. the S<strong>and</strong>- 

Grouse, Pigeons, Snipe, Bustards, Geese <strong>and</strong> Ducks). London 1926. 

272 p., 13 colourplates after Keulemans, Smit, Grönvold. Orig. cloth 

with dustjacket (some repairs). € 170,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> game-bird guide <strong>and</strong> a forerunner to his large bird monograph on Kenya <strong>and</strong> 

Ug<strong>and</strong>a published in 1938 with 24 coloured plates. Not in Nissen, IVB nor Anker... 

128. Jaeger, G. 

Bericht über ein fast vollständiges Skelet von Palapteryx ingens, über 

dessen Restauration und die davon angefertigten Gypsabgüsse; mit 

einigen Bemerkungen über die Aufstellung der Vogelskelete 

überhaupt. Wien, Braumüller, 1863. Folio. 12p., 2 original mounted 

photographs of this fossil bird. Orig. yellow wrappers in a fine 

condition. € 385,= 

= This very big bird was found by Von Hochstetter during the Expedition of the Novara 

in New Zeal<strong>and</strong>. Early use of photography for a schientific purpose. 

129. Japanische Vogelstudien. Wien, K.K. Österr. H<strong>and</strong>els-Museum, 1895. 

folio with 12 coloured mounted lithographs <strong>and</strong> a lithographed pictorial 

title. H.cloth with pictorial boards. € 325,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> a fine example of Japanese bird illustration for the use of art-nouveau 

ornaments or arts. The lithographed pictorial title by the K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 

130. Jaubert, J. <strong>and</strong> Barthelemy-Lapommeraye. 

Richesses ornithologiques du Midi de la France, ou description méthodique 

de tous les oiseaux observés en Provence et dans les départements 

circonvoisins. Marseille, Barlatier-Feissat et Demonchy, 1859. 

4to. 547p. with 21 nicely h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs by J. Susini. 

H.cloth with marbled flyleaves. € 2.000,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. Nissen IVB, 475; Wood 406: "The birds of middle <strong>and</strong> southern 

France are systematically described <strong>and</strong> their specific <strong>and</strong> generic characters fully 

detailed. The h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates are remarkably well done; indeed the whole work is a 

valuable <strong>and</strong> practical treatise on the subject". Nissen states there are 20 plates, this copy

is one of the few with the extra plate "Cygne de Bewick", which is not mentioned on the 

list of plates. Some faint marginal foxing <strong>and</strong> signed by former owner. 

131. Judd, W. (Ed.) 

The Birds of Albany county. Albany 1907. 178p., 21 plates of which 

only the frontisp. is coloured. Orig. blue cloth. € 95,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> privately printed ornithological monograph on upper New York State, especially 

the lower Hudson Valley, published only in 300 copies of which this one is 255 <strong>and</strong> 

signed by the author. - Nissen IVB, 489. 

132. Keulemans, John. 

Feathers to Brush. The Victorian Bird Artist John Gerrard Keulemans 

(1842-1912) by Tony Keulemans <strong>and</strong> Jan Coldewey. Epse 1982. 4to. 

94p., 28 coloured reproductions. Orig. h.calf. € 415,= 

= Limited edition of 475 copies of which this is no. 73 <strong>and</strong> signed by both. 

133. Kirby, M. <strong>and</strong> E. 

Beautiful Birds in Far-Off L<strong>and</strong>s: their haunts <strong>and</strong> homes. London, 

Nelson, 1872. Small 8vo. Text with 16 very nice chromolithographs of 

mainly tropical humming- or love-birds. In an original red <strong>and</strong> gilt 

cloth binding with gilt edges. € 275,= 

= We cannot trace Mary <strong>and</strong> Elizabeth Kirby but they are the same who published "The 

Sea <strong>and</strong> its wonders" also nicely illustrated <strong>and</strong> most probably rare too. Not in Nissen 

IVB nor Cat. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.)! 

134. Klein, J. 

Historia Avium prodomus cum praefatione de ordine animalum in 

genere. Accessit Historia Muris Alpini et vetus Vocabularium 

Animalium... Lübeck, Schmidt, 1750. 4to. 7 ll., 238p., engraved 

titlevignette, 8 folded engravings. Cont. h.calf (rebacked). € 675,= 

= Nissen IVB, 504; Anker 254. Wood: "One of the important <strong>and</strong> fundamental treatises on 

ornithology". A small repair on titlepage <strong>and</strong> browning on a part of the text (some rather 

heavy) but the plates are fine. 

135. Kleinschmidt, O. a.o. 

Berajah or Zoographia Infinita. Including 47 monographs <strong>and</strong> one 

Beilage all mainly on birds of Prey in 2 vols. <strong>and</strong> some issues. Halle 

1905-1937. 4to with over 244 photographs or lithographs of which 83 

nice chromolithographs mostly of falcons <strong>and</strong> mostly after 

Kleinschmidt. New h.cloth with most original wrs. bound in <strong>and</strong> 

some original issues. € 1.600,= 

= Nissen IVB, 507 does only refer to Anker 258, who also does not give a complete 

collation. It includes several important monographs such as: O.Kleinschmidt, Falco 

Nisus (Kl) with 21 photographs; Idem, Falco Peregrinus with 36 photographs (several in 

colour); Idem, Erithacus Domesticus with 8 plates (4 chomolithogr.); Koenig, Avifauna 

Aegyptus with 6 beautiful chromolithographs of Egyptian falcons <strong>and</strong> one photograph,

etc. Difficult publication which we numbered from 1 to 47. We added Kleinschmidt's: 

"die Formenkreislehre" (1926). Otto Kleinschmidt makes an attempt to correlate the 

Science <strong>and</strong> Art of Kant with the concepts of modern Science. See Wood p.232. Fine crisp 

copy, the only drawback is that Dr. Walter Wüst could not stop putting his stamped 

name on each title <strong>and</strong> sometimes in the text (but not on the plates: it's rather "wild" 

indeed)! 

136. Koenig, A. 

Die Geier Aegyptens. Journal für Ornithologie, 1907. 33p., 3 fine 

heliogravures <strong>and</strong> 2 fine chromolithographs all by E. de Maes. Orig. 

wrs. (repaired). € 170,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> "Sonderdruck" with beautiful plates on the African Vulture inscribed by former 

owner as being given by Dr. Jordan in 1946 with his stamped name. We have more by 

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Koenig, who founded the famous Zoological Museum in Bonn <strong>and</strong> a set of 

the Journal für Ornithologie, see the periodical section, no. 370. 

137. Koenig, A. 

Katalog der Nido-oologischen Sammlung im Museum Alex<strong>and</strong>er 

Koenig. In 4 vols. Bonn 1931/32. 4to. Text with 2 portraits <strong>and</strong> 18 

coloured plates. In orig. wrs. € 475,= 

= Nissen IVB, 523 quotes a wrong number of plates; our copy is in a good complete state. 

138. Kono, Bairyo 

Inchu No Tsuki. 26 Mostly double-page colour woodblock prints 

(numbered 1-25). (Kyoto 1889). Orig. Japanese pictorial wrs. with its 

usual delicate string. - Fine copy. € 520,= 

= Deals with Birds (13), fishes, cats, crabs, dogs, mice etc. All in their natural 

surroundings. 

139. Kuroda, N. 

A bibliography of the Duck Tribe. Tokyo, 1942. 852p. H. cloth. € 275,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> bibliography on duck literature from 1680 to 1940 with 6500 entries by the same 

author who published the birds of the Isl<strong>and</strong> of Java. 

140. Laubmann, A. 

Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Gran Chaco Expedition: 

Vögel. Stuttgart 1930. 334p., 31 plates. H.cloth (faded <strong>and</strong> worn). 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first ornithyological monograph on the Rio Parana € 170,= 

<strong>and</strong> Rio Paraguay north of Buenos Aires later published as: Vögel von Paraguay in 1940. 

Signed by former owner as Haverschmidt 1952. 

141. Lavallé, A. <strong>and</strong> M. Lietze. 

Die Taubenrassen. Ein ausführliches H<strong>and</strong>buch über Zucht, Haltung 

und Pflege der Tauben. Berlin (1905). 742p., 66 plates <strong>and</strong> 16 coloured 

plates. Orig. pictorial cloth with new flyleaves. € 475,=

142. Le Verrier de la Conterie, J. 

Venerie Norm<strong>and</strong>e, ou l'école de la chasse aux chiens courants, pour le 

lievre, le chevreuil, le cerf, le daim, le sanglier, le loup, le renard et le 

loutre avec les tons de chasse... et un dictionnaire des termes de 

Chasse etc. Rouen, Dumesnil, 1778. XV, 526p., 27 fine mostly folded 

woodengravings printed on blue paper (some on recto <strong>and</strong> verso), 

mostly by Caron <strong>and</strong> including 12 engravings of music being "Tons de 

Chasse et Fanfares". Cont. h.calf with marbled flyleaves (rebacked). 

= Jeanson, 345; Thiébaud 589-590. 2nd enlarged <strong>and</strong> defenitive € 1.800,= 

edition of this fine french game book with its very expressive woodcuts of a hare, a 

squirrel, a deer, a fallow deer, a wild boar, a wolf, a fox, a badger <strong>and</strong> an otter. Pages 

447/448 never published! 

143. Lemaire, C. <strong>and</strong> Pauquet 

Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux d'Europe, Partie 1: Passereaux (all 

publ.). Paris, De Bure et Pauquet Frères, (1837). Text with 80 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings <strong>and</strong> one h<strong>and</strong>coloured engraved title to the 

atlas all by Pauquet. New h.calf with marbled boards <strong>and</strong> flyleaves. 

= Ronsil, 1735; Nissen IVB, 541 <strong>and</strong> Fine Bird <strong>Books</strong> p.115. € 1.450,= 

Some light foxing only in the text but all plates are very fine. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition with all 

the beautiful h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings. The second edition was published in 1852 by 

Prévost <strong>and</strong> Lemaire, but the first one is the finest! 

144. Liger, L. 

Amusemens de la Campagne ou nouvelle Ruses innocentes, qui 

enseignent la maniere de prendre aux piéges toutes sortes d'Oiseaux et 

de Bêtes à quatre pieds, avec les plus beaux Secrets de la Pêche dans 

les Rivières & Etangs et un Traité general de toutes les Chasses. 2 vols. 

Paris, Paudromme, 1709. 12mo. 8ll., 486p., 3ll., 518p., 116 fine 

woodcuts. Cont. full morocco with gilt edges <strong>and</strong> dentelles. € 

1.800,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. Brunet vol. 3, p. 1075. This copy is complete in these 2 vols., devided 

in "4 Livres". The first volume contains the several manners of catching birds of prey. 

Included in the last volume is the important "dictionnaire des termes de la chasse". From 

the library of H. Hottinguer with his ex libris. Gilted blindstamped coat of arms on the 

front <strong>and</strong> back with the initials "AA" in the middle. A very good copy in an attractive 

binding with only a small expert restauration <strong>and</strong> some notes in an old h<strong>and</strong> on both 

titlepages. See picture… 

145. Lilford, L. 

Notes on the birds of Northamptonshire <strong>and</strong> neighbourhood. In 2 

vols. London, R. Porter, 1895. Text with 25 photogravures all illustrated 

by Thorburn <strong>and</strong> Lodge <strong>and</strong> one folding map, 51 wooden-

gravings. Orig. cloth. € 275,= 

= Nissen IVB, 564. A good first edition. 

146. Lippins, L. <strong>and</strong> H. Wille. 

Les Oiseaux du Zaïre. Tielt 1976. 4to. 509p. with 1085 coloured plates 

<strong>and</strong> figs., numerous maps. Cloth with orig. dustjacket. € 325,= 

= Magnificently produced work on the birds of Zaïre or Central Africa, very nicely 

illustrated <strong>and</strong> of high scientific value. 

147. Lissman, F. 

Eine Sammlung seiner Werke. Hamburg, Hanseatischer Kunstverein, 

(1920). Oblong. Text with 72 mounted photogravures mostly 

depicting birds in idealistic l<strong>and</strong>scapes <strong>and</strong> one orig. woodengraved 

tp. with a large titlevignette most probably by the same artist. In orig. 

cloth portofolio decorated by the artist. € 475,= 

= See Benezit vol.5 p.601. Friedrich Lissman was a painter <strong>and</strong> woodengraver from 

Hamburg (1880-1915) <strong>and</strong> was a popular german wildlife artist up to the second world 

war. 

148. Marey, E. 

Le vol des oiseaux. Physiologie des mouvement. Paris, Masson, 1890. 

410p., one plate, num. figs. Orig. wrs. (spine split <strong>and</strong> upper part lost). 

= A great classic in the history of aviation literature, bionics, € 500,= 

cinematography <strong>and</strong> physiology <strong>and</strong> using the Marey's 'photographic gun', the precursor 

of the modern motion picture. 

149. Martorelli, G. 

Gli Uccelli d'Italia. 3rd edition enlarged by E. Moltoni <strong>and</strong> C. V<strong>and</strong>oni. 

Milano 1960. 4to. 882p., 24 coloured plates after watercolours of the 

author, 408 photographs. H.cloth. € 275,= 

= Nissen IVB, 600. A fine copy of this st<strong>and</strong>ard work on Italian ornithology in the last <strong>and</strong> 

best edition. 

150. Meinertzhagen, R. 

Nicoll's Birds of Egypt in 2 vols. London, Rees, 1930. 4to, text with one 

portrait, 37 plates of which 31 coloured <strong>and</strong> 3 coloured folding maps. 

Orig. green cloth (spine slightly shaky). € 500,= 

= Nissen IVB, 675 under Nicoll; Anker 363. A classic work on the ornithology of Egypt. 

The coloured plates are after watercolours of Lodge, Green <strong>and</strong> Grönvold. 

151. Meursinge, N. 

Verh<strong>and</strong>eling over de Bonte Kraai (Corvus Cornix) uit het oogpunt 

van natuurlijke historie en ontleedkunde. Groningen, Oomkens, 1851. 

332p., 4 engravings. Orig. boards with new paper spine. € 325,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> not in Nissen, IVB or Anker, only in Cat. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) vol.3 p.1295.

152. Meyer, A. <strong>and</strong> L. Wiglesworth. 

Neuere Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Vogelfauna von Kaiser 

Wilhelmsl<strong>and</strong>, besonders von Huongolfe, nebst Bemerkungen über 

<strong>and</strong>ere Papuanische Vögel und einer Liste aller bisher von Kaiser 

Wilhelmsl<strong>and</strong> registrierten (Arten); Eine neue Tarsius Art; Neue Vögel 

aus dem Ostindischen Archipel; Eine Hennerfedriger Auerhahn; Neue 

Vögel von Celebes; Zwei neue Paradiesvögel; Eine neue Phloeomys- 

Art; Bericht über die von Herrn P. und F. Sarasin in Nord Celebes 

gesammelten Vögel und Zweite Sammlung von Vögel von den Talant 

Inseln; Ueber das Ei einer unbekannten Chlamydodera von Deutsch 

New Guinea; Ein neuer Tschimpanse in zoo von Dresden etc. 

Dresden, Abh. K. zool. anthrop. ethnogr. Museum zu Dresden, 

1892/93-1894/95. 4to. Text with 1 tinted map, 2 tinted plates of 

birdeggs, 4 nicely h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs of tropical birds, one 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithograph of a Chimpanze by Geisler <strong>and</strong> several other 

plates being a total of 36 plates. New boards. € 1.500,= 

= It includes the vols. 4 <strong>and</strong> 5 of the Abh<strong>and</strong>lungen plus some other zoological 

contribution from the Pacific <strong>and</strong> New Guinea such as: Heller, K. Zygopiden in 2 parts 

(Gattung Mecopus und Copturus) with one lithograph; Meyer, Neue Museums 

Einrichtungen with 20 plates. <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> important 11 contributions to the tropical birds 

of this region by A. Meyer, who was director of the zoological <strong>and</strong> anthropological 

Museum in Dresden, which was completely destroyed during the second World War. 

Titlepage repaired <strong>and</strong> one plate with small repair in the margin. In total there are 22 

contributions. 

153. Milne-Edwards, A. 

Recherches anatomiques et paléontologiques pour servir à l'histoire 

des Oiseaux fossiles de la France in 4 vols. Paris, Masson, 1867-1871. 

4to text with 200 partly tinted or coloured lithographs of which many 

double-paged. New cloth. € 3.000,= 

= Nissen IVB, 284. Zittel p.418: "A general review of the geological distribution of birds 

was contributed by Milne Edwards, who also provided, in a large monograph of the 

fossil birds of France, an osteological basis for the study of this class." A rare <strong>and</strong> nicely 

produced monograph on fossil birds, providing a geological distribution of fossil birds 

<strong>and</strong> a comprehensive treatment of the living species. Most lithographs by Louveau <strong>and</strong> 

several a bit foxed, but mostly at the edges. The text with large margins. Ex libris of Mary 

<strong>and</strong> Jeff McCord. 

154. Milne-Edwards, A. <strong>and</strong> A. Gr<strong>and</strong>idier. 

Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar vols. 12-15: 

Oiseaux, with text <strong>and</strong> 3 atlasses <strong>and</strong> supplement by Lavauden. Paris, 

Impr. Nat., 1878-1937 with 400 lithographs (173 in colour) <strong>and</strong> 12 

coloured plates for the supplement (1937). Most plates by Keulemans. 

Partly orig. wrs. (all repaired <strong>and</strong> with new spines) <strong>and</strong> supplement

with repaired corners. € 4.500,= 

= Nissen IVB, 385 under Gr<strong>and</strong>idier. 6 plates in coloured photostat <strong>and</strong> one plate 

retouched, including the rare supplement! This greatest of all ornithological monograph 

on Madagascar is especially reknown because of the nice chromolithographs of the dutch 

bird-artist Keulemans. It was published in the very large series: Histoire Physique, 

Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar by Gr<strong>and</strong>idier, of which we hold many more 

volumes, please inquire. As far as we know this ornithological part is not to be found in 

any dutch library. <strong>Rare</strong> as only publ. in 200 copies! See picture… 

155. Milne-Edwards, A. <strong>and</strong> E. Oustalet. 

Etudes sur les Mammifères et les Oiseaux des Iles Comores. Paris, 

Nouv. Archives du Museum, 1898. 4to. 79p., 6 h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs 

all by Keulemans. New wrs. € 775,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 2836. Very rare <strong>and</strong> important contribution mainly to the birds of the 

Comores Isl<strong>and</strong>s with all the fine h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates. Describes 76 species of birds <strong>and</strong> 

11 mammalia. 

156. Moltoni, E. 

Gli Uccelli dell'Africa Orientale Italiana in 4 vols. Milano 1940/44. Text 

with 152 coloured plates. Orig. pictorial blue boards with the mounted 

oval coloured bird plates (a bit spotted). € 475,= 

= Nissen IVB, 641. <strong>Rare</strong> complete set of the only important guide to Birds of the Ethiopian 

region ever published <strong>and</strong> well illustrated after watercolours of G. Gallelli. We also have 

the first 2 vols. separately available. 

157. Morris, F. 

A History of British Birds in 6 vols. London, Groombridge <strong>and</strong> Sons, 

1851-1857. Text with 358 h<strong>and</strong>coloured woodengravings. Cont. green 

calf (but not the original binding). € 1.650,= 

= Nissen IVB, 645. <strong>Rare</strong> first <strong>and</strong> best edition with the h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates by Fawcett. 

We suppose this is also the first issue as the numbering in vol.4 sometimes stops <strong>and</strong> in 

vol.5 is wrong. One plate has a repair <strong>and</strong> several plates cut short however without 

touching the figures itself. Still a good copy of this very popular British Birdbook with the 

superior colouring of the first edition! 

158. Morris, F. 

Birds of Prey of Australia. Forewords by A. McEvey <strong>and</strong> Burke. 

Melbourne, Lansdowne, (1973). Folio. Text with 24 coloured plates 

after paintings of Frank Morris <strong>and</strong> 24 fullpage drawings from the 

brush. Sheepskin binding. € 775,= 

= One of the best illustrated birdbooks on Australia in a limited edition of 500 copies, 

signed by the artist, being no. 109. 

159. Mosby, H. <strong>and</strong> Ch. H<strong>and</strong>ley. 

The Wild Turkey in Virginia: its status, life history <strong>and</strong> management. 

Richmond 1943. 301p., 1 coloured frontisp., 68 photographs <strong>and</strong>

several maps. Cloth. € 170,= 

= A good ex library copy with a small perforated stamp on title of this rare book. 

160. Moubray, 

Moubray's treatise on domestic <strong>and</strong> ornamental poultry. A practical 

guide to the history, breeding, rearing, feeling, fattering <strong>and</strong> general 

management of fowls <strong>and</strong> pigeons. New ed. by L. Meall, added the 

diseases of poultry. London, A. Hall, Virtue, 1854. 512p., 10 partly 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings such as the Turkey. Orig. cloth (worn). 

= Some plates have a waterstain at the topedge. € 220,= 

161. Mouton-Fontenille, M. 

l'Art d'empailler des oiseaux contenant des principes de théorie 

nouveaux et des procédés de pratique avantageux pour conserver à 

chaque famille ses formes et ses attitudes naturelles, faisant suite au 

traité élémentaire d'ornithologie. Lyon, Yvernault et Cabin, 1811. XV, 

171p., 1 l., 5 folding engravings. New h.vellum with marbled boards. 

= Ronsil 2096. Last edition with the same amount of plates from the first € 475,= 

edition 1802. Foxing throughout but mostly only in the margins. 

162. Mouton-Fontenille <strong>and</strong> M. Henon. 

l'Art d'empailler des oiseaux contenant des principes nouveaux et sûrs 

pour leur conserver leurs formes et leurs attitudes naturelles avec la 

méthode de les classer d'après le systême de Linné. 2nd edition. Lyon, 

Bruyset Ainé, 1802. 3 ll., XVI, 283p., 5 folded engravings. Old vellum. 

= The second edition of this scarce work on taxidermy includes a € 525,= 

catalogue of birds observed in the department Rhône listing 165 species. The plates have 

a waterstain <strong>and</strong> small repairs. Old h<strong>and</strong>writing on halftitle. 

163. Müller, A. <strong>and</strong> K. 

Charakterzeichnungen der vorzüglichsten deutschen Singvögel. 

Leipzig, Winter, 1865. Text with 11 woodengravings (<strong>and</strong>) Gefangenleben 

der besten einheimischen Singvögel. Idem 1871. 298p. Together 

in h.cloth. € 325,= 

164. Mulsant, E. <strong>and</strong> E. Verreaux 

Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches ou colibris constituant la 

famille des Trochilïdes. 4 vols. in two. Lyon, Société Linnéenne, 

1876/77. 4to. 1286p. Half red morocco with marbled edges (spines 

worn). € 450,= 

= Nissen IVB, 659. Only the text, lacking 64 coloured plates <strong>and</strong> the supplement. 

Although not complete it contains the important scientific text on the humming birds. 

Small library stamp on the verso of tp. It contains a small mounted watercolour of a

humming bird on the first blanc. We also have an unbound copy with 16 engravings (one 

being h<strong>and</strong>coloured). Please inquire. 

165. Murphy, R. 

Oceanic birds of South America. A study of species of the related 

coasts <strong>and</strong> seas including the American Quadrant of Antarctica based 

upon the brewster-sanford collection of the American Museum of 

Natural History in 2 vols. New York (1936). 1265p., 72 photographs, 16 

coloured plates. Orig. cloth. € 220,= 

= First edition in 1200 copies only! Fine set of this important work on the South American 

marine birds. 

166. Naumann, J. 

Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas in 12 vols. Gera 1895/97- 

1905. Folio with 449 fine lithographs (439 coloured). H.cloth (not 

uniform). € 3.000,= 

= Nissen IVB, 667. The most extensive german work on birds of Central Europe. A few 

pages in photostat <strong>and</strong> only 1 plate in colour photostat (= egg plate), but otherwise 

complete. Great classic in german ornithology with many plates after Keulemans! NB: 

On this item postage will be extra. 

167. Naumann, J. 

Iconographie d'oiseaux d'Europe et de leurs oeufs. Edition française 

de 413 planches coloriées, destinées à servir d'Atlas à l'Ornithologie 

européenne de Degl<strong>and</strong> et Gerbe, à l'Avifauna Italica de Giglioni, 

l'Ornitologia Andaluza y de Espana de V. Gamez, et aux Aves de 

Peninzula Iberica e de Portugal de d'Oliviera by A. Bouvier in 4 vols.. 

Paris, Hermann et Fils, 1910. Folio with 24p., 413 lithographs of which 

408 are coloured. Orig. cloth portofolio. € 3.000,= 

= Ronsil 2120. Nissen IVB, 667. <strong>Rare</strong> only published in a limited edition <strong>and</strong> much rarer 

than the german edition: Naumann's Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas. There are 

173 chromolithographs by Keulemans. The collation of the plates is rather complicated as 

it starts with plate no. 3 <strong>and</strong> there are several bis plates <strong>and</strong> omissions in the counting. 

Fine copy. 

168. Nehrkorn, A. 

Katalog der Eiersammlung nebst Beschreibungen der aussereuropäischen 

Eier. 2nd ed. with Nachtrag in 2 vols. Berlin, 

Friedländer, 1910/14. 584p., 6 coloured plates, 1 portrait. Orig. cloth. 

= Zimmer p.462. Important oölogical catalogue describing <strong>and</strong> listing € 375,= 

5822 species. <strong>Rare</strong> too, especially with the supplement. 

169. North, A. 

Nests <strong>and</strong> eggs of birds found breeding in Australia <strong>and</strong> Tasmania. 

2nd ed. in 4 vols. Sydney, Australian Museum, Special Cat. 1901/04-

1913/14. Large 4to. Text with 45 fine plates incl. tinted zoological 

plates <strong>and</strong> num. figs. New h.calf, but including the orig. wrs. 

= <strong>Rare</strong> in a complete state being published in 19 parts. € 1.380,= 

Nissen IVB, 681. Ex library copy with a small perforated stamp on titlepage <strong>and</strong> small 

library stamp on back of plates. North was one of the greatest of all Australian 

ornithologists <strong>and</strong> this was his main contribution to Australian birds! 

170. Novitates Zoologicae - A journal of Zoology. Publ. by M. Rothschild 

<strong>and</strong> K. Jordan. Vols. 1-7. London, Zool. Museum Tring, 1894-1900. 

Text with 104 lithographs, of which 50 are h<strong>and</strong>coloured, many by 

Keulemans <strong>and</strong> some by Smit. Orig. wrs. uncut. € 3.800,= 

= Famous publication of the Tring Museum by Walter Rothschild. The 5 plates that were 

published later are added loosly in an enveloppe, so it's an absolutely complete start of 

this beautiful periodical. Especially the h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographed bird plates by 

Keulemans are of excellent quality. Some wrappers show wear or have spots <strong>and</strong> a few 

are torn or small parts lost, otherwise in a very good condition. 

171. Nuyens, A. 

Goedkoope geïllustreerde Pluimvee-Bibliotheek. Serie V-VII: Vogels in 

10 sections dealing with: Buitenl<strong>and</strong>sche kamer- en volière vogels, 

Buitenl<strong>and</strong>sche vogels, Kanarievogels, Inl<strong>and</strong>sche vogels, Prachtvinken, 

Wida-Vinken, Zaatetenden, Papagaaien, Beh<strong>and</strong>eling, 

voeding, ziekten etc. Assen, Floralia, (1900/1910). Text with numerous 

figs. Orig. cloth. € 325,= 

= Rather rare as we only know his "De Vogelwereld" of 1886. 

172. Ogilvie-Grant, W. (Ed.) a.o. 

Reports of the collection made by the British Ornithologists' 

Expedition <strong>and</strong> the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch new Guinea, 1910- 

1913, in 2 vols. 4to. Text with 28 lithographs <strong>and</strong> 13 chromolithographs 

of which 8 on birds (one in a good reproduction) by Grönvold, total 

being 41 plates <strong>and</strong> 76 figs. in text. Orig. wrs. 

= <strong>Rare</strong> expedition of New Guinea, which was partly published in the € 1.295,= 

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London in only 150 copies <strong>and</strong> contains birds, 

mammals, reptiles, fishes, crustaceans, spiders, insects, invertebrates <strong>and</strong> some ethnology 

too. One plate in a good coloured reproduction. 

173. (Olafsen, E.) 

Atlas du voyage en Isl<strong>and</strong>e fait par ordre de S.M. Danoise. Paris, 

Levrault, 1802. 4to with 59 engravings depicting mostly birds <strong>and</strong> 

fishes of Icel<strong>and</strong>. Cont. h.calf (rebacked). € 670,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 3009; Anker 379: "A description of Icel<strong>and</strong> written by Olafsen chiefly on the 

basis of diaries written during travels in that country <strong>and</strong> especially important for the 

description of its avifauna". Lacks however the map. It also depicts the fossils, geysers 

<strong>and</strong> the famous Staffa Grotto <strong>and</strong> several nice costumes.

174. Oustalet, E. 

Notice sur quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de la collection 

ornithologique du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris, Nouv. 

Archives du Museum, 1881. 4to. 23p., 2 fine h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs 

by Keulemans. New wrs. € 195,= 


A collection of 5 small monographs on the Birds of the Far East being: 

Catalogue des oiseaux provenant du voyage de Bonvalet et du Prince 

Henri d'Orleans à travers le Turkistan, Le Tibet et la Chine occidentale 

with 3 h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs all by Keulemans; Quelques especes 

nouvelles ou peu connues de la collection ornithologique du Museum 

d'Histoire Naturelle with 4 h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs by Keulemans; 

Les Mammifères et les Oiseaux des Ile Mariannes with 2 h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithographs by Keulemans; Révision de quelques especes d'Oiseaux 

de la Chine occidentale et méridionale with 2 h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs 

by Juillerat; Oiseaux du Cambodge, du Laos et l'Annam et du 

Tonkin with 2 h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs by Juillerat. Paris Nouv. 

Archives du Museum, 1893-1903. 4to. In new h.cloth. € 900,= 

= A rare <strong>and</strong> fine collection on Far-Eastern Birds mostly illustrated by Keulemans. 

Some plates cut short. See Ronsil, Bibliographie Ornithologique Française no. 2242. 


Les Mammifères et Oiseaux des Iles Mariannes. Paris, Nouv. Archives 

du Museum, 1896. 4to. 150p., 4 fine h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs by 

Keulemans. New cloth with orig. wrs. € 320,= 

= Added by the same author is: Note sur une espèce remarquable de la famille des 

Trogonides (Pharomacrus Xanthogaster). 

177. Pallas, P. 

Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso 

Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensioneum, 

domicilia, mores et descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum 

in 3 vols. Petersbourg, Acad. Scientiarum, (1811-1814?). 4to. XXII, 

568p. , 2 ll., 374, 428p. <strong>and</strong> 16 engravings of which 12 are nicely 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured, all in the Mammal section. Orig. h.calf (rubbed). 

= Nissen ZBI, 3077; Anker 387. As far as we can find out this is the € 3.500,= 

complete text published in the year of his death <strong>and</strong> published without the plates. Our 

copy deals mainly with birds of Russia <strong>and</strong> especially of Siberia including 546p. 

published in 2 parts <strong>and</strong> by far the largest section dealing with 68 genera of which 425 

species including their diagnosis, synonymy, distribution <strong>and</strong> habits. The mammals in 

the first volume with 16 engravings, ofwhich 12 are nicely h<strong>and</strong>coloured, must have been 

included from the later edition entitled: Icones ad Zoographiam Rosso-asiaticam (1831-

1842). Curiously it includes 3 plates of Dolphins <strong>and</strong> cetaceans in the Mammal section. 

The third volume has been published by G. Tilesius <strong>and</strong> deals with Ranarum <strong>and</strong> 

Piscium (esp. from Kamtsjatka). It is the start of Biogeography of Russia <strong>and</strong> especially 

of Birds of Siberia. 

178. Panum, P. 

Untersuchungen über die Entstehung der Missbildungen zunächst in 

den Eiern der Vögel. Berlin, Reimer, 1860. 272p., 12 mostly tinted 

lithographs, 107 figs. H.cloth - uncut. € 425,= 

= Interesting work on the malformation of eggs of birds <strong>and</strong> a valuable contribution to 

comparative embryology. Garisson <strong>and</strong> Morton, 53562: "The first monograph on 

experimental Teratology". <strong>Rare</strong>, not in Nissen IVB nor in Anker! 

179. Pearson, T. <strong>and</strong> J. Burroughs a.o. (Ed.). 

Birds of America in 3 vols. New York 1917. 4to. Text with 106 coloured 

plates, all after Louis Fuertes, num. figs. Cloth with nice original 

flyleaves. € 325,= 

= Nissen IVB, 707. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. Ex library copy with small perforated stamp on 

titlepage <strong>and</strong> library stamp on verso of some plates. 

180. Pelt Lechner, A. van 

Oologia Neerl<strong>and</strong>ica. Eggs of Birds breeding in the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s in 2 

vols. The Hague, Nijhoff, 1910/13. Text <strong>and</strong> 191 coloured plates 

mounted between 3 <strong>and</strong> 5 on each leave <strong>and</strong> all in loose sheets. Orig. 

cloth portofolio. € 1.800,= 

= Nissen IVB, 809. Only 100 copies printed of this rare english edition on thick paper. 

There are 667 eggs of birds depicted taken from specimens by the author. As far as we 

know the most complete oological work from the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s. 

181. Pelzeln, A. von 

Novara Expedition: Zoologischer Theil: Vögel. Wien 1865. 4to, 176p., 6 

fine h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs by Zimmermann. New cloth. 

= Anker 391: Descriptions are only given of new or incomplete € 500,= 

known species <strong>and</strong> of esp. strange specimens (1500 specimens in total) <strong>and</strong> contains at 

least 400 new species! Important <strong>and</strong> basic ornithological monograph mainly on New 

Zeal<strong>and</strong>. 

182. Penard, F. <strong>and</strong> A. 

De vogels van Guyana (Suriname, Cayenne, Demerara). In 2 vols. 

Paramaribo, Wed. F. Penard, 1908/10. 1221p., numerous illustrations. 

Orig. cloth (with some stains). € 325,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> classic ornithological monograph of the Guyana's in north-eastern south America 

becoming rather rare now, in a good copy. 

183. Petenyi, J. von 

Ornithologische Fragmente aus den H<strong>and</strong>schriften von J.S. von

Petenyi. German transl. by T. Csörgey <strong>and</strong> introduction by O. 

Herman. Jena 1905. 436p., 4 coloured plates, num. figs. New cloth. 

= Nissen IVB, 717; Anker 401. An important contribution to € 200,= 

Hungarian Ornithology. Most plates a bit foxed in the margins. We also have Zeitschrift 

für die gesammte Ornithologie, published by von Madarasz vol. 2 (1885), please see in 

this catalogue, no. 502. See also Herman's biography of Von Petényi, no. 116. 

184. Peters, W. 

Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique... in den Jahren 1842- 

1848 ausgeführt. Abt. Zoologie. Text with 111 lithographs <strong>and</strong> 

engravings of which 53 are partly or completely h<strong>and</strong>coloured. (Berlin 

1852-1882). 4to. Loose in new h.cloth portofolio. € 1.800,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 3139. In the rare <strong>and</strong> fine (partly) h<strong>and</strong>coloured edition. No authors for the 

different sections in zoology are cited in Nissen nor in the Cat. of the British Museum 

(Nat. Hist.) except on the insects. Most probably all is by Wilhelm Peters, who also 

figures as author in the fish part! Especially reknown <strong>and</strong> rare for the 15 nicely 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates of birds which are often lacking <strong>and</strong> not even present in the library 

of Natural History Museum in London! It contains 46 plates on mammals (34 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured), 33 on amphibians (4 partly coloured), 20 on fishes (uncoloured); only one 

plate in the mammal section is in photostat. The ornithological plates a bit foxed <strong>and</strong> 2 of 

the fish plates have a waterstain in the margin. It is the main work on the zoology of 

Mozambique during the 19th century <strong>and</strong> a complete collection of plates that have 

become rare now. 

185. Potiez, V. 

Musée de Douai: Catalogue des collections d'Histoire Naturelle. 

Galerie des vertébrés, partie II: Oiseaux, fasc. 1 (all publ.). Paris, 

Baillière, 1863. 193p., Printed wrs. (worn). - untrimmed. € 275,= 

= Ronsil, 2420. <strong>Rare</strong>. 

186. Priest, C. 

The birds of southern Rhodesia in 4 vols. London 1933-1936 with 40 

coloured plates after watercolours of Lighton, 1 coloured map, 521 

figs. Orig. blue cloth. € 580,= 

= Nissen IVB, 743 quotes 5 vols. but only 4 have been published. Important survey of the 

birds of southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in a fine condition. 

187. Raine, W. 

Bird-nesting in North-West Canada. Toronto, Hunter, Rose <strong>and</strong> 

Comp., 1892. 204p., 34 tinted lithographs <strong>and</strong> 6 chromolithographs of 

bird-eggs. Orig. cloth. € 375,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>. Not in Nissen nor in Anker. 

188. R<strong>and</strong>, A. <strong>and</strong> E. Gilliard. 

H<strong>and</strong>book of New Guinea Birds. London (1967). 622p., 5 coloured 

plates <strong>and</strong> 76 figs. Cloth. € 220,=

= One of the most extensive <strong>and</strong> important scientific treatise on the ornithology of New 

Guinea. Now rare <strong>and</strong> much in dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> including a large systematic Index. <strong>Rare</strong> 

first edition. We also have the New York 1968 edition, please inquire. 

189. Reichenow, A. 

Vogelbilder aus Fernen Zonen - Papageien. Abbildungen und 

Beschreibungen. (2nd ed.) enlarged by H. von Boetticher und 

"ergänzte Auflage" by J. Steinbacher. Pfungstadt 1955. 4to. 148p. with 

34 coloured plates. H.cloth. € 325,= 

= Nissen IVB, 767 quotes the original edition. It deals with 257 species of the Parrot family 

<strong>and</strong> a further description of 128 species. The nice reproduced watercolours are all after 

Reichenow himself. 

190. Reiser, O. 

Materialien zu einer Ornis Balcanica. 4 vols. dealing with Bosnien und 

Herzegowina nebst Teilen von Serbien und Dalmatien, Bulgarien, 

Griechel<strong>and</strong>, Montenegro. Wien 1894-1939. Text with 9 lithographs 

(some coloured) <strong>and</strong> 3 maps (one in photostat). H.cloth. € 775,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> important bird monograph. Vols. 1 <strong>and</strong> 2 also separately available, please inquire. 

191. Rennie, J. 

Die Baukunst der Vögel. 2 parts in one. Leipzig, Baumgärtner, 1833. 

Small 8vo, XXVIII, 416p. with 36 woodengravings. Cont. h.calf (a bit 

worn). € 275,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition, not in Nissen or Anker! A vague waterstain at the bottom of the 

beginning <strong>and</strong> the end. The text a bit foxed as usual due to the quality of the paper. We 

also have the later edition of 1847 <strong>and</strong> the 1833 edition with one plate in a good photostat, 

please inquire. 

192. Rey, E. 

Die Eier der Vögel Mitteleuropas. 2 vols. 2nd edition. Lobenstein 1912. 

Text with atlas of 128 chromolithographs <strong>and</strong> one vol. of text with 

681p. H.cloth. € 375,= 

= Nissen IVB, 772. Next to Baedeker, die Eier der Vögel Mitteleuropas is one of the most 

important oological monographs <strong>and</strong> rare now! 

193. Ridgway, R. 

A manual of North American Birds. Philadelphia, Lippincott Comp., 

1887. 4to. 642p. with one portrait, 124 plates. Orig. pictorial cloth. 

= Nissen IVB, 777. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. There have been four editions € 325,= 

of this important manual. 

194. Ridgway <strong>and</strong> Friedman (Ed.). 

Birds of North <strong>and</strong> Middle America in 11 vols. Washington, U.S. Nat. 

Mus.: Bull., 1901-1941. Partly bound. € 580,= 

= The subtitle reads: A catalogue of Birds known to occur in North America from the

Arctic to the Isthmus of Panama. One of the most important systematic works on 

ornithology. 

195. Riesenthal, O. von 

Die Raubvögel Deutschl<strong>and</strong>s und des angrenzenden Mitteleuropas. 

Darstellung und Beschreibung der in Deutschl<strong>and</strong> und den 

benachbarten Ländern von Mitteleuropa vorkommenden Raubvögel, 

text <strong>and</strong> atlas 1st/2nd edition. Cassel, Fischer, 1876-1894. 8vo <strong>and</strong> folio. 

2 ll., XXI, 9 ll. of "Subscriptionsliste", 522p., 6 lithographs <strong>and</strong> atlas in 

folio with 60 chromolithographs. Orig. h.calf <strong>and</strong> atlas in orig. h.cloth 

portofolio. € 1.500,= 

= Nissen IVB, 782. This is a mixed edition but the best edition as the text is in the 1st ed. 

<strong>and</strong> the atlas in the 2nd!. With the larger text (which only had 56p. in the 2nd edition of 

1894) <strong>and</strong> including the 6 plain lithographs in the textvolume, depicting methods of 

catching birds, <strong>and</strong> one anatomical plate are only to be found in this 1st ed., all a bit foxed 

as usual. It is a special better paper edition with an extra introduction "An die deutsche 

Jägerei" dedicated to Wilhelm König von Preussen <strong>and</strong> the "Subscriptions-liste". One 

plate from the famous book on Falconry by Schlegel: "der Falkejagdgerecht auf der 

Faust", 3 plates have a very light inoffensive brown spot, all others very fine. 

196. Robinson, H. <strong>and</strong> F. Chasen <strong>and</strong> Lord Medway. 

The Birds of the Malay Peninsula. A general account of the birds 

inhabiting the region from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore with 

adjacent Isl<strong>and</strong>s in 5 vols. London 1927-1976. Large 8vo. About 2000p. 

<strong>and</strong> 125 coloured plates all after Grönvold. Orig. cloth <strong>and</strong> 2 with 

dustjacket (2 spines a bit faded). € 960,= 

= Nissen IVB, 791. <strong>Rare</strong> in a complete state. Volume 4, published in 1939, is the rarest. 

197. Root, N. <strong>and</strong> B. Johnson. 

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: an index to the 

artists 1848-1900. New York 1986. XXIII, 947p., 1 frontisp. by J. Smit 

<strong>and</strong> 13 plates. 

= This is a major contribution to all the famous mostly British artists who published in the 

famous Proceedings, such as: Keulemans, Smit, Wolf, Grönvold, Sowerby, Ford etc. But 

this very important index is only available together with our set of the Proceedings of 

the Zoological Society of London (1832-1983) at € 24.000,=. It includes several indexes, 

one by artist name (incl. unsigned) <strong>and</strong> a subject index such as on shells, birds, reptiles, 

fish, butterflies etc. 

198. Rothschild, F. <strong>and</strong> J. Hartert. 

Ornithological explorations in Algeria. Pt.1: List of Birds collected <strong>and</strong> 

observed from Corvus Coraxtingitanus to Psammornis Rothschildi 

with 230 species. London, Novitates Zool., 1912. 4to., 95p. with 12 

photographs <strong>and</strong> 3 chromolithographs. Wrs. € 275,= 

= This is the first part of 2 published on the Algerian Avifauna. If you are interested in the 

rare start of the Novitates Zoologicae, see periodicals.

199. Rothschild, F. <strong>and</strong> J. Hartert <strong>and</strong> K. Jordan <strong>and</strong> W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 

On Turacus Chalcolophus Neumann; The birds of Buru; On the birds 

of Southern Arabia; Additions to the list of birds of Southern Arabia. 

London, Zool. Mus. Tring 1900. We offer both Issues Vol. 7 nos. 2 + 3. 

with 164 + 312 p <strong>and</strong> 12 plates of which 5 are h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithographs. Orig wrs. € 325,-- 

= <strong>Rare</strong> issues of the Novitates Zoologicae with some very nice plates. In total there are 18 

articles in these two issues, which we offer completely, but only 4 of them on birds. 

Especially the plate of the Turus Chalcolophus Neumann by Keulemans is amazingly 

beautiful! Some of the other articles are on Lepidoptera <strong>and</strong> it also includes one article 

about a monkey with a fine hc lithograph by Smit 

200. Rudbeck, O. 

Book of birds. 2 vols. in one blue portfolio. Stockholm 1986. Text with 

166 beautiful colourplates including 198 bird species <strong>and</strong> separate 

commentary. Blue cloth in slipcase. € 525,= 

= A fascinating facsimile of the original watercolours (1603-1710) in the Uppsala 

University Library of this great pupil of Linnaeus. Published in a limited edition of 775 

copies only. 

201. Russ, K. 

H<strong>and</strong>buch für Vögel-Liebhaber, -Züchter und -Händler von K. 

Neunzig in 3 vols. being: Fremdländiche Stubenvögel, Einheimische 

Stubenvögel und Praxis der Vogelpflege und -Züchtung. Magdeburg 

1913-1927. Text with 63 coloured plates <strong>and</strong> 890 figs. Full pictorial 

cloth. € 680,= 

= Nissen IVB, 802. Paper as usual browned, but rare now in a complete set! 

202. Sagra, R. de la 

Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'Ile de Cuba: ornithology 

by A. d'Orbigny. Only atlas with 33 engravings by Traviès. Paris, 

Bertr<strong>and</strong>, 1839. Cont. boards (repaired). € 2.500,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 3548. The rare bird atlas in Sagra's famous Histoire naturelle de l'Ile de 

Cuba, however in an uncoloured edition <strong>and</strong> without the text. If interested in text 

volumes of the other parts such as reptiles by Cocteau, animaux articulés by Guérin de 

Meneville <strong>and</strong> mollusques by d'Orbigny, mammifères by Berthelot <strong>and</strong> plantes by 

Richard etc., please inquire. We have 9 text volumes. 

203. Salomonsen, F. <strong>and</strong> G. Johansen. 

Grønl<strong>and</strong>s Fugle, the birds of Greenl<strong>and</strong> in 3 vols. Kopenhagen 1950. 

4to. 607p., 52 fine colourplates after watercolours of Gitz-Johansen, 1 

folded map. New green cloth. € 680,= 

= Nissen IVB, 808. Vols. 2-3 incl. the original wrappers. The most comprehensive treatise 

on Greenl<strong>and</strong> ornithology ever published! We added the original brochure with one 

coloured plate. We also hold vols. 2-3 separately.

204. Salomonsen, F. <strong>and</strong> G. Rudebeck. 

Danmarks Fugle. (including) Wahlström, S. Danske Fuglestemmer in 

3 vols. Kobenhavn 1961/62. Large 8vo. 693p., 192 coloured plates, 

numerous figs <strong>and</strong> maps <strong>and</strong> 12 records with bird voices. All h.calf 

with decorated boards in similar binding with pictorial flyleaves. 

= A fine copy of this rare book on the birds of Danmark including their € 540,= 

voices, which is really exceptional! 

205. Salvadori, T. 

Uccelli dello Scioa e della regione fra Zeila e lo Scioa. Genova, Spediz. 

Italiana nell' Africa Equatoriale, risultati Zoologici, 1884. 269p. New 

Cloth. € 325,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> important guide to the birds of Ethiopia <strong>and</strong> the Gulf of Aden. Scioa is an area 

in southern Abissinia called "Shewa" in Ethiopie <strong>and</strong> it deals with 307 species of birds. 

206. Salvin, F. <strong>and</strong> W. Brodrick. 

Falconry in the British Isles. London, J. van Voorst, 1855. Text with 24 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs. Orig. pictorial green cloth (rebacked). 

= Nissen IVB 147. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition,The best english book on falconry. € 1.650,= 

The first edition in regard to the plates is much superior than the second. Most plates a 

bit foxed mostly in the margins <strong>and</strong> some repairs at the edges. Ex libris of Leonard 

Somervell pasted in on front. 

207. Salvin, O. <strong>and</strong> F. Godman. 

Notes on Birds from British Guiana <strong>and</strong> list of the birds obtained by H. 

Whitely in British Guiana (London, Ibis, 1886) 130p., 6 h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithographs by Keulemans. Cloth.- rare. € 245,= 

= If interested in a complete set of Ibis, see this catalogue, no. 359. 

208. (Samat, J.) 

Le Gibier. Saint-Etienne, Manufacture Franç. d'Armes et Cycles, 

(1933). Oblong with 118p., 108 very fine coloured plates signed by P. 

Mahler <strong>and</strong> Marcueyz almost entirely depicting birds <strong>and</strong> 6 more 

coloured plates depicting hunting guns. Orig. pictorial cloth. 

= Nissen IVB, 812; Ronsil, 1870. Very nicely produced french hunting € 450,= 

book mainly on birds <strong>and</strong> rather rare now. 

209. Samuels, E. 

Ornithology <strong>and</strong> Oölogy of New Engl<strong>and</strong>: containing full description 

of the birds of New Engl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> adjoining states... together with a 

complete history of their habits... <strong>and</strong> a careful <strong>and</strong> accurate 

description of their nests <strong>and</strong> eggs. Boston, Nichols <strong>and</strong> Noyes, 1867. 

VII, 583p., with 23 woodengraved plates <strong>and</strong> 4 chromolithographs of

ird eggs, figs. Original decorated green cloth (rebacked). € 325,= 

= Nissen IVB, 813. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition of a fine bird book on the New Engl<strong>and</strong> states. 

Occasional foxing, the plates generally clean <strong>and</strong> bright. We also have the 3rd edition 

1869 in the original pictorial cloth binding, please inquire. 

210. Savi, P. 

Ornithologia Italiana. Opera posthuma del Prof. Paolo Savi in 3 vols. 

2nd ed. Firenze, Le Monnier, 1900. 1187p., some woodcuts. New cloth. 

= Zimmer, 548. An important contribution on Italian ornithology in the € 540,= 

enlarged 2nd edition. Ex libris of Carolus Casolari Doctor Chemiae atque Naturalis 

Historiae cultor pasted in on front <strong>and</strong> a small library stamp on title. 

211. Schinz, H. 

Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel. Zürich, Brodtmann, 

(1819-1830). 4to. Only atlas with lithographed title <strong>and</strong> 144 nicely 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs. Orig. h.calf. € 4.000,= 

= Nissen IVB, 825. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. H<strong>and</strong>coloured Atlas of Schinz's Birds mostly with 4 

figs. on one plate but some with one bird only such as Autruche, Casuar <strong>and</strong> including 

also the Dodo <strong>and</strong> the Manura Superba.... About 10 plates with marginal foxing <strong>and</strong> 2 

plates with a marginal repair. Overall a very good copy. 

212. Schiöler, E. 

Danmarks fugle, med henblick paa de in Grönl<strong>and</strong> paa Faeroerne og i 

Kongeriget Isl<strong>and</strong> forekommende arter. 2 vols. Copenhagen, Nordisk 

Forlag, 1925-1926. Folio text with one coloured map of Greenl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> 

184 plates of which 101 are coloured. H. cloth. € 840,= 

= In 1931 a third volume was published which is not present here. Libr. stamps on tp. 

These 2 vols. are devoted to ducks <strong>and</strong> geese. Vol. 2 only treats Greenl<strong>and</strong>, therefore it is 

the largest monograph on ducks <strong>and</strong> geese of northern Europe <strong>and</strong> Greenl<strong>and</strong>. 

213. Schlegel, H. <strong>and</strong> P. Bleeker. 

66 Contributions on fishes in the tropical Seas of South East Asia, esp. 

Indonesia, China, Japan <strong>and</strong> Philipines. Amsterdam, Nederl. 

Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, Kon. Zool. Genootschap, Natura Artis 

Magistra, from vols. 1-4 (1864-1871). Mostly in orig. wrs. (several 

restored). € 540,= 

= Important for the description of new species especially in tropical water. The first 

volume contains also 8 fine lithographs of which 6 are h<strong>and</strong>coloured by P. Trap, but these 

are not on fishes but mainly on birds by H. Schlegel. Includes 2 nice ones on squirrels. 

Also more contributions by H. Schlegel on birds such as: the Gracula, Buceros 

Nagtglasii, Ptilopus, Buceros Pulchrirostris, Falco Bosschi <strong>and</strong> Artus Spectabilis, Snellen 

van Vollenhoven, Finch, Pollen are included but the Bleeker papers are by far the most 

important.

214. Schmid, K. 

Naturhistorische Beschreibung der Säugethiere, der "Vögel", der 

"Fische", der Mollusken nach den neuesten Hilfsquellen systematisch 

und zum gemeinnützigen Gebrauche entworfen, 7 parts in 4 vols. 

München, lithogr. Kunst-Anstalt, 1818/22. 4to. Text with 4 

lithographed titlepages <strong>and</strong> 401 lithographs. Cont. h.calf. € 3.500,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 3703-3709 only quotes 383 plates, we however have 401 with several bis 

plates, of which 141 on birds depicted in their natural surroundings mostly being nice 

l<strong>and</strong>scapes or trees. We also have the bird section (incl. some invertebrates) separately 

available, please inquire. <strong>Rare</strong> lithographic Incunabula which seems to be super 

complete. Nissen also quotes in his fotenote of no. 3709 in total 8 parts with 397 plates 

<strong>and</strong> a certain Dussler in his: die Inkunabeln der Lithographie (1925) quotes 400 plates. 

Some foxing in the text but not on the plates, all are fine! See picture… 

215. Sclater, P. 

Catalogue of a collection of American Birds. London, Trubner, 1862 

352p., 20 h<strong>and</strong>col. lithographs. Orig. red cloth (rebacked, slightly 

stained). € 1.760,= 

= Nissen IVB, 837; Wood p. 557: there are listed in this important catalogue over 4100 

specimens of American birds, representing 2169 species <strong>and</strong> 386 type-specimens. 100 

copies have been completed with the plates only. Ex libris from the Hoddington House 

mounted. Includes all the beautiful h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates <strong>and</strong> the appendix containing a 

list of the author's principal zoological papers <strong>and</strong> publications (1850-1861) being 165 

numbers in total. <strong>Rare</strong>. 


Supplementary notes on the Curassows now or lately living in the 

Society's Gardens. London, Zool. Soc., Trans., 1879. 4to, 4p. <strong>and</strong> index 

to species of complete volume of 15p., 7 beautifully h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithographs by J.Smit. New marbled wrs. € 395,= 

= Nissen IVB, 841. This is the rare supplement to the original publication of 1875/79 in 

the Transactions. Orig. wrs. bound in. 

217. Sclater, P. <strong>and</strong> O. Salvin. 

Exotic Ornithology, containing figures <strong>and</strong> descriptions of new or rare 

species of American birds. London, Quaritch, 1866/1869. Folio. Text 

with 100 very fine h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs by J. Smit, 10 text figs. 

Cont. half red morocco. € 12.500,= 

= Nissen IVB, 844; Fine Bird <strong>Books</strong> p. 106; Zimmer 560. Coues: "An important work on 

American Avifauna... <strong>and</strong> of artistic excellence". <strong>Rare</strong> only published in 150 copies! It 

deals with 104 neotropical birds from Central South America, about 26 species deal with 

Brasil or are related to Brasil <strong>and</strong> the Amazon area. In the preface the authors write: "No 

other part of the world can vie with tropical America in the richness of its Avifauna; <strong>and</strong> 

nowhere else have so many brilliant discoveries been recently made as in its various 

districts. Moreover, one of the authors [i.e. Sclater] is so fortunate as to have been the 

original explorer of the ornithology of a very interesting portion of this Region, <strong>and</strong> has

thus been enabled to append to the accounts of the species met with within this area 

notes on their habits <strong>and</strong> local distribution". A fine copy with only a few edges of the first 

pages skilfully restored. 

218. Seebohm, H. 

The birds of the Japanese Empire. London, Porter, 1890. XXIV, 386p., 

1 engraved map, numerous woodcuts. Orig. red cloth. € 775,= 

= A good copy of this very scarce bird book on Japan, well illustrated with nice woodcuts. 

219. Serres, Marcel de 

Des causes des migrations des Animaux et particulièrement des 

Oiseaux et des Poissons. Haarlem, Natuurk. Verh. Holl<strong>and</strong>sche Mij. 

van Wetenschappen, 1842. 4to. IV, 322p., 1 l. Orig. blue wrs. of the 

Teyler Museum. - uncut. € 275,= 

= This is the rare first edition, the second was published in Paris 1845 with 636p. <strong>and</strong> one 

plate. Wood 563: A st<strong>and</strong>ard work on animal migration. DSB vol.12 p.317/318. We also 

have his original manuscript of the bird migration from about 1840, see below. We also 

have the second edition (1845) with a new Paul Lechevalier cover of 1940(?). We have 

several other printed works such as: Essai pour servir à l'histoire des Animaux du Midi 

de la France (1822) <strong>and</strong> further over 125 original manuscripts of this same author. Please 

ask for a special list. Small part of upper right corner lost. 


Original manuscripts on "Oiseaux et ornithologie et sur la migration, 

poissons, reptiles, amphibiens" of 46p. dated between 1842-1843 in 

different h<strong>and</strong>writing from neat to rather rough with numerous 

corrections. New marbled portfolio. € 380,= 

= The first manuscript on birds deals with the migration <strong>and</strong> describes about 60 different 

species in the Provence <strong>and</strong> the Midi de la France. The other manuscript on fish <strong>and</strong> 

amphibians seems not to be complete as it starts with "feuillettes" no. 108 to 127 <strong>and</strong> 

includes an observation on "Torpeur par effet de la chaleur Crocodile contrée 

Equatoriale" <strong>and</strong> a h<strong>and</strong>written plan to a letter to a Minister in which he relates to 

Cuvier! 


Original manuscript on "des Espèces perdues et des races qui ont déjà 

disparu des lieux qu'elles habitaient primitivement" incl. a section on 

the Dronte with a nice pen drawing of the author of 109p. <strong>and</strong> 3 

printed pages with corrections in total in a difficult to read h<strong>and</strong>writing 

with numerous corrections, dated about around 1847-1859 <strong>and</strong> 

partly published in the Annales de Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 

vol.17 (1852). In marbled portfolio. € 1.250,= 

= A rather chaotic manuscript of which pages are partly eaten by mice with slight loss of 

text <strong>and</strong> several repairs on edges, however, with several subtitles: "des causes de la plus 

gr<strong>and</strong>e taille des espèces anciennes comparées aux races actuelles <strong>and</strong>: note sur les 

espèces de l'ancien monde qui se sont perpétuées jus'que à l'époque actuelle, note sur le

Dronte". It also states the amount of known species of Crustaceans, Mollusks, Zoophytes 

<strong>and</strong> an interesting list of "Tableau de l'accroisement des espèces depuis Linné" by 

Linnaeus, Persoon <strong>and</strong> Steudel etc. 

222. Serrurier, L. 

Encyclopédie Japonaise. Le chapitre des Quadrupèdes avec la 

première partie de celui des oiseaux. Traduction française sur le texte 

original avec facsimile in 2 parts. Leyde, Brill, 1875. 60p., 42 plates of 

mammals <strong>and</strong> birds. Orig. wrs. - partly uncut. € 300,= 

= A European translation of the "Kasira Gaki", a Japanese traditional work on natural 

history, with the text both in French <strong>and</strong> Katakana. The first Japanese editions of the 

"Kasira Gaki" date back to the 16th century or even earlier. Serrurier used the 1781 

Japanese edition. He translated the section on Quadrupeds <strong>and</strong> the first part of the 

section on birds. The plate volume contains reproductions of the original woodblock 

plates: 26 plates on Quadrupeds <strong>and</strong> 16 plates on Birds. These two volumes are all that 

was published (Cordier, p.503) <strong>and</strong> form the only early European edition of this Japanese 

work. <strong>Rare</strong>! The textcover slightly discoloured at the top edge <strong>and</strong> with one small tear, 

but overall a splendid & hardly used copy! 

223. Sewertzow, N. 

Oeuvres posthumes: zwei neue oder mangelhaft bekannte russische 

Jagdfalken <strong>and</strong> Etude sur les variations d'âge des Aquilinés 

paléarctiques et leur valeur taxonomique. Moscou, Nouveaux 

Mémoires Société Impériale Des Naturalistes de Moscou, 1885. 4to. 

50p., 8 lithographs of which 7 are chromolithographs. Orig. green wrs. 

= Not in Nissen IVB nor Anker. € 325,= 

<strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> nicely illustrated monograph on Russian falcons! The second part deals with 

Etudes sur le variations d'âge des Aquilines palearctiques et leur valeur taxonomique. 

Small ex library stamp from Bibliothèque de J.L.A. de Quatrefages de Bréau on the 

titlepage, a small strip of acid free japanese paper tape on the verso of the front wrapper, 

a small piece of the top spine is missing <strong>and</strong> there are some faint traces of glue to the 

front wrapper. Overall still a very good copy. 

224. Sharpe, R. 

On the birds collected by Prof. J. Steere in the Philippine Archipelago. 

London, Trans. Linn. Soc. Series II, Zoology, 1879. 49p. <strong>and</strong> 9 fine 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs all by Keulemans. In new marbled boards. 

= One of the nicer works on the tropical birds of the Philippines € 875,= 

by this eminent bird artist J. Keulemans. Title of the Transactions added. 


On the Ornithology of Northern Borneo with notes by J. Whitehead. 

London, Ibis, 1890. Text with 10 fine h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs by 

Keulemans. Cont. h.calf with marbled flyleaves. € 525,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> not in Nissen IVB nor Anker. From the Ibis Journal published between 1888-1890.

If interested in a complete set of this very famous Ibis vols. 1-137 with 8 supplements 

(1859-1995)...see no. 359 


A review of recent attempts to classify birds. An addres delivred 

before the second international ornithological congress on the 18th 

May 1891. Budapest 1891. With 2 folding tabs., text diagrams. Cloth. 

= Ex library copy with stamp on title. Signed by the author <strong>and</strong> dedicated € 280,= 

to F. Steindachner 1891. - <strong>Rare</strong>! 


A h<strong>and</strong>list of the genera <strong>and</strong> species of birds. (nomenclator avium tum 

fossilium tum viventium). 5 vols. with general index in 6 vols. 

London, British Museum (Nat. Hist.), 1899-1912. Orig. brown cloth 

(several rebacked). € 800,= 

= A major achievement by the same author of the famous Catalogue of birds in the British 

Museum including the index by Ogilvie-Grant. Ex libris with perforated library stamp on 

title. 

228. Sharpe, R. <strong>and</strong> P. Robert. 

Birds in Nature. London, Sampson, Low a.o., 1888. 4to. Text with 39 

mounted nice chromolithographs <strong>and</strong> plates, all by Pieter Robert <strong>and</strong> 

numerous woodcuts. Orig. pictorial green cloth <strong>and</strong> gilt edges 

(rebacked). € 625,= 

= Not in Nissen IVB nor Anker. <strong>Rare</strong> limited edition of only 210 copies. The same author 

who wrote the famous monograph on the Paradise Birds. The same Paul Leo Robert, the 

fine bird artist, who depicted: "Les Oiseaux dans la Nature", "Gefiederte Freunde" etc. 

<strong>and</strong> even under that artist name it is not enlisted in Illustrierte Vogelbücher by Nissen! 

Some few leaves on which the chromolithographs are mounted are sometimes very 

lightly foxed in the margins, otherwise a good copy. 

229. Simon, E. 

Catalogue des espèces actuellement connues de la famille des 

Trochilides. Paris, L. Mulo, 1897. 416p. H.cloth. € 325,= 

= A rather rare catalogue on these birds. 

230. Simon, E. 

Histoire Naturelle des Trochilidae (Synopsis et Catalogue). Paris 1921. 

422p. Orig. wrs. (repaired). - uncut. € 325,= 

= Ronsil, 2784. <strong>Rare</strong>. As usual a bit browned due to the quality of the paper. 

231. Sjöstedt, Y. 

Zur ornithologie Kameruns, nebst Angaben über die Säugetiere des 

L<strong>and</strong>es. Stockholm, K. Svenska Vet. Akad. H<strong>and</strong>l., 1895. 4to. 120p., 10 

beautiful chromolithographed plates by A. Ekblom. New wrs. - uncut

<strong>and</strong> mint. € 245,= 

= Nissen IVB, 878. A nice <strong>and</strong> rare publication on the birds of Camerun in Africa. 

232. Snethlage, E. 

Catalogo das Aves Amazonicas. Para, Bol. Museu Goeldi, 1914. 532p., 

6 plates, 1 folded map. Orig. wrs. (some repaired). € 275,= 

= Very rare <strong>and</strong> important catalogue on the birds of the Amazone. 

233. Snouckaert van Schauburg, R, Baron 

Avifauna Neerl<strong>and</strong>ica. Lijst der tot dusverre in Nederl<strong>and</strong> in wilden 

staat waargenomen vogelsoorten. Leeuwarden 1908 with 12 

chromolithographs. H.cloth. € 275,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>. Nissen IVB, 883. The fine plates have been drawn by T. Csörgey. Pencilnotes on 

the transparents. 

234. Spruijt, C. 

Onze Duivenrassen in Woord en Beeld. Platenatlas met beschrijvende 

text van 174 algemeen erkende rassen. 's-Gravenhage 1955. Oblong. 

387p. with 80 coloured plates after fine watercolours of Johan 

Lentinck. Also including 500 figs. Orig. blue cloth (slightly spotted). 

= The watercolours <strong>and</strong> reproductions of Johan Lentink are of a high € 560,= 

st<strong>and</strong>ard. This is the rarest <strong>and</strong> finest of all Spruijt titles on Pigeons. 

235. Stark, A. 

The birds of South Africa in 4 vols. London, Porter, 1900-1906. Large 

8vo. Text with one tinted photograph, 1 coloured folded map <strong>and</strong> 

about 500 figs. Orig. green cloth. € 680,= 

= Nissen IVB, 894. This is a part of the Fauna of South Africa <strong>and</strong> a complete account of 

the birds of Africa south of Zambei <strong>and</strong> the Cunene rivers. A rare <strong>and</strong> much sought after 

description of the birds of South Africa. As usual slightly foxed, mostly in the beginning 

of each volume. 

236. Stoddard, H. 

The Bobwhite Quail. Its habits, preservation <strong>and</strong> increase. New York 

1931. 4to. Text with 69 plates, partly coloured <strong>and</strong> all after E. 

Kalmbach. Orig. red cloth. - <strong>Rare</strong>. € 220,= 

= Ex library copy with small perforated stamp on titlepage <strong>and</strong> small stamps on verso of 

plates. Otherwise a very good copy of the first edition. 

237. Stone, W. 

Bird studies at old Cape May. An ornithology of coastal New Jersey in 

2 vols. Lancaster 1937. 4to. 941p., 119 photographs <strong>and</strong> 2 coloured 

plates after watercolours of E. Poole. Numerous woodcuts in the text. 


= First edition published in a limited edition of only 1400 copies of which this is 119.

238. Streseman, I. <strong>and</strong> L. Portenko. 

Atlas der Verbreitung palaearktischer Vögel. Lfgn. 1-19 (1960-2000). H. 

cloth <strong>and</strong> orig. portofolio's. € 475,= 

= Includes all the maps. Issue no. 1 signed by the author. 

239. Stresemann, E. <strong>and</strong> W. Meise <strong>and</strong> M. Schönwetter. 

Aves Beickianae. Beiträge zur Ornithologie von Nordwest-Kansu nach 

den Forschungen von Walter Beick in den Jahren 1926-1933. 2 Parts in 

one. Offprints from "Journal für Ornithologie" 1937/38. 253p. New 

cloth. € 260,= 

= Important contribution to the birds of this part of China. If interested in a set of the 

Journal für Ornithologie, see this catalogue under periodicals. 

240. Strong, R. 

A bibliography of Birds. With special reference to anatomy, behaviour, 

biochemistry, embryology, pathology... ecology, aviculture, economic 

ornithology, poultry, evolution... 4 parts in 3 vols.: A-Z <strong>and</strong> subject 

<strong>and</strong> finding index. Chicago, Field Museum, Zoological Series, 1939- 

1959. 1650p. Cloth. € 220,= 

= Important <strong>and</strong> interesting ornithological bibliography as it mostly deals with the 

specific content of natural history world-wide. 

241. Suschkin, P. 

Zur Morphologie des Vogelskelets. 3 parts: Grundeinteilung der 

Accipitres, Falken und ihre nächsten Verw<strong>and</strong>ten <strong>and</strong> Schädel von 

Tinnunculus. Moscou, Nouv. Mem. Soc. Imp. Nat., 1899-1905. Folio. 

410p., 4 fine plates <strong>and</strong> 6 tinted lithographs. Orig. wrs. (chipped). - 

uncut. € 425,= 

= We added: Goronowitsch, N. Untersuchungen über die ersten Anlage der 

Kravialnerven bei Salmo Fario (1898) with 3 lithographs. 

242. Swainson, W. 

The Natural History of the birds of western Africa in 2 vols. 

Edinburgh, Lizars, 1837. Text with 2 h<strong>and</strong>coloured titlevignettes <strong>and</strong> 

64 h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs. Orig. cloth (rebacked). € 375,= 

= Nissen IVB, 914. The two coloured portraits are lacking. Also published as Jardine's 

Naturalist's Library, Ornithology vols. 7-8. Some notes in the text <strong>and</strong> a few on the plates. 

Library stamp on titlepage <strong>and</strong> some offsetting on the tissue papers. 

243. Takatukasa, N. Prince 

Japanese Birds. Tokyo, board of tourist industry, Japanese government 

railways, 1941. Small 8vo. 132p., 4 coloured plates, numerous photographs. 

Orig. wrs. in larger portofolio with ex libris. € 60,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> guide to the Japanese birds published during World War II, being Tourist Library

no. 35. The watercolours are after Kobayasi. This is the same author who published the 

famous Birds of Nippon between 1932-1939. 

244. Taverner, P. 

Les Oiseaux de l'Est du Canada. 2nd ed. Ottawa, Commission géol.: 

Mem., 1922. 311p., 50 coloured plates, num. figs. Orig. art-nouveau 

pictorial cloth. € 300,= 

= Nissen IVB, 924 only quotes the english edition. With this binding the book seems to be 

rare. The nice plates are after watercolours of Hennessey in a fine copy. 

245. Tegetmeier, W. 

Pheasants: their Natural History <strong>and</strong> practical management. 2nd ed. 

London, H.Cox, 1881. 4to. IV, 142p., 5 ll., 13 fullpage woodcuts all by 

T.Wood. Orig. red pictorial cloth with new flyleaves <strong>and</strong> gilt edges. 

= <strong>Rare</strong>, not in Nissen IVB; second enlarged edition. € 395,= 

A nice gilt centrally placed vignette of a pheasant also by T. Wood. Bindings with several 

spots <strong>and</strong> small defects. 

246. Temminck, C. 

Verh<strong>and</strong>elingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederl<strong>and</strong>sche 

Overzeesche Bezittingen door de leden der natuurkundige commissie 

in Indië en <strong>and</strong>ere Schrijvers. Uitgegeven op last van den Koning: 

Zoologie in 2 vols. being text of 700p., 5 ll. <strong>and</strong> atlas with 100 

lithographs of which 89 are h<strong>and</strong>coloured (some partially). Leiden, 

Luchtmans <strong>and</strong> v.d. Hoek, 1839/44. Folio. Text in new h.cloth with 

marbled boards <strong>and</strong> atlas new h.cloth portfolio. € 6.800,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 4802: under Verh<strong>and</strong>elingen. One of the rarest <strong>and</strong> most important 

contributions to the Zoology of Indonesia during the 19th century. Other parts have 

been published in these Verh<strong>and</strong>elingen, but the zoological part is by far the most 

important <strong>and</strong> beautiful. Contributions are by S.Müller, H.Schlegel <strong>and</strong> C. de Haan 

mostly dealing with Mammals (48) <strong>and</strong> 12 Birds, such as the Buceros Comatus <strong>and</strong> 

Cassidix Falco (3), Nectarinia (4). Furthermore with apes, fishes, butterflies <strong>and</strong> other 

insects (23) <strong>and</strong> 10 fine snake plates of Indonesia. A waterstain at the right upper corner 

of the first 200p. of text. Most plates have several small repaired holes in the margins but 

without touching the images itself. A few plates cut short with some slight loss of the 

figures <strong>and</strong> some plates very lightly marginally foxed. <strong>Rare</strong>, only published in 250 copies! 

247. Ternier, L. <strong>and</strong> F. Masse 

Les Canards sauvages, et leurs congénères, leurs migrations, 

description, chasse.. et au gabion. Paris 1904/22. 773p., 1 frontisp., 

num. woodcuts. New h.calf <strong>and</strong> the orig. pictorial wrs. bound in (with 

small repair). € 325,= 

= Ronsil 2895. Fine copy of this classic on duck hunting in the old "facsimilé d'apres la 

première édition". Inscribed by one of the authors. We also have a copy in new cloth at 

the same price <strong>and</strong> also inscribed by Mr. Ternier.

248. Tischler, F. 

Die Vögel Ostpreussens und seiner Nachbargebiete. In 2 vols. Berlin 

1941. 1304p., 3 portraits, 2 large folding maps. Orig. cloth (back worn). 

= Zimmer p.636 only quotes the 1914 Junk edition with only 331p. € 395,= 

This is a much enlarged <strong>and</strong> rare edition. Important contribution to the ornithology of 

eastern Europe now Pol<strong>and</strong>. 

249. Todd, W. 

Birds of the Labrador Peninsula <strong>and</strong> adjacent areas. A distributional 

list. Toronto, Univ. of Toronto Press, 1963. 4to. 819p., 8 coloured 

plates. Cloth with dustjacket (some repairs). € 160,= 

= This impressive study, the culmination of a life's work, will undoubtedly st<strong>and</strong> as the 

basis for future field work in this heretofore neglected part of North America <strong>and</strong> is a 

result of 25 expeditions sponsored by the Carnegie Museum between 1901-1958! 

250. Todd, W. <strong>and</strong> M. Carriker. 

The birds of the Santa Marta region of Colombia: a study in altitudinal 

distribution. Washington, Annals Carn. Mus., 1922. 611p. with 8 plates 

(some coloured), 1 folded coloured map, figs. Printed wrs. (some 

repaired). - uncut. € 195,= 

= Rather rare monograph on the birds of Colombia in South America. 

251. Tristram, H. 

Survey of Western (eastern) Palestine: The Fauna <strong>and</strong> Flora of 

Palestine by H. Tristram with 20 lithographs of which 13 nicely 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured by Smit on Birds (7) <strong>and</strong> Mammals (6). (1884). 4to. 

Orig. cloth. Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography 

<strong>and</strong> Archeology by C. Conder <strong>and</strong> H. Kitchener in 3 vols. London 

1881-1883. 4to being on: Galilee, Samaria, Judea with 70 lithographed 

plates, 1 chromolithographed frontisp., 1 folded map. Orig. red cloth 

(spine a bit restored). Archaeological Researches in Palestine during 

the year 1873/74 by Clermont- Gannean in 2 vols. (1896/99). 4to with 8 

plates <strong>and</strong> maps. Orig. red cloth. Special Papers on Topography, 

Archaeology, Manners <strong>and</strong> Customs by Ch. Wilson a.o. (1881). 4to 

with one map. Orig. cloth. Memoirs on the Geology <strong>and</strong> Geography of 

Arabia Petraea, Palestine <strong>and</strong> adjoining districts etc. by E. Hull (1886) 

with 2 coloured folded geological maps, 3 geological profiles also 

folding. 4to. Orig. cloth. - signed by the author. Survey of Western 

Palestine. Arabic <strong>and</strong> english name-lists, collected during the survey 

by Conder <strong>and</strong> Kitchener. Transl. by E. Palmer (1881). 4to. Orig. cloth. 

Survey of Western Palestine: Jerusalem by Ch. Warren <strong>and</strong> C. Conder 

(1884). 4to with 10 plates <strong>and</strong> maps. Orig. cloth. Survey of Eastern 

Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography,

Archaeology Vol.1 (all publ.): The Adwan Country by C. Conder 

(1889). 4to with 14 plates <strong>and</strong> one folding map of the portion of eastern 

Palestine by Conder <strong>and</strong> Mantell (1881) <strong>and</strong> mounted on linen. Orig. 

cloth. 26 loose sheets (size 70x58cm) of the Map of western Palestine 

during the years 1872-1877 in large carton tube. General Index to most 

sections by Stewardson (1888). 4to. Orig. cloth. NB: On this item 

postage will be extra. € 5.200,= 

= In total 12 vols. <strong>and</strong> maps <strong>and</strong> rare in such a complete set. 

Mostly in the special edition of only 500 copies printed, however 3 maps of the loose 

sheets in photostat on old paper <strong>and</strong> 3 sheets a bit smaller without loss of text. The Smit 

bird plate of the Plotus Levaillantii is especially attractive. 

252. Uttendörfer, O. 

Die Ernährung der deutschen Raubvögel und Eulen und ihre 

Bedeutung in der heimischen Natur. Neudamm 1939. 411p., 32 plates 

<strong>and</strong> 20 folding tabs., 1 frontisp. Orig. pictorial cloth. € 295,= 

= Basic work for the study of Accipitres <strong>and</strong> Strigidae. Very rare. Not in Nissen IVB, 

Anker, Zimmer, nor Cat. Brit. Museum (Nat. Hist.)! 

253. Vennor, H. 

Our birds of Prey, or the eagles, hawks <strong>and</strong> owls of Canada. Montreal, 

Dawson Brothers, 1876. Large 8vo. 154p. of text, 30 early <strong>and</strong> fine 

mounted albumen photographic illustrations by William Notman. 

Orig. red pictorial cloth (spine a bit worn <strong>and</strong> very well rebacked). 

€ 975,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>, not in Nissen IVB, nor Anker, but in Zimmer p.652; Wood p.610 <strong>and</strong> Cat. British 

Mus. (Nat. Hist.) vol.5 p.2203. A pioneer study of the birds of prey of Canada <strong>and</strong> early 

photography of birds by William Notman. Henry Vennor was a canadian geologist 

working for the Geological Survey of Canada. Light rippling of the photos as usual <strong>and</strong> 

therefore slightly weavy but otherwise in a very good condition which is rather unusual. 

See picture… 

254. Vincelot, l'Abbé 

Les noms des oiseaux, expliques par leur moeurs ou essais etymologiques 

sur l'ornithologie. 4th ed. in 2 vols. Paris, Pottier de Lalaine, 

1872, 1036p., num. woodcuts. Orig. wrs. - uncut. € 325,= 

= Ronsil, 3045. A curious monograph on the names <strong>and</strong> their origins <strong>and</strong> etymology of 

birds. The rare original print. 

255. Vosmaer, A. 

(Description d'un recueil exquis d'animaux rares, lequel se trouve avec 

plusieurs autres dans le Museum de son Altesse sérénissime Mons. le 

Prince d'Orange...) 25 parts. Amsterdam, Meijer, 1767-1804. 4to. Text 

with 27 engravings by A. Schouman <strong>and</strong> engraved by Fokke (3 h<strong>and</strong>-

coloured). Orig. h.calf with marbled boards (rebacked). - uncut. 

= Nissen ZBI, 4294 <strong>and</strong> L<strong>and</strong>wehr, no. 205. € 1.800,= 

First french edition <strong>and</strong> being 25 out of 34 parts published in total. The parts describe 

<strong>and</strong> depict (sometimes for the first time) exotic mammals, birds (8 bird plates one being 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured), apes, snakes etc. One single h<strong>and</strong>coloured engraving of a Cochon d'Inde 

added. It is also one of the finest descriptions of a Royal zoo <strong>and</strong> is therefore a highly 

interesting document. Vosmaer was advisor to Prince Willem V, whose mother Princess 

Anne started a Zoological Cabinet <strong>and</strong> a menagerie on the grounds of their palace "Het 

Loo" near Apeldoorn. Many animals were imported from Borneo, The Philippines, 

Surinam, Cape of Good Hope <strong>and</strong> even from Japan. Some foxing only in the text. At the 

end bound in: Valmont de Bomare, Sur une espèce d'Hermaphrodisme dans un individu 

d l'espèce du Daim of 9p. 

256. Walden, A. 

A list of birds known to inhabit the Isl<strong>and</strong> of Celebes plus Appendix. 

London, Zool. Soc. Trans., 1872. 4to. 96p., 7 very attractive h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithographs by Smit <strong>and</strong> one tinted map. New marbled 

boards. € 370,= 

= It contains the list <strong>and</strong> its appendix. 3 plates cut shorter without loss of images <strong>and</strong> it 

lacks 3 plates in the first part. Not in Nissen IVB! 

257. Walpole-Bond, J. 

A history of Sussex birds. In 3 vols. London 1938. Text with 53 fine 

colourplates by Ph. Rickman. Orig. cloth binding. € 325,= 

= A h<strong>and</strong>some bird book on Sussex in a fine state including the cut out illustrated front of 

the original covers <strong>and</strong> ex libris of Bristows of Sussex. 

258. Whitaker, J. 

The Birds of Tunisia, being a history of the birds found in the regency 

of Tunis in 2 vols. with a rare supplement being Contributions à 

l'ornithologie Tunisienne pour servir de compléments et de suppléments 

aux Birds of Tunisia by Lavauden <strong>and</strong> Blanchet (1924). London 

1905, with 2 folded maps, 15 h<strong>and</strong>coloured by H. Grönvold, 4 plates of 

which 2 photogravures. New cloth, new flyleaves. € 1.750,= 

= Nissen IVB, 983. <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> important ornithological monograph on Tunisia <strong>and</strong> a part of 

the Sahara, incl. the rare supplement by Lavauden. Only 250 copies printed of which this 

is no. 168! 

259. White, G. 

The Natural History <strong>and</strong> Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of 

Southampton, to which are added the Naturalist's Calender, observations 

on various parts of nature <strong>and</strong> poems, 2 parts in one. New (= 

3rd ?) edition. London, White, Cochrane, 1813. 4to, X, 587p., 1 folded 

engraved frontisp. of the north-eastern view of Selbourne, one nice

engraved view of the residence of Gilbert White, 2 engraved titlevignettes, 

one engraved textvignette <strong>and</strong> 8 engravings (one h<strong>and</strong>coloured). 

Cont. full calf with marbled flyleaves <strong>and</strong> edges (rebacked). 

= This edition includes the important observations on birds with € 785,= 

the famous h<strong>and</strong>coloured engraving of the "hybrid bird", observations on Quadrupeds, 

insects, vermes, vegetables, etc. A good copy. 

260. Whitman, C. 

Orthogenetic evolution in Pigeons. Posthumous work of C. Whitman, 

edited by O. Riddle <strong>and</strong> Harvey A. Carr in 3 vols. Washington 1919. 

4to. 609p., 1 portrait, 127 plates of which 36 are in colour, num. figs. 

Orig. wrs. (spine repaired). € 530,= 

= Cat. Brit. Museum (Nat. Hist.) vol.8 p.1427. <strong>Rare</strong> complete set with the volume 3 which 

is mostly missing. It is the big book on the Evolution of Pigeons divided in evolution, 

inheritance, fertility <strong>and</strong> the dominance of sex <strong>and</strong> colour in Hybrids of wild species. 

Behaviour of Pigeons is the last volume published by Harvey Carr. We also have vol. 2 

separately available being: Inheritance, fertility <strong>and</strong> dominance of sex <strong>and</strong> color in 

Hybrids of wild species of pigeons (1919), please inquire. 

261. Wickede, F. van 

Kanari-uitspanningen of nieuwe verh<strong>and</strong>eling van de Kanari-teelt, 

den oorsprong, de voortteeling, den kweeking, ziekten .... alles wat 

een liefhebber nodig heeft. 4th ed. Amsterdam, Steven van Esveldt, 

1773. Small 8vo. One engraved frontisp. depicting the canary bird 

lover at work, 5 ll., 131p. Orig. marbled wrs. (faded <strong>and</strong> worn esp. the 

spine). € 395,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>, not to be found in any specialised bibliography. It's an early manual on the 

breeding <strong>and</strong> keeping of canary birds in the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s divided in 30 sections! 

262. Wilkinson, E. 

Shanghai Birds. A study of bird life in Shanghai <strong>and</strong> the surrounding 

districts. Shanghai, North China Daily News <strong>and</strong> Herald, 1929. Large 

8vo. XXI, 243p., 23 coloured plates depicting 75 birds <strong>and</strong> one plain 

plate after Grönvold. Orig. green cloth (a bit discoloured <strong>and</strong> faded) 

with new flyleaves. € 300,= 

= Nissen IVB, 989. <strong>Rare</strong> ornithological monograph on the Shanghai Province Birds! 

Wood: "A very useful <strong>and</strong> well prepared systematic account of local Chinese birds". The 

first <strong>and</strong> last seven pages have a slight stain at the edges. 

263. Wilson, A. <strong>and</strong> Prince Charles Bonaparte. 

American Ornithology or the natural history of the birds of the United 

States in 3 vols. New York, J. Bouton, 1877. 1561p., 1 portrait, 103 

h<strong>and</strong>finished chromolithographs. Orig. green cloth (top <strong>and</strong> bottom of 

spines with tiny repairs). € 1.250,= 

= Nissen IVB, 996 being the third edition wrongly quotes 104 plates. Some light foxing

mainly in the text. A few plates cut short with only loss of number of plates. Inscribed to 

Edward Spaulding, author of Common birds of Santa Barbara <strong>and</strong> also Nature Essay 

dated 25 June 1844. From the Perry Austin library in Santa Barbara. 

264. Witherby, H. <strong>and</strong> F. Jourdain, N. Ticehurst a.o. 

The H<strong>and</strong>book of British Birds in 5 vols. <strong>and</strong> a small supplement. 

London 1938-1941. Text with 157 mostly coloured plates <strong>and</strong> maps 

<strong>and</strong> figs. Orig. cloth. € 220,= 

= First edition of this st<strong>and</strong>ardbook on british birds, getting rare now. Some foxing but 

only in the supplement! 

265. Wright, M. <strong>and</strong> F. von <strong>and</strong> E. Lönnberg. 

Svenska Fåglar, efter Naturen och på sten Ritade in 3 vols. Stockholm 

(1924-1929). Folio text with 364 fine coloured reproductions of 

watercolours mostly by W. von Wright <strong>and</strong> very well reproduced. 

Orig. blue cloth with the original flyleaves. € 2.000,= 

= Nissen IVB, 1026. This is the highly enlarged so called 2nd edition, the first being from 

1828/38 with only 184 plates. The extra plates are from the originals in the University 

library of Helsingfors <strong>and</strong> the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. The plates are 

nicely printed by A. Börtzell <strong>and</strong> are one of the best ever printed. If interested in 

Sc<strong>and</strong>inavian ornithology, please see our huge set of Rosenius, Sveriges Fåglar in 6 vols. 

(1926-1949) with 807 plates (146 in colour), see no. 451. 

266. Wright, M. von 

Helsingfors traktens Fogel-Fauna... from 1831 to 1847 with 3 

lithographs (one coloured) (<strong>and</strong>) Tengström, J. of: Bidrag till Finl<strong>and</strong>s 

Fjäril-Fauna a.o. Helsinfors, Notiser ar Sällskapets pro fauna et flora 

Fennica, förh, 1848/52. 132p., <strong>and</strong> one chromolithograph. H. calf. 

= This is the same Wright who published the famous Svenska Fäglar, € 325,= 

see above! <strong>Rare</strong> first vol. of the famous Fauna et flora Fennica. Also including Nyl<strong>and</strong>ers 

Conspectus florae Helsingforsiensis, Flora Karelica <strong>and</strong> Apes Boreales. 

267. Wurm, W. 

Der Auerwald, dessen Naturgeschichte, Jagd und Hege. Eine ornithologische 

und jagdliche Monographie. 2nd edition. Wien, Gerold, 1885. 

XX, 339p., 2 lithographs. New cloth with orig. chromolithographed 

title mounted. = Wood 638. Not in Nissen nor Anker. € 375,= 

268. Wytsman, P. 

Genera Avium in 26 parts. Brussels, Venteneuil <strong>and</strong> Desmet, 1905- 

1914. Folio with 43 fine chromolithographs. In orig. wrs. € 750,= 

= Although Nissen IVB, 1028, quotes 44 plates, it should have 43 as part 4 only contains 

one plate <strong>and</strong> not two. Plates by Keulemans, Grönvold etc. Fine copy in 26 original 

wrappers. Some small rust spots in the margin of the text due to old staples. 

See picture…

57 

Periodicals <strong>and</strong> Serials on Ornithology with some important 

Zoological Journals, Faunal works & Congresses 

269. Acta Ornithologica. Vols. 1-31 with Proceedings of the II International 

Conference on the study of migratory birds in the Baltic basin (1980). 

Warshawa (1933/36-1996). The first 15 vols. h.cloth. € 900,= 

270. African H<strong>and</strong>book of Birds. Publ. by C. Mackworth-Praed <strong>and</strong> Grant. 

Series I vols. 1-2; Series II vols. 1-2; Series III vols. 1-2. London 1952- 

1973. about 5.000p., 39 photographs, 254 coloured plates, numerous 

figs. <strong>and</strong> maps. Cloth partly with dustjacket. € 425,= 

= This monumental work is the most important H<strong>and</strong>book on African Birds ever 

published! 

271. Alauda. Revue international d'ornithologie. Vols. 1-57 (1929-1989). 

Partly bound. € 2.600,= 

= One of the most important ornithological journals from France. 

272. American Birds. Vols. 1-35. (1947-1981). Mostly bound. € 750,= 

273. American Ornithology. Vols. 1-6 (all publ. 1901-1905). Mostly cloth 

bound. - lacks only one no. - rare. € 200,= 

274. Angew<strong>and</strong>te Ornithologie. Vols. 1-3 nos. 1/2 (1961-1968). - Most 

probably only 4 vols. published! € 75,= 

275. Annalen für Ornithologie. (=Supplement to the Zoologisches Museum 

in Berlin: Mitteilungen).Vols. 1-21 (1977-1997).In issues. € 300,= 

= If interested in the Mitteilungen des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin, see no. 509. 

276. Aquila. Hungarian Periodical on ornithology. Vols. 15-100 (1908- 

1993). Some bound. € 1.750,= 

277. Archives Suisses d'Ornithologie. Vols. 1-2 nos.1/3 (1932-1944: all 

publ.). - lacks 2 nos. € 75,= 

278. Ardea. Vols. 17-89 with 2 extra numbers (1928-2001). Partly bound. - 

lacks 2 vols. <strong>and</strong> one no. € 1.750,= 

279. Ardeola. Revista Iberica de Ornitologia vols. 14, 16-20, 22-24, 26/27-34, 

37-40, 42 (1968-1995). Each € 25,= 

280. the Audubon Magazine. (formerly Bird Core). Vols. 1-88 including 

most supplements <strong>and</strong> field notes with an index to vols. 1-15 (1899-

1986). The start of 21 vols. in a fine h.red morocco binding with all 

orig. covers bound in, remainder in cloth binding or orig. wrs. In 

most bound vols. the orig. covers are preserved. € 2.500,= 

281. the Auk. Quarterly Journal of Ornithology vols. 1-118 <strong>and</strong> many 

supplements mostly being recent literature <strong>and</strong> general index, <strong>and</strong> 

forerunner: Nuttall Ornithological Club: Bulletin vols. 1-8 (1878- 

1883). Mostly nicely bound. € 4.000,= 

= Fine complete set. Wood: "This the premier ornithological Magazine in the United 

States ranks easily among the 2 or 3 chief world periodicals on the subject... practically 

every American ornithologist of note has contributed one or more articles to its volumes". 

282. Aureola. Pohjois-Pohjanmaan Lintutieteellinen Yhdistys (Finnish 

Ornithology) vols. 4-12 (1971-1987). In issues. - lacks 2 nos. € 100,= 

283. Auspicium. Ringberichte der Vogelwarte Helgol<strong>and</strong> von der 

Vogelwarte Radolfzell. Vols. 1-7 (all publ.). Wilhelmshaven (1959/61- 

1982/84). In issues. - lacks 2 nos. € 125,= 

284. Aves. Published by Société d'Etudes Ornithologiques. Vols. 10, 16-22, 

24-26 nos. 1/2 (1973-1989). Each € 25,= 

285. Avian Biology. Published by Farner <strong>and</strong> King. Vols. 1-8 (1971-1985). 

Cloth bound. € 450,= 

286. Avian Pathology. Vols. 2-15 (1973-1986). Mostly bound. - lacks 2 nos. 

€ 750,= 

287. Avicoltura. Vols. 40-48 (1971-1979). Each € 35,= 

288. Avicula - Giornale Ornitologico Italiano. Vols. 1-4 (1897-1900). 

Bound in one vellum volume. € 250,= 

289. Avicultural Magazine. Vols. 8-107 with general index <strong>and</strong> Jubilee 

volume (1901-2001). Some vols. bound. - lacks 3 vols. only. € 4.250,= 

= An important British Bird Journal also published as Series 1 to 5 upto 1945, than it 

continues with vol. 52 in 1946 upto now! 

290. AZ Nachrichten. Organ der Austauschzentrale der Vogelliebhaber 

und Züchter Deutschl<strong>and</strong>s. Vols. 15-33 (1968-1986). In issues. - lacks 

only 2 vols. (=30,31) <strong>and</strong> 2 nos. € 280,= 

291. Beiträge zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie der Vögel. Vols. 1-20 (all publ.). 

(1924/25-1944). Cloth bound set, first volume in photostat. € 1.250,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> periodical devoted to observation <strong>and</strong> report of habits <strong>and</strong> sexology <strong>and</strong> oology of 

birds. Published by Van Boxberger <strong>and</strong> Schuster. See Wood, introduction to the literature 

of vertebrate zoology p.229.

292. Beiträge zur Vogelkunde. Vols. 1-39 (1949-1993). Some bound, mostly 

in issues. € 2.500,= 

• Berajah. Zoographia Infinita. See Kleinschmidt, O. no. 135. 

293. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. Uitgegeven door het Koninklijk zoologisch 

genootschap Natura Artis Magistra. Vols. 1-64 incl. the 50 jubilee 

volumes "Feestnummer" (1848-1994). Partly bound. € 2.500,= 

= Important set on the Zoo of Amsterdam including fine lithographs such as: 12 beautiful 

bird plates all h<strong>and</strong>coloured by Trap, on Schlegel <strong>and</strong> Temminck's on birds <strong>and</strong> fishes. 

Includes also Fürbringer's Untersuchungen zur Morphologie und Systematik der Vögel 

in 2 vols. with 31 lithographs, which is also separately available. <strong>Rare</strong> especially the start 

as it was edited in a very small number upto 1860 <strong>and</strong> it is one of the oldest journal on 

National Zoo's being our Artis... See also der Zoologische Garten no. 508 

• Bird B<strong>and</strong>ing. see Journal of Field Ornithology no. 371 

294. Bird B<strong>and</strong>ing Notes. Vols. 1-2 (1922/30-1930/40: all publ.). Cloth. - in 

stencil. € 100,= 

• Bird Core. see Audubon Magazine no. 280 

• Bird Life. see Egretta no. 329 

295. Bird Migration. Published by the British Trust for Ornithology. Vols. 

1-2 (1958-1963: all publ.). € 90,= 

296. Bird Notes. The journal of the foreign Bird Club for the study of all 

species of birds in freedom <strong>and</strong> captivity. Vols. 1-23 (1903-1924: all 

publ.). Bound. € 750,= 

= Formerly published as: Foreign Bird Club <strong>and</strong> it merged in 1925 in Avicultural 

Magazine. 

• Bird Notes <strong>and</strong> News. see Birds no. 300 

297. Bird Observer of Eastern Massachusetts. With index (1973-1987). In 

issues. € 225,= 

298. Bird Study. Vols. 1-35 (1954-1988). In issues. - lacks one no. <strong>and</strong> some 

tpi's. € 1.400,= 

299. Birding. Journal of the American Birding Association. Vols. 19-22 

(1987-1990). € 90,= 

300. Birds. Publ. by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Vols. 1-6 

(1967-1976/77). Mostly bound. - lacks 7 nos. in vol. 1. € 150,= 

= We also have its forerunner: Bird Notes <strong>and</strong> News vol. 1, 15-19, 21, 23-31 (1903/05- 

1964/65 <strong>and</strong> last). Partly bound at € 375,=.

301. Birds <strong>and</strong> all Nature. A monthly serial, vols. 1-20 (1897-1906) <strong>and</strong> 

New Series vols. 1-5 (1905-1907). Contains over 1000 coloured photographs. 

Bound. € 600,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> complete set very well photographed <strong>and</strong> most probably all published. Deals 

mainly with North American ornithology. 

302. Birds of North <strong>and</strong> Middle America 

See our <strong>Rare</strong> & <strong>Illustrated</strong> section under Ridgway <strong>and</strong> Friedman..no. 194 

303. Birds of the World. Publ. by Gooders, vols. 1-9 (in 108 nos.: all publ.). 

(1969-1971). € 300,= 

304. Bokmakierie. A magazine of Bird Watchers. Vols. 3-41 nos. 1/2 (1951- 

1989). In issues. - lacks 3 nos. € 500,= 

305. British Birds. Vols. 1-93 with some supplements (1907/08-2000). First 

33 originally bound in decorative cloth. - remainder also mostly 

bound. € 3.500,= 

= Wood: "This is the most important of the periodicals devoted to the study of British 

Birds, eggs <strong>and</strong> nests. Numerous observations of rare species, in particular the habits <strong>and</strong> 

behaviour of avian life in the United Kingdom are faithfully portrayed <strong>and</strong> illustrated..." 

306. British Ornithologists' Club: Bulletin. Vols. 1-50 with a general index 

to vols. 1-15 (1894/95-1930). In issues. - some nos. in photostat. Lacks 

vol. 33 <strong>and</strong> 1 vol. incomplete. € 1.500,= 

= Includes the rare complete start upto vol. 17 (1906). 

307. Bulletin of Applied Ornithology. Publ. by the Yamashina Institute for 

Ornithology vols. 1-9. In issues. € 250,= 

308. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. Vols. 1-33 (1943/51-1976/77). 

Mostly bound. - Also deals with ornithology! € 650,= 

309. Cambridgeshire Bird Report. Nos. 40-50 (1966-1976). In issues. € 65,= 

310. Cassinia. Proceedings of the Delaware Valley ornithological Club. 

Nos. 1-37, 55-57 (1890/91-1978). Partly bound. - lacks 11 nos. € 225,= 

311. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Sharpe in 27 vols. 

London 1874-1895. Text with 387 h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs by 

Keulemans, Smit a.o. Orig. cloth. € 6.000,= 

= Nissen IVB, 75; Anker, 70; Zimmer p.96: "Unquestionally the most important work on 

systematic Ornithology that has ever been published." R. Sharpe authored most of the 

volumes. 

312. Chat. Bulletin of the Carolina Bird Club Inc. vols. 13-58 no. 1 with 

general indexes (1949-1994). In issues. - lacks 4 nos. only. € 450,=

313. Checklist of Birds of the World publ. by Peter in 16 vols. (1934-1987). 

Cloth. € 300,= 

= The first volume in the second edition. The first volumes published as Peter's Checklist 

of Birds. 

314. Colorado Field Ornithologic Journal. vols. 13-15 no. 1 (1979-1981). 

€ 75,= 

315. Columba. Auswahl ornithologischer Originalarbeiten. Publ. by H. 

Taubenberger. Vols. 1-4 nos. 1/2 (1949-1952: all publ.). In issues. - lacks 

3 nos. = <strong>Rare</strong> as it's privately published in Schwärzenbach am Tegern See. € 200,= 

316. the Comparative Oologist. <strong>and</strong> Journal of the International Museum 

of Comparative Oology. vol. 1 no. 1 (all publ.) <strong>and</strong> its forerunner: 

Museum of Comparative Oology Journal vols. 1-2 (all publ.). Santa 

Barbara 1911/20-1924. In orig. wrs. € 180,= 

317. the Condor. Journal of the Cooper Ornithological Society vols. 1-97 

(1899-1995). Partly bound. - some vols. in reprint. € 3.750,= 

= Next to the Auk the most important ornithological journal from the United States. 

318. Congress - International Congress of Ornithology VII-XVII (1930- 

1978). Mostly bound. - lacks only the 9th Congress. € 750,= 

= Separate Congresses available! 

319. Congress - International Ornithological Congresses: Proceedings VI- 

XVII. (Copenhagen 1926-Berlin 1978). Well illustrated. Mostly bound - 

lacks only the 8th <strong>and</strong> 9th Congress. € 750,= 

= A nice collection of the major Ornithological Congresses worldwide. Separate 

Congresses available, please inquire. 

320. Congress - World Poultry Congress / Congresso Mundial de Avicultura. 

I-XIV (1921-1970). Partly bound. - lacks 3 congresses being 

5,11,13. € 300,= 

321. Continental Birdlife. Vols. 1-2 (1979-1981: all publ.). In issues. € 90,= 

322. Dansk Ornithologisk Forenings Tidsskrift. Vols. 5-83 with general 

indexes (1910/11-1989). Some vols. bound. - lacks 3 vols. (=15,17,22) 

<strong>and</strong> 2 nos. € 1.500,= 

323. Danske Fugle. Organ for Dansk Ornithologisk Central, years 9-11 

(1928-1930). In issues. € 100,= 

324. Delmarva Ornithologist. Vols. 11-18 (1976-1985). In issues. € 95,= 

325. Deutsche Verein zum Schutze der Vogelwelt: Monatsschrift. 

Vols. 5, 7, 11, 13, 21, 35 (1880-1910) incl. 21 fine chromolithograpshs

amongst which the Madarasz Kronprinz Rudolf's Paradiesvogel. In 

orig. green cloth. Each € 75,= 

= All volumes are rare. Vol. 21 <strong>and</strong> 35 are not complete. 

326. Dodo Journal. Vols. 23-26, 31-37 (1986-2001). In issues. € 200,= 

327. Donana. Acta Vertebrata vols. 1-22, 23 no. 1 (1974-1996). In issues. 

= Deals also with ornithology of the so important southern Spain area... € 350,= 

328. Dutch Birding. Vols. 13-24 (1991-2002). In issues. - lacks one no. 

€ 360,= 

329. Egretta. (now Bird Life). Vogelkundliche Nachrichten aus Oesterreich 

vols. 1-39 with author index <strong>and</strong> 2 supplements (1958-1996). In issues. 

- lacks one no. only <strong>and</strong> 1 no in photstat. € 750,= 

= This journal changed its name to Bird Life, Oesterreich Gesellschaft für Vogelkunde. 

330. Elepaio. Hawaii Audubon Society. vols. 30-42 (1969-1982). € 150,= 

331. the Emu. Publ. by the Austral-Asian Ornithologists Union. Vols. 41-96 

with species- <strong>and</strong> author- <strong>and</strong> general-indexes (1941-1996). Partly 

bound. € 1.550,= 

332. Essex County Ornithological Club of Massachusetts: Bulletin. Nos. 

1-19 (1919-1937/38). In issues. - one no. incomplete. € 125,= 

333. der Falke. Zweimonatsschrift für Vogelkunde und Vogelschutz vols. 

1-43 (1954-2000). In issues. € 1.250,= 

334. Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellung der arktischen Tierformen mit 

besonderer Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen Gebietes auf Grund der 

Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das nördliche Eismeer im 

Jahre 1898. Hrsg. von Römer und Schaudinn in 6 vols. Jena 1902-1933. 

Text with about 50 plates <strong>and</strong> map. Orig. wrs. - lacks only 2 issues. 

= The Fauna Arctica describes over 8000 species in the arctic region... <strong>and</strong> € 1.000,= 

is a basic contribution to the fauna of this important area. It also includes Schalow, H., 

Die Vögel der Arktis with 208p. (1904). 

335. Fauna CSSR. Vols. 1-28 (1954-1995). Cloth. - one volume not yet published. 

€ 800,= 

= It also includes the Hudec, C. 2 vols. on Aves or Ptaci 1-2 with 28 plates. 

336. Fauna Europeiskogo Severo-Vostoka Rossii (Fauna of the European 

north-eastern Russia). Vols. 1-5 no.1; 7 (all publ.?). St. Petersburg 1955- 

1999. Text with numerous figs <strong>and</strong> maps. Cloth. - in russian with latin 

nomenclature. € 400,= 

= Deals with Insects, Birds, Amphibians, Mollusks of the northern-eastern part of 

European Russia <strong>and</strong> parts of the russian Arctics.

337. Fauna Fennica. Nos. 2-28 (1956-1975). In issues. € 275,= 

= It includes Merikallio's, finnish Birds (1958). 

338. Fauna Hungariae. Nos. 1-173. Budapest 1955-1999, with about 17.000 

pages. In issues. € 850,= 

= Deals mainly with Insects but also with Birds especially at the end. 

339. Fauna na Bulgaria. Vols. 2-26 (1975-1997). Includes the 2 Aves volumes 

by Nankinov with numerous coloured plates. Cloth. - In 

Bulgarian with latin nomenclature. - lacks only 2 vols. € 750,= 

340. Fauna of Arabia (Saudi-Arabia) in 19 vols. with index to first 10 vols. 

(1979-2002). Cloth bound. € 2.000,= 

= Most volumes also deal with Birds of Arabia. Most important faunal work ever 

published on this Arabian Peninsula which lies at the intersection of 3 major 

biogeographic areas, being: the Palaearctic to the North <strong>and</strong> from tropical to the West, 

Oriental to the East! Special volume which will be out soon: Fauna of the Socotra 

Archipelago <strong>and</strong> Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Arabia. 

341. Fauna of Russia's European Northeast. Vol. 1: Birds. Ed. by R. 

Potapov. St. Petersburg 1995. 320p., one map, num. tabs. Cloth. - In 

russian with latin nomenclature. € 55,= 

= If interested in a rare set of the Fauna of Russia, please see Fauna SSSR. 

342. Fauna Republicii Socialista Romania / Fauna Romania. 15 vols. 

including 61 issues. (1951-1985). Mostly bound. € 1.750,= 

= The largest faunal publication from the Balkans including vol. 15 with Aves by 

Catuneanu. Some parts esp. in the Insecta-section are lacking. 

343. Fauna SSSR (Fauna of the USSR) <strong>and</strong> now: Fauna of Russia <strong>and</strong> 

adjacent countries vols. 1-145. Moskva 1935-1999 (all publ.?). Mostly 

blue cloth. - 5 vols. in photostat. € 4.700,= 

= Very rare complete set. Next to the Opredekiteli po Fauna SSSR, the most important 

faunal description of Russia incl. Siberia, mostly on entomology but also about 10 vols. on 

birds by Kozlova, Yudin, Shtegman a.o. In russian with latin nomenclature, sometimes 

with english or french summaries. Ask for separate monographs of which we hold 

many... 

344. Fauna van Nederl<strong>and</strong>. Edited by Boschma in 16 parts (1927-1956). In 

orig. wrs. € 250,= 

= As far as we know only one issue is on Birds. It is the only important faunal work on 

the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>and</strong> surprisingly narrow in its scope... 

345. Faune de Provence: Bulletin du CEEP. Vols. 9-15,18 (1988-1997). 4to. 

In orig. wrs. € 150,= 

= Deals with Mammals, Insects but mainly with Birds of the Provence.

346. Fédération des Groupements Français pour la Protection des 

Oiseaux: Bulletin. Vols. 1-29 no. 2 (1912-1940: all publ.?). Mostly 

bound. - lacks 4 nos. € 400,= 

347. Feltornitologen. Vols. 1-22 (1959/60-1980). In issues. - lacks 3 nos. 

€ 175,= 

348. the Flicker. The Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. Vols. 1-35 (1929- 

1963). The start cloth bound <strong>and</strong> partly in stencil. € 375,= 

= A rare local ornithological Journal from Minnesota. 

349. Foreign Birds. The Magazine of the Foreign Bird League. Vols. 1-30, 

37-38 (1933/34-1972). Mostly bound. - lacks 12 nos. € 450,= 

350. the Foreigner. A practical guide to the keeping of all kinds of foreign 

birds <strong>and</strong> budgeringars. Vols. 1-5 (1934-1938). Cloth bound. € 175,= 

351. Gefiederte Welt. Vols. 31-37, 57, 83-89 (1902-1919). Partly bound. 

Each € 60,= 

352. le Gerfaut / De Giervalk. Vols. 1-60 (1911-1970). Partly bound. 

- lacks 4 vols. € 1.250,= 

= The most important Belgium ornithological journal. We can also offer vols. 62, 64-67, 

77-86. 

353. Gli Uccelli d'Italia. Vols. 1-17 (1976-1992). In issues. - lacks 5 nos. 

€ 450,= 

354. the Gull. Monthly Bulletin of the Audubon Association of the Pacific. 

Vols. 1-40 no. 1 (1919-1956). First 12 vols. cloth bound, the rest in 

issues. - lacks only 4 nos. € 600,= 

355. H<strong>and</strong>book of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East <strong>and</strong> North Africa. 

Publ. by S. Cramp <strong>and</strong> K. Simmons. Vols. 1-7. Oxford 1977-1993. 4to. 

Text with numerous coloured plates, numerous coloured maps, num. 

figs. Orig. cloth with dustjacket. € 750,= 

= These important h<strong>and</strong>books on birds cover the whole of the Western Palearctic, incl. 

Europe, Middle East to Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, northern Africa from western Sahara to Iraq 

plus the european part of Russia, describing over 770 species of birds. 

356. H<strong>and</strong>buch der Vögel Mitteleuropas. Publ. by V. Gluz von Blotzheim. 

14 vols with Index in 23 vols. (1987-1998). 2nd/3rd edition with 

numerous coloured plates, numerous figs. Cloth with slipcases. 

= One of the major achievements on birds of Central-Europe with € 1.900,= 

over 15.000p., almost 57 coloured plates, 676 tabs, 2724 figs. Some single volumes also 

available, please inquire.

357. el Hornero. Revista de la Sociedad Ornitologica del Plata. Vols. 1-2 

(1917/19-1920/22). Cloth. € 125,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> start! Upto vol. 14 we also have single nos. available, please inquire. 

358. the Humming Birds. Quarterly scientific artistic <strong>and</strong> industrial review 

vols. 1-5 (1891-1895: all publ.). Volumes 2-5 bound in one, vol. 1 

(lacking 1 no. only) in original wrappers. - <strong>Rare</strong>. € 225,= 

359. Ibis. Quarterly Journal of Ornithology vols. 1-137 with 8 supplements 

an a general index (1859-1995). Bound upto vol. 123 (1981) <strong>and</strong> the first 

40 (upto 1899) mostly in original publisher's cloth with the original 

Ibis on the spine with marbled edges <strong>and</strong> gilt flyleaves. € 15.000,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> complete set of the oldest <strong>and</strong> rarest <strong>and</strong> most beautifully illustrated 

ornithological journal ever published. It contains 560 beautiful h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithographs by such artists as Keulemans, Wolf, Smit, etc. Some 4 plates <strong>and</strong> 

approximately 100p. in photostat; we did not take in account the normal photographic 

plates, but all is complete. We also hold partial sets from vol.43 (1900) onwards, much 

cheaper ofcourse, please inquire. 

• Indian Journal of Ornithology. see Pavo no. 439 

360. Indiana Audubon Quarterly. Vols. 28-41 (1950-1963). In issues. - lacks 

3 nos. € 225,= 

361. Inl<strong>and</strong> Bird B<strong>and</strong>ing News. Publ. by the Inl<strong>and</strong> Bird B<strong>and</strong>ing 

Association. Vols. 1-30 (1929-1958) with index. Partly bound. - in 

stencil - lacks 8 nos. € 225,= 

362. International Committee (Council) for Bird preservation (British 

section) Wildfowl Inquiry sub-committee. Vols. 1-2. Cambridge 1939- 

1941. Cloth. € 125,= 

= Contains: Wild Geese <strong>and</strong> Wild Ducks, its general status <strong>and</strong> distribution in Scotl<strong>and</strong>. 

We also can offer its: Annual Reports, years 1948, 1954, 1958 at € 20,= each. 

363. International Wildlife. Vols. 3-7 (1973-1977). In issues. - Deals also 

with Birds. € 150,= 

364. International Zoo Yearbook. Vols. 12-34 (1972-1995). Cloth bound. 

= Includes also ornithology such as Penguins <strong>and</strong> Breedings. € 950,= 

365. Iowa Bird Life. Ed. by P. Petersen. Vols. 1-49 (1931-1979). Mostly 

bound. - lacks one no. € 425,= 

= We also have a set of vols. 1-27 (1931-1956) at € 250,=. 

366. Iowa Ornithologist. Publ. by the Iowa Ornithological Association vol. 1 

(1894/95). In wrs. = <strong>Rare</strong> first volume of 4 that have been published. € 75,= 

367. Irish Birds. Vols. 2-6 (1981-2002). In issues. - lacks 2 nos. € 175,=

368. Jack-Pine Warbler. Vols. 1-63 (1922-1985) <strong>and</strong> general index. First 18 

vols. cloth. - lacks only one no. € 600,= 

369. Jahrbuch für Vögelfreunde. Vol. 1 (1906: all publ.?). € 75,= 

370. Journal für Ornithologie. Vols. 71-135 with 10 "Sonderhefte" (1923- 

1994). In issues. - lacks only one volume <strong>and</strong> 5 nos. € 2.500,= 

= The oldest <strong>and</strong> most important ornithological journal from Germany. 

371. Journal of Field Ornithology. (formerly Bird B<strong>and</strong>ing) vols. 1-69 with 3 

supplements with an index (1930-1998). Mostly cloth bound. € 2.100,= 

= Next to the Auk <strong>and</strong> Condor the most important ornithological Journal from the United 

States. 

372. Journal of small Animal Pratice. Vols. 1-17 (1960-1976). All bound. - 

Deals also with ornithology. € 400,= 

373. Journal of Wildlife Management. Vols. 24-48 (1900-1984). Mostly 

bound. - lacks 3 vols. only. = Deals also with Birds! € 750,= 

374. Kentucky Warbler. Vols. 10-45 (1934-1969). In issues. - lacks 2 nos. 

€ 375,= 

375. Kocsag. Quarterly periodical for the study <strong>and</strong> protection of birds. Vols. 

1-6 (1928-1933) with several coloured plates. In issues. € 375,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> only published upto vol. 11 (1938). We also have vol. 8 (1935), please inquire. 

376. Lammergeyer. Journal of the Natal Parks, Game <strong>and</strong> Fish Preservation 

Board. #3-39 (1962-1988). In issues. - lacks 3 nos. € 100,= 

= Deals also with Birds! 

377. Larus. Annual of the dept. of Ornithology, Inst. of Biology, University 

of Zagreb. Vols. 1-41 (1947-1990). In issues. € 375,= 

• de Lepelaar. see Vogels no. 480 

378. de Levende Natuur. Tijdschrift voor Natuurvrienden. Published by 

Thijsse <strong>and</strong> Heimans. Vols. 1-62 (1897-1959) with 12 h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithographs on birds by Keulemans <strong>and</strong> printed by Trap. Numerous 

fine nature photographs. In original art-nouveau <strong>and</strong> orig. green cloth 

bindings. The first few pictorial cloth volumes by W. Steelink! 

= Deals also a lot with Birds! € 2.000,= 

<strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> very fine complete set in its original bindings! It is the most popular Natural 

History journal from the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s in the 20th century under the leadership <strong>and</strong> 

editorial genius of our natural history heroes Jac. P. Thijsse <strong>and</strong> E. Heimans. Deals a lot 

with Birds! We also have a complete set of the Verkade Albums by Thijsse a.o. in a 

collection of 27 Albums <strong>and</strong> 2 extra's by Kieviet <strong>and</strong> De Jonge (1925-1940) also in a fine 

condition, please inquire.

379. Limosa. Vols. 1-66 (1928/29-1993) <strong>and</strong> forerunner: Jaarbericht van de 

Club van Nederl<strong>and</strong>sche Vogelkundigen vols. 1-4, 8-17 with general 

index <strong>and</strong> Feestnummer (1911-1927/28). Partly bound. - lacks only one 

no. in the forerunner <strong>and</strong> some tpi's <strong>and</strong> the first 2 vols. of the 

forerunner are in photostat. € 980,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> almost complete set. Next to Ardea the most important dutch ornithological 

journal. 

380. Linnean Society: Zoological Journal. Vols. 1, 4-10, 19-27, 41-68, 78-85, 

101-109 (1857-1993). Partly bound. € 4.000,= 

= Contains also a lot on ornithology! If interested we will try to complete this set! 

381. the Living Bird Annual. Vols. 1-18 (1962-1980). In issues. € 350,= 

382. Luscinia. Jahresbericht der vogelkundlichen Beobachtungsstation 

"Untermain". Vols. 8-42 (1931/32-1975). In issues. - lacks 3 vols. only. 

€ 375,= 

383. Maine Field Naturalist. (formerly: Maine Audubon Society: Bulletin) 

vols. 1-23 no. 1 with 3 extra Reports (1945-1968). In issues. - lacks 1 

volume <strong>and</strong> 4 nos. € 150,= 

384. Maine Ornithological Society: Journal. Vols. 1-13 (1899-1911: all 

publ.?). Bound in 2 vols. Cloth. € 200,= 

385. Massachusetts Audubon Society: Bulletin. Vols. 1-42 (1917/18-1958). 

In issues. - lacks one no. € 600,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> almost complete set of this Birds Journal from Massachusetts which was only 

published upto 1971. Also available are vols. 54-56 no. 1 (1969-1971: last). 

386. Michigan Ornithological Club: Bulletin. Vols. 1-5, 6 nos. 1/2 (1897- 

1905: all publ.). - <strong>Rare</strong> complete set. € 250,= 

387. Mitteilungen über die Vogelwelt. Publ. by C. Floericke. Vols. 11-14, 

20-25, 28, 31 (1911-1932). Mostly bound. Each € 40,= 

388. the Murrelet. Bulletin of the Pacific Northwest Bird <strong>and</strong> Mammal 

Club. Vols. 6-47, 48 no. 1; 54-68 nos. 1/2 <strong>and</strong> 2 indexes (1925-1987). 

Partly bound. - lacks 4 nos. € 460,= 

389. Museum d'Histoire Naturelle: Annales. Vols. 1-21 (<strong>and</strong>) Nouvelles 

Annales vols. 1-4 (<strong>and</strong>) Memoires vols. 1-20 (1802-1835) <strong>and</strong> 

continued as: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle: Archives vols. 1-10 (<strong>and</strong>) 

Nouvelles Archives Series I vols. 1-10; Series II vols. 1-10; Series III 

vols. 1-9 (1839-1897). Paris 1802-1897. 4to. Numerous engravings <strong>and</strong> 

lithographs <strong>and</strong> early photographs. Fine blue <strong>and</strong> brown morocco,

original boards or original wrappers (some small restaurations). 

= Very rare set which we never had of the only major french Natural € 40.000,= 

History journal during the 19th century. In total 84 volumes in 8vo <strong>and</strong> 4to with over 

1900 engravings <strong>and</strong> lithographs of which over 250 are h<strong>and</strong>coloured or 

chromolithographed <strong>and</strong> 20 early (1855) albumen prints of fossil Polypes. It contains the 

contributions of all the famous french naturalists in the 19th century, in many cases the 

first publication(s) of these authors or at any rate in the first editions... <strong>and</strong> a lot on 

ornithology such as: De Blainville. le Dodo, autrement Dronte (Didus ineptus L.) with 4 

lithographs one being a beautiful h<strong>and</strong>coloured head of the Dodo G. de Bièrre. The 

authors are: Geoffrey St. Hilaire, Cuvier, Valenciennes, Audouin, Decaisne, Lamarck, 

Becquerel, Milne-Edwards, Brongniart, Jussieu, Tulasne, Serres, Duméril, Haime, 

Thouin, Deleuze, Fourcroy, Vauquelin a.o. Two issues in a good photostat. 

390. Museum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas: Monographies. Publ. by 

Schlegel. Vols. 2, 4-6, 9, 14 (1862-1894): last). Partly bound. 

Prices are between € 75,= <strong>and</strong> € 125,= 

= Deals mainly with ornithology such as: Revue de la collection des Oiseaux et Aves 

Noctuae <strong>and</strong> Oti Ducs (1862-1873) <strong>and</strong> has a long subtitle being: Revue méthodique et 

critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. 

391. Nebraska Bird Review. Vols. 1-50 no. 1 (1933-1982). In issues. € 450,= 

= We also have the first 25 vols. available. 

392. Nebraska Ornithologists' Union: Proceedings. 

Vols. 1-6 (1901-1915: all publ.?). € 125,= 

393. Nederl<strong>and</strong>se Vereniging tot Bescherming van Vogels: Jaarboek <strong>and</strong> 

Jaarverslag. Years 1912-1961. In issues. € 125,= 

= One of the first bird protection society publications. 

394. the Nidiologist. <strong>Illustrated</strong> monthly magazine to the study of ornithology. 

Vols. 1-4 (1893/94-1896/97). Bound in 3 vols. in half morocco. - 

<strong>Rare</strong>. € 300,= 

395. the Night Heron. A magazine of mid-western ornithology vols. 1-7 

(1934-1937: all publ.?). Cloth. - in stencil. € 125,= 

396. Norsk Ornithologisk Tidsskrift. Series I vols. 1-4 (in 15 nos.) (1920- 

1934: all publ.). Orig. wrs. € 350,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> complete set. Series I also separately available. 

397. North American Bird B<strong>and</strong>er. Vols. 1-14 with index (1976-1989). In 

issues. - lacks 2 nos. € 150,= 

398. Northeastern Bird B<strong>and</strong>ing Association: Bulletin. Vols. 1-5 (1925- 

1929: all publ.). Cloth. € 150,=

399. Nos Oiseaux. Bulletin de la Société Rom<strong>and</strong>e pour l'étude et la 

protection des oiseaux. Vols. 3-40 no. 5 with one special issue (1917/18- 

1989/90). In issues. - lacks 3 nos. € 750,= 

400. Notatki Ornitologiczne. Vols. 2-5, 9, 17, 23-36 (1961-1995). 

Each € 20,= 

401. Notornis. Bulletin of the Ornithological Society of New Zeal<strong>and</strong> vols. 

1-40 (1943-1993) with 50 years including the general index. - Fine set. 

= We added an incomplete set of OSNZ News nos. 3-66 (1977-1993). € 600,= 

• Nuttal Ornithological Club: Bulletin. see the Auk no. 281 

402. Nuttal Ornithological Club: Publications. Vols. 7-28 (1967-2001). 

Partly bound. € 400,= 

= Contains important contributions such as: H<strong>and</strong>book of Avian Anatomy; A catalogue 

of pleistocene Birds of the Palearctic by Tyrberg etc. 

403. Oekologie der Vögel / Ecology of Birds. Publ. by J. Hölzinger. Vols. 1- 

24 <strong>and</strong> 2 supplements (1979-2002). € 550,= 

404. Oiseaux de France. Vols. 1-8 (1951-1958). In issues. - in stencil, lacks 

only one no. € 125,= 

405. l'Oiseaux et la Revue Française d'Ornithologie. Nouvelle Serie vols. 

1-59 <strong>and</strong> 2 supplements (1931-1989) <strong>and</strong> forerunner: Revue Française 

d'Ornithologie vols. 1-12 (1909-1928: all publ.). Partly bound. 

= A fine set including numerous coloured plates <strong>and</strong> chromolithographs. € 3.500,= 

406. the Oologist. Vols. 7-15, 23-24, 41-58 (1890-1941). Partly bound. - lacks 

4 nos. only. € 850,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> American oologist journal, only published in 58 vols.! 

407. Oologist Record. Vol. 25 (1951). € 65,= 

= We may get a complete set of 43 vols., please inquire. 

408. Opredeliteli po Fauna SSSR, now: Opredeliteli po Fauna Rossia. 

(Classification key of the Fauna of Russia) vols. 1-169 (all publ). 

Moskva 1927-1999. Mostly bound. - 13 vols. in photostat. 7 vols. not 

yet <strong>and</strong> most probably never to be published. € 5.800,= 

= Next to the Fauna of the USSR (see no. 343), this is the greatest faunal work ever publ. 

in Russia!! For example: Portenko, Birds of the USSR in 4 vols.; Kusakin, on Isopoda in 3 

vols.; Lindberg, on the fishes of the Japanese Sea in 5 vols.; Stackelberg, les Mouches de la 

partie europ. de l'USSR; Classification of the insects of the european part of the USSR in 5 

vols. etc. In russian with latin nomenclature, but sometimes also a summary in english or 

french.

409. Oriole. Quarterly Journal of Georgia Ornithology vols. 1-44 with 

indexes (1936-1979). First 25 vols. bound. - lacks 3 vols. (=26-28). 

€ 375,= 

• Oriolus. see Wielewaal no. 490 

410. Ornis. Internationale Zeitschrift für die ges. Ornithologie. Ed. by B. 

Sharpe <strong>and</strong> E. Hartert. Vols. 1-10 (1885-1899). Mostly bound. - lacks 

only 2 nos. € 1.350,= 

= A rare journal in german, french <strong>and</strong> english on birds... published up to vol. 8 in 

Vienna, later in Paris <strong>and</strong> London. Last volume published vol. 14 (1910). Single vols. 

available, please inquire. 

411. Ornis Fennica. Vols. 1-35, 43-76 (1924-1999). In issues. - lacks 3 vols. 

<strong>and</strong> 11 nos. = There are 4 issues to a volume. € 1.250,= 

412. Ornis Fl<strong>and</strong>riae. Vols. 1-7 (1982-1988). In stencil. € 125,= 

413. Ornis Hungarica. Journal of the Hungarian Ornithological <strong>and</strong> Nature 

Protection vols. 1-10 (1991-2000). In issues. - in english <strong>and</strong> hungarian. 

= This is all that has been published. One no. never published. € 215,= 

414. Ornithological Collection from a Swedish Ornithologist of about 

4200 offprints mostly from Natural History Journals published 

between 1860-1960 (but mainly 1930-1960) of which several have a 

dedication from the author <strong>and</strong> including the important keys to this 

collection being a numerical subject index <strong>and</strong> author index. The 

entire collection in about 80 boxes. price upon request 

= About 80 percent about birds, remaining to other aspects of natural history but mostly 

also related to birds. 60 to 70 percent are in english, remainder in various other european 

languages. Please ask for details. NB: On this item postage will be extra. 

415. Ornithological Gazetteers of the Neotropics (South America) in 11 

vols. (1982-1997). € 350,= 

= Deals with countries such as Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentine, Chili 

etc. 

416. Ornithological Monographs. Nos. 1-52 (1964-2000). Some bound. - 

lacks only 2 nos. € 675,= 

= Contains important monographs such as: Buckley's Neotropical Ornithology; Gowaty's 

Avian Monogamy; Olson's Descriptions of 32 new species of Birds of the Hawaiian 

Isl<strong>and</strong>s etc. 

417. Ornithological Society of the Middle East: Bulletin. Nos. 1-35 (1978- 

1995) <strong>and</strong> its forerunner: Ornithological Society of Turkey: Bulletin 

nos. 1-15 (1968-1977). - partly in stencil. € 75,=

418. der Ornithologische Beobachter. Vols. 20-95 with 5 Beihefte (1922- 

1998). In issues. - Some nos. in photostat <strong>and</strong> lacking some tpi's (if 

publ.). € 1.600,= 

419. Ornithologische Berichte. Publ. by Stresemann <strong>and</strong> Kramer. Vols. 1-3 

(1947/48-1950). € 125,= 

420. Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern: Anzeiger. Vols. 2-34 with 2 

"Sonderhefte" (1931/37-1995). In issues. - lacks 3 vols. € 1.150,= 

421. Ornithologische Gesellschaft in Bayern: Verh<strong>and</strong>lungen. Vols. 1-25 

no. 1 with 2 "Sonderhefte" (1897-1991). The start is bound. - lacks one 

no. only. € 600,= 

422. Ornithologische Mitteilungen. Vols. 1-39 (1948/49-1987). Mostly 

bound. € 1.150,= 

423. Ornithologische Monatsberichte. Vols. 17-52 (1909-1944). Bound. 

€ 1.750,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> in such a long run... Only published upto vol. 58 (1950) by Reichenow <strong>and</strong> 

Stresemann. 

424. Ornithologische Monatsschrift. Vols. 8-47 (1883-1922) <strong>and</strong> general 

index for the first 12 vols. Mostly bound. € 3.500,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> ornithological set including numerous chromolithographs. Continued from vol. 63 

(1938) as: die Vogelwelt. see no. 486 

425. Ornithologische Schriftenschau. Nos. 1-56 (1970-1983) with an author 

index. In issues. € 150,= 

426. der Ornithologischer Beobachter. Vols. 20-95 (1922-1998) with 5 

Beihefte. In issues. € 1.600,= 

= Some nos. in photostat <strong>and</strong> lacking some tpi's (if publ.). 

427. Ornithologischer Verein zu Hildesheim: Mitteilungen. Ed. by P. 

Becker. Vols. 1-19 (1977-2001). In issues. € 250,= 

428. Ornithologisches Jahrbuch. Publ. by Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen. Vols. 

14-29 (1903-1918: last publ.). Partly bound. - lacks vol. 15. € 600,= 

= We also have vols. 2, 5, 8 separately available. 

429. the Ornithologist. A magazine of ornithology <strong>and</strong> öology. Publ. by H. 

Swann. Vol. 1, 2 no. 1 (all publ.). London 1896/97 with 6 photographs. 

Cloth. € 280,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> bird journal published by Kirke Swann. Vol. 2 no. 1 (1897) is most probably the 

last issue, although the serial titlelist of the Natural History Museum does not mention it 

at all. 1/2p. lost in this issues which is in stencil.

430. the Ornithologist <strong>and</strong> Oologist. Publ. by F. Webber. Vols. 6/8-17/18 

(last publ.). Boston 1881-1893. Cloth. € 375,= 

431. Ornithology of the Isle of Man. (Man Bird Notes). Years 1912/13- 

1938, 1943/45. In issues. - lacks years 1921-1922, 1924, 1928. € 100,= 

432. Ornitologiya. Vols. 1-11 (1958-1974). Cloth. - In russian with latin 

nomenclature. - lacks vol. 9. € 400,= 

= We also have vols. 14 <strong>and</strong> 22 separately available. 

433. Ornitoloogiline Kogumik. (Ornithological section) vols. 1-10. Tartu 

1958-1978. Boards. - in estonian, russian with english <strong>and</strong> german 

summaries. € 220,= 

434. Oryx. Fauna <strong>and</strong> Flora preservation Society: vols. 1-26 (1951-1992). In 

issues. € 400,= 

= Deals also with the preservation of Wildlife incl. birds! See also its forerunner: Society 

of the preservation of the Fauna of the Empire: Journal, no. 463 

435. the Osprey. An illustrated monthly magazine of ornithology ed. by 

Johnson <strong>and</strong> Coues. Vols. 1-5 <strong>and</strong> New Series vol. 1 nos. 1-7 (1896- 

1921: all publ.). Bound in 3 half morocco bindings <strong>and</strong> orig. wrs. 

€ 325,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> complete set of all that has been published including the Prospectus of April 1896. 

It includes first publications of Louis Agassiz <strong>and</strong> Fuertis. 

436. the Ostrich. Publ. by the Southern African Ornithological Society vols. 

1-67 (1930-1996) with 7 supplements <strong>and</strong> general index. Some bound. 

€ 1.800,= 

= The most important South African ornithological journal! 

437. Oxford Ornithological Society: Report on the Birds of Oxfordshire, 

Berkshire <strong>and</strong> Buckinghamshire. Years 1953-1976. In issues. - 

incomplete set lacking 7 years (1964-1967, 1969-1970, 1972). € 80,= 

438. Passenger Pigeon. A magazine of Wisconsin Bird study, vols. 1-23 

(1939-1961). Bound in 6 cloth vols. € 225,= 

439. Pavo. Indian Journal of Ornithology vols. 1-19 (1963-1981). In issues 

with waterdamage however. - lacks 2 vols. € 800,= 

440. Penn a Bed. Bulletin trimestriel de la Société pour l'Etude et la 

Protection de la Nature en Bretagne. Nos. 31-50 (1965-1972). € 75,= 

= Deals a lot with Birds.

441. Prothonotary. Buffalo Ornithological Society vols. 1-32 (1935-1966). 

Mostly bound in 8 cloth vols. <strong>and</strong> in stencil. € 375,= 

= A rather rare local North American bird journal! 

442. the Raven. The Virginia Society of Ornithology: Bulletin, vols. 28-47 

(1957-1976). Mostly bound. - lacks one no. only. € 280,= 

= Added are 8 Newsletters. 

443. the Redstart. Publ. by the Brooks Bird Club. Vols. 1-4 (1933-1937). 

Cloth bound. - in stencil. € 75,= 

= We can also offer vols. 9, 11-15, 36-42 at € 15,= per volume. 

444. Report on the Migration of Birds. Publ. by J. Harvie Brown, J. 

Cordeaux. Nos. 3-4 (1881-1882). € 35,= 

= Only 9 parts were published. See Wood 534. 

445. Revista Avicultura. Vols. 14-33 (1970-1989). In issues. - lacks 3 nos. 

= A Cuban ornithological journal. € 250,= 

446. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. Publ. by F. Guérin- 

Méneville. Serie I vols. 1-2, 8-11 (last publ.); Serie II vols. 1-23 (last 

publ.); Serie III vols. 1-7 (all publ.). Paris, Bureau de la Revue 

Zoologique, 1838-1879 with 591 lithographs <strong>and</strong> engravings, of which 

272 are h<strong>and</strong>coloured <strong>and</strong> about 160 on ornithology plus one portrait. 

Bound (Series 2 <strong>and</strong> 3 blue cloth, some rebacked). € 4.550,= 

= Cat. Brit. Museum (Nat. Hist.) vol.3 p.1007, published up to 1879 <strong>and</strong> important because 

it deals a lot with orntihology <strong>and</strong> incl. the fine h<strong>and</strong>coloured bird lithographs by A. 

March<strong>and</strong>, les Poussins des Oiseaux d'Europe with 128 h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs <strong>and</strong> 

Mollusks by Bourguignat <strong>and</strong> Paladilhe. <strong>Rare</strong> in any state. Most plates are blind stamped 

in a corner but not obstrusive <strong>and</strong> many mounted on linen. Ex library copy from the 

Liverpool Free Public Library. 

447. Revue Française d'Ornithologie. Vols. 1-12 (1909-1928: all publ.). In 

issues. € 400,= 

= See also its continuation l'Oiseaux et la Revue Française d'Ornithologie, no. 405. We also 

have Revue d'Histoire Naturelle, Serie 2: Mammifères vols. 1-11 (1920-1930: all publ.), 


448. Rhode Isl<strong>and</strong> Field Notes. Or Field Notes of Rhose Isl<strong>and</strong> Birds nos. 

23-139 (1971-1980). In stencil. - lacks 3 nos. € 175,= 

= We also have its rare start: Notes on Rhode Isl<strong>and</strong> Ornithology vols. 1-3 (1900-1902), 


449. the Ring. International Ornithological Journal nos. 26-139 continued 

as Vols. 13-23 (1961-2001). In issues. € 550,= 

450. Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia. Series I vols. 1-7 no. 1; Series II vols 1- 

63 with 2 supplements (1911-1994). Partly bound. Some nos. in

photostat. € 3.850,= 

= Very rare complete set <strong>and</strong> most important Italian ornithological Journal! 

451. Rosenius, P. 

Sveriges Fåglar och fågelbon med fågelbilder utförda i Färgljustryck 

efter original målningar av fil. D:R Gustaf Swen<strong>and</strong>er. Lund, Gleerup, 

1926-1949. 6 vols. Large 4to. Text with 807 plates (146 coloured). 

Publisher's brown half calf, marbled boards, gilt spines (one volume 

with spine expertly rebacked). € 3.800,= 

= Nissen IVB, 793. "The work is intended to give an account of the life history <strong>and</strong> habits 

of all the breeding birds in Sweden <strong>and</strong> Sc<strong>and</strong>inavia, especially during their breeding 

season, arranged in accordance with the natural interdependence of the species. Under 

each species the Latin <strong>and</strong> the Swedish names of the birds are given." (Anker 427). A 

magnificent publication with finely coloured plates of each species <strong>and</strong> photos 

showing their habitat <strong>and</strong> nesting grounds <strong>and</strong> most probably the largest bird book of 

one area ever published!! Nissen calls for 798 (144 colour) plates. The present set 

contains 2 extra colour plates (vol. III) <strong>and</strong> 8 extra plates, not listed in Nissen (in vols. I, 

IV, V). Vol. VI with 1 plate less than Nissen states. All copies coming on the market differ 

in amount of plates. Only 100 copies bound in publishers half calf were printed, hence 

copies rarely occur for sale. In a fine state. 

452. Rypeundersokelser / Grouse Investigations. Years 1921-1927. Bergen 

1928. Text with 7 coloured plates <strong>and</strong> several plain plates. Cloth. 

€ 125,= 

453. Sächsische Ornithologen Verein: Mitteilungen. Vols. 1-6 (1922-1941: 

all publ.). Dresden 1922/26-1939/41. Bound new cloth. € 450,= 

= Must be rare as it is not in the serial titles of the Natural History Museum nor did we 

ever have it before. 

454. Säugetierkundliche Mitteilungen. Vols. 1-24 with 6 Sonderhefte or 

supplements (1953-1975). Partly bound. - lacks only one no. <strong>and</strong> may 

be some tpi's. € 1.250,= 

= Important german vertebrate journal including some ornithology <strong>and</strong> most probably 

only published upto vol. 29 (1981). 

455. S<strong>and</strong>grouse. Ornithological Society of the Middle East vols. 1-22 

(1980-2000) <strong>and</strong> a supplement of checklist of Birds of Turkey. In issues. 

- lacks one vol. <strong>and</strong> one no. € 195,= 

= Deals with Birds of Turkey <strong>and</strong> birds from the Levant area (such as Lebanon etc.) 

456. S<strong>and</strong>piper. Redwood region Audubon Society. Vols. 1-9 with 4 

supplements (1958-1967). In issues. - lacks 2 nos. € 80,= 

457. Schweizerische Vogelwarte Sempach: Sammelberichte. Years 1936- 

1959/60. In issues. - lacks 4 years. € 180,=

458. Schweizerisches Archiv für Ornithologie / Archives Suisses d'Ornithologie. 

Vols. 1-2 (1932/41-1942/49: all publ.). Cloth. € 250,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> Swiss bird journal. See Cat. Brit. Museum (Nat. Hist.) vol.1 p.187 under Archives. 


Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger in 

the years 1873-1876. Folio. Text with 30 beautifully h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithographs by J.Smit. Orig. green cloth. € 14.000,= 

= Only available in a complete set of 50 vols. of the Challenger Expedition (1880-1882) in 

folio with about 2400 lithographs (200 in colour) <strong>and</strong> 300 maps (one vol. in photocopy). 

The biggest, largest <strong>and</strong> most valuable Oceanographic Expedition ever made in mankind. 

Added is the Moseley, Notes by a Naturalist (1892), the Challenger Expedition 

Centanary in 2 vols.(1972) <strong>and</strong> some others. Please inquire for details. Many volumes 

rebacked or restaured due to the size of the binding <strong>and</strong> the quality of the cloth. See 

frontcover illustration. 

460. Scottish Birds. Vols. 1-17 with 4 supplements (1959/61-1992). In issues. 

€ 550,= 

461. Sea Swallow. Publ. by the Royal Naval Bird Watching Society. Nos. 

26-50 (1975-2000). In issues. - lacks 3 nos. € 150,= 

462. Société Royale protectrice des Animaux: Bulletin. Years 1863-1891. 

Bruxelles 1863-1891. First 19 years nicely bound in h.red calf, rem. in 

orig. wrs. (some spines split). - Lacks 4 years (1882-1884). € 400,= 

= Fine rare set of one of the first animal protection journals. Includes many contributions 

on birds <strong>and</strong> bird protection. 

463. Society of the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire: Journal. Old 

Series vols. 2-6 (<strong>and</strong>) continued as New Series nos. 1, 7-61 (1905-1918; 

1921-1950: last). Old Series in orig. boards, rem. in issues. € 450,= 

= Especially the 6 vols. of the Old Series are rare. Includes also Preservation of Birds. 

Continued as Oryx, see no. 434 

464. South African Animal life with an introduction to the Swedish 

Exploration of South African Animal life during 200 years. Vols. 1-14 

(1955-1970). Cloth. € 500,= 

= Contains also 3 Aves volumes however mainly dealing with insects. 

465. South Dakota Bird Notes. Publ. by the South Dakota ornithologists' 

Union. Vols. 1-32 <strong>and</strong> index (1949-1980). In issues. € 450,= 

466. Station Biologique de la Tour du Valet: Comptes Rendus. Nos. 1-22 

(1950/54-11975: all publ.? ). In issues. € 125,= 

= Deals mainly with the Avifauna of the Camarque...

467. Sterna. Norsk Ornitologisk Forening vols. 1-17 (1951/56-1978/87: all 

publ.). In issues. € 450,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> complete set on the Ornithology of Norway. 

468. Stray Feathers. A journal of Ornithology for India <strong>and</strong> its dependencies. 

Vols. 1-2 (1873-1874). Text with 4 maps. Cloth. Each € 175,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> original print. We also have a reprint of vols. 1-12 (1873-1899), please inquire. 

• Streseman, I. <strong>and</strong> L. Portenko. Atlas der Verbreitung... see no. 238. 

469. Sylvia. Casopis Ornithologicky/Revue Ornithologique vols. 1-5 (1936- 

1940). In issues. - lacks one no. € 150,= 

= We also have vols. 8-15 (1946-1958) at € 150,=. 

470. Tierwelt Mitteleuropas. Ein H<strong>and</strong>buch zu ihrer Bestimmung als 

Grundlage für faunistisch- zoogeographischen Arbeiten. Publ. by 

Brohmer, Ehrmann, Olmer in 7 vols. in 36 parts incl. 159 plates. 

Leipzig, (1927-1965). Partly bound. € 750,= 

= Deals mainly with invertebrates insects <strong>and</strong> arachinidae etc. but also one with Birds by 

Zimmer <strong>and</strong> Rensch. The set is extremely difficult to collate as most titlepages are 

lacking. We think that the total amount of issues published is 40. 

471. Tori. Published by the Ornithological Society of Japan. Vols. 9-34 

(1935/37-1985/86). In issues. - lacks 2 vols. € 1.250,= 

= We also have some earlier issues available. The most important Japanese ornithological 

journal. 

472. Trochilus / Tropische Vögel. Vols. 1-13 (1982-1992: all publ.). In 

issues. - <strong>Rare</strong> complete set. € 15.00,= 

473. United Kingdom Foreign Cage Bird Society: Reports. Vols. 1-4 

running from Sept. 1890 - May 1895. H.calf. € 350,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> set of (maybe) all that has been published between 1890-1895 but lacking 2 nos. It 

contains one portrait <strong>and</strong> all the monthly issue titlepages plus the titlepage to vols. 2-3. 

<strong>Rare</strong> not in the Serial Publ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.) list. 

474. Vär Fägelvärld. Publ. by the Sveriges Ornitologiska Förening. Vols. 1- 

49 <strong>and</strong> 2 supplements (1942-1990) plus (continued as: years) 1991-1992. 

Some volumes bound. - lacks 2 nos. € 1.200,= 

475. Verein Sächsischer Ornithologen: Mitteilungen. Publ. by 

Zimmermann. Vols. 1-6 with 3 Sonderhefte (1922/25-1939/41: all 

publ.). New h. cloth. € 450,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> complete set in a fine condition with numerous plates <strong>and</strong> portraits. The 

supplement contains: Festgabe zur Deutschen Ornithologischen Gesellschaft zur Feier 

Ihres 75 Bestehen <strong>and</strong> Briefwechsel zwischen J. Naumann und A. von Loebenstein.

476. Vögel der Heimat. Monatschrift für Vogelkunde. Vols. 42-48 (1971/72- 

1977). € 150,= 

= Continued as: Ornis, Zeitschrift des Schweizer Vogelschutzes. 

477. Vögel der Schweiz <strong>and</strong> Katalog der schweizerischen Vögel by Th. 

Studer <strong>and</strong> Fatio vols. 1-19. Bern <strong>and</strong> Geneve 1889-1956. In wrs. - lacks 

vols. 14-15. € 500,= 

= A huge compilation of the birds of the Alps with almost 4000p. <strong>and</strong> 21 coloured maps. 

478. Vögel-Kosmos. years 1964-1969. Cloth. - only one more year was 

published. € 80,= 

479. het Vogeljaar. Tijdschrift voor Vogelstudie en Vogelbescherming vols. 

5-36 (1957-1988). In issues. - lacks some tpi's. € 200,= 

= Formerly published as Wiek en Sneb. 

• Vogelkundliche Beobachtungs-station "Untermain": Jahresbericht. 

see Luscinia no. 382 

480. Vogels. Nederl<strong>and</strong>se Vereniging tot bescherming van vogels nos. 1-61 

(1981-1991) (<strong>and</strong>) forerunner: de Lepelaar nos. 1-71 (1968-1980). In 

issues <strong>and</strong> partly in ringbinders. € 300,= 

481. Vogeltrekstation Texel: Publicaties/Jaarverslag. Nos. 4-31 (1935-1960: 

Ex Ardea). In issues. - lacks 8 nos. € 75,= 

482. Vogelvreugd. Ma<strong>and</strong>blad voor den Vogelliefhebber. Publ. by Put <strong>and</strong> 

Rouwenhorst. Vols. 8-10 (1939-1942: last publ.). Each € 25,= 

483. Vogelwarte. Zeitschrift für Vogelkunde/Journal of Avian Biology. 

Vols. 1-39 (1930-1997). In issues. € 1.300,= 

= The first 14 vols. published as: der Vogelzug (1930-1943). 

484. Vogelwarte der Königlichen Biologischen Anstalt auf Helgol<strong>and</strong>: 

Jahresbericht Vols. 1-4 (1909-1912: all publ.?). H. cloth. € 375,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> ornithological publication on the Helgol<strong>and</strong> Birdstation, which was the first 

german bird observatorium later continued as: Jahresbericht der Vogelwarte auf 

Helgol<strong>and</strong>. 

485. Vogelwarte Hiddensee: Jahresberichte. Vols. 1-4 (1964/65-1974). In 

issues. € 50,= 

486. die Vogelwelt. Zeitschrift für Vogelschutz und Vogelkunde. Vols. 63- 

114 (1938-1993). Mostly bound. - lacks vol. 69. € 1.250,= 

= Important german ornithological journal. See also its forerunner Ornithologische 

Monatsschrift, no. 424 

• der Vogelzug. see Vogelwarte no. 483

487. Waddenbulletin. Vols. 1-26 no. 3 <strong>and</strong> Wadden Symposium. In issues. 

- lacks one no. only (if publ.). € 175,= 

= Deals a lot with ornithology. Our Wadden area in the northern part of Holl<strong>and</strong> is one of 

the main bird-breading regions in Northern Europe. 

488. the Warbler. Magazine of North American Ornithology Series I vols.1- 

2 <strong>and</strong> Series II vols. 1-7 (1903-1913: all publ.) with 14 coloured plates. 

Partly half morocco bindings. € 375,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> ornithology journal from Long Isl<strong>and</strong> Natural History Club. 

• Western Bird B<strong>and</strong>ing Association. see North American Bird B<strong>and</strong>er 

no. 397 

489. Western Birds. Quarterly Journal of western Field ornithologists. Vols. 

1-26 no. 3 (1970-1995). In issues. € 300,= 

= First 3 vols. published as: Californian Birds. 

490. de Wielewaal. Publ. by the Ornithologische Vereniging de Wielewaal. 

Vols. 4-40 incl. index of species (1938-1974). Bound. - lacks one no. 

= Later in 1986 continued as Oriolus, ofwhcih we hold vols. 52-53, € 450,= 


491. Wildfowl. Publ. by the Wildfowl <strong>and</strong> Wetl<strong>and</strong>s Trust. Nos. 1-49 (1948- 

2000). In issues. € 600,= 

= Formerly published as Severn Wildfowl Trust: Annual Report <strong>and</strong> also just Wildlife 

Trust. 

492. Wildlife. An illustrated monthly edited by Douglas English, vols. 1-9. 

London 1912-1917. 4to text with about 248 mounted separate 

photographic plates tipped on to variously coloured mounts, mostly 

printed in black or sepia <strong>and</strong> many hundreds of textphotographs. Fine 

h.calf. € 750,= 

= A rare periodical on Nature <strong>and</strong> photographed by members of the Zoological 

Photographic Club <strong>and</strong> dealing a lot with birds. Contributors include Edmond Selous, 

Frances Pitt, E. Boulenger a.o. In an excellent condition. 

493. Wildlife Monographs. Nos. 1-76 (1958-1981). - lacks 3 nos. only. - 

Deals also with Birds. € 375,= 

494. Wildlife Review including Wildlife Abstrats. Nos. 1-171 (1935-1978). 

In issues. - lacks 4 nos. only. = Deals a lot with ornithology. € 850,= 

495. Willughby Society for the reprinting of scarce Ornithological 

Works. (Publications) in 12 vols. London, Taylor <strong>and</strong> Francis, 1880- 

1884. 8vo <strong>and</strong> small 4to. H.calf, orig. red boards (some spotted <strong>and</strong> 

rep.). € 975,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> complete set including reprints from the following very rare original

ornithological monographs: Desfontaine's Mem. sur quelques nouv. espèces d'oiseaux 

des côtes de Barbarie with 7 plates (1789); Sir Andrew Smith's Miscellaneous 

ornithological Papers (1830); Tunstall's Ornithologica Britannica (1771); Scopoli's 

Ornithological papers from his Delicieae florae et Faunae insubricae (1786/88) ed. by A. 

Newman; Leach's Systematic catalogue of the specimen of the indigenous Mammalia <strong>and</strong> 

Birds in the British Museum ed. by Salvin (1816); Forter's catalogue of the animals of 

North America ed. by Sclater (1771); Barton's Fragments of the Natural History of 

Pennsylvania ed. by Salvin (1799); Audouin's Explication somm. des planches by 

Savigny; Vieillot's Analyse d'une nouv. ornithologie élémentaire by Saunders (1816) etc. 

See Zimmer, 18, 42, 116, 229, 380, 397, 565, 594, 641, 657, 659, 678. 

496. Wilson Bulletin. Vols. 18-22, 26, 31-98 (1906-1986). Partly bound. - 

lacks one vol. <strong>and</strong> 2 nos. € 750,= 

497. de Witte Spreeuwen. Vols. 19-25 (1969-1975). Cloth. € 125,= 

498. World Pheasant Association: Journal. Vols. 1-10 (1975/76-1984/85). In 

issues. - lacks vol. 8. € 100,= 

499. World Wildlife Yearbook. Years 1965/67-1977/78. In wrs. - lacks 

1975/76 only. - Deals also with Birds. € 175,= 

500. Yamashima Institute for Ornithology: Journal. Nos. 54-106 (1979- 

2001). In issues. € 850,= 

= We also have its Miscellaneous Reports vols. 6-7 (1970/72), please inquire. 

501. Zambian Ornithological Society: Bulletin. Vols. 1-16 (1969-1984). In 

issues - in stencil. € 225,= 

502. Zeitschrift für die gesammte Ornithologie by J. von Madarasz vol. 2. 

Budapest 1885. Text with 21 beautifully h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithographs all 

by Madarasz. Cont. h.calf. € 250,= 

= Nissen IVB, 1030. Only 4 vols. published. - All are rare now! One lacking plate added in 

a good coloured photocopy. The first two plates a bit stained in the margin. 

503. Zeitschrift für Oologie und Ornithologie. Publ. by H. Hocke. Vols. 

11-12, 15-19, 22-23 (1901/02-1913). Partly bound. Each € 75,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> german ornithological <strong>and</strong> oological journal only published upto vol. 29 (1924). 

504. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. Vols. 1-66 (1926-2001). In issues. - 

deals also a bit with ornithology. € 3.750,= 

• Zoo Yearbook. see International Zoo Yearbook no. 364 

505. Zoological Records: Aves. Vols. 85-124 (1948-1989). In orig. wrs. 

= The main bibliographic reference work on ornithology! € 1.250,= 

We also have vols. 46, 62, 65, 74, 82, 127 separately available, please inquire.

506. Zoological Society of London: Proceedings (now Journal of Zoology) 

vols. 1-200 <strong>and</strong> several indexes with thous<strong>and</strong>s of lithographs, many 

beautifully h<strong>and</strong>col! London 1832-1983. Partly nicely bound in h.calf 

(several rebacked or with a new spine). - Some subnos. in sections B 

<strong>and</strong> C in vols. 107-112 <strong>and</strong> some plates in photostat. € 24.000,= 

= The rarest <strong>and</strong> most important zoological journal in english ever published with all 

the great names of British zoology such as: Darwin, Gould, Sharpe, Bonaparte, Litford, 

Huxley, etc. <strong>and</strong> the beautiful h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates by Smit, Keulemans, Wolf, etc. The 

first 15 vols. upto 1847 were published without plates <strong>and</strong> vols. 16 to 28 (1848-1860) were 

published in 7 sections with 430 mostly coloured plates of which we try to make good 

coloured photostatic atlases! Some of the volumes are in the non-coloured edition. We 

added the very important Index to the Artists of these Proceedings (1848-1900) by Root. 

Deals a lot with ornithology! See picture… 

507. Zoological Survey of India: Records. Vols. 1-85 with general index. 

(1907-1988). Several volumes bound. - lacks one vol. <strong>and</strong> 13 nos. 

= Deals also with ornithology <strong>and</strong> rather rare in any state. € 6.000,= 

Some vols. a bit waterstained <strong>and</strong> some restored. We also have an almost complete set of 

the Zoological Survey of India: Memoirs. Vols. 1-17 (1907-1988: all publ.) at € 1.200,=. 

508. der Zoologische Garten, Neue Folge vols. 1-60, general index <strong>and</strong> one 

Sonderheft (1929-1990). Partly bound. - lacks one volume. € 3.750,= 

= Deals with zoo's, zoo management incl. birds, rare animals <strong>and</strong> diseases etc. We also 

have its rare forerunner Alte Serie/Old Series vols. 2-22 (1861-1881) with lacking 2 vols. 

<strong>and</strong> 4 nos., please inquire. 

509. Zoologisches Museum in Berlin: Mitteilungen. Vols. 1-74 (1898- 

1998). In issues. € 2.500,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> complete set <strong>and</strong> its supplements is published as: Annalen für Ornithologie. See 

no. 275. Deals a bit with ornithology <strong>and</strong> one of the famous "Naturkunde Museums" in 

Germany. Now published as: Zoologische Reihe der Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für 

Naturkunde zu Berlin. The recent publisher's price is about € 200,= a year.

81 

<strong>Books</strong> on Ornithology at Reduced Prices 

510. Aagaard, C. 

The common birds of Bangkok. Copenhagen 1930. 239p., 98 photographs, 

figs. Cloth with a mounted coloured illustration. € 115,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> guide to the birds of Bangkok. 

511. Abbott, C. 

The home-life of the Osprey. Photographed <strong>and</strong> described by C. 

Abbott. London 1911. 54p., 32 fine mounted photographs. Orig. green 

cloth - uncut. € 140,= 

= Some slight foxing on the first pages. Also available an ex library copy, please inquire. 

512. Agassiz, L. 

Nomenclatur Zoologicus continens nomina systematica generum 

animalalium tam viventium quam fossilium, in 5 parts being: 

Praefatio, Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia <strong>and</strong> Amphibia, Pisces. Soloduri, 

Jent <strong>and</strong> Gassmann, 1842/46. 4to, 380p. H. calf (worn). € 85,= 

= A complete work would comprise 26 parts of which we hold 5. The Aves including the 

Addenda <strong>and</strong> Corrigenda has 126p. Some of the authors contributed here are Bonaparte, 

Gray, Strickl<strong>and</strong>, Dumeril with pencilnotes... 

513. Ali, Salim 

Indian Hill Birds. Oxford 1949. 237p., 72 plates mostly coloured, 2 

maps. Cloth with dustjacket (repaired). € 35,= 


The birds of Travancore <strong>and</strong> Cochin. (Southern India). Bombay 1953. 

XIX, 436p., 22 coloured plates, 32 plain plates, 2 similar maps as 

flyleaves. Cloth with dustjacket (some repairs). € 170,= 

= This is the rarest of all Salim Ali's works because printed in India, Oxford Univ. Press at 

Bombay <strong>and</strong> including the long Index of species. Also available is the second edition, 

published in 1969 under the title: Birds of Kerala. 


The birds of Sikkim. Oxford 1962. 444p., 25 mostly coloured plates, 

figs. Cloth. € 115,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>. Deals with 430 different species. 


Birds of Kerala (Southern India). 2nd ed. Oxford 1969. 466p., 101 

species illustrated in colour, all after D. Cowen, <strong>and</strong> 32 in plain, 4 

coloured maps, num. figs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 85,= 

= The first edition was published as: The birds of Travancore <strong>and</strong> Cochin in 1953.

517. Allen, E. 

The History of American Ornithology before Audubon. Philadelphia, 

Trans. Am. Philos. Society, 1951. 4to. 205p., 55 figs. Cloth with 

coloured dustjacket. - reprinted edition 1979. € 70,= 

= Including a large <strong>and</strong> important bibliography <strong>and</strong> index. 

518. Allen, G. 

Birds <strong>and</strong> their attributes. Boston 1925. 351p., 1 coloured frontisp., 31 

photographs. Orig. red cloth. € 30,= 

= Ex library copy with library stamps on verso of plates <strong>and</strong> perforated stamp on title. 

519. Allen, R. 

Birds of the Carribean. New York 1961. 4to. 256p., 97 fine coloured 

photographs, 2 maps. Orig. decorated cloth. € 40,= 

520. Allen, R. 

Birds of the Caribbean. London (1962). 4to. 250p. (paper with several 

<strong>and</strong> different colours!), 97 coloured photographs on plates. Orig. cloth. 

- Includes a bibliography. € 40,= 

521. Allouse, B. 

Birds of Iraq in 3 vols. Baghdad 1960-1962. 800p., 21 coloured plates, 

277 figs. Orig. wrs. € 170,= 

= In Arab with latin nomenclature <strong>and</strong> well illustrated. Has become rather rare now. 

522. Altum, B. 

Der Vogel und sein Leben. 5th ed. Münster, Niemann, 1875. 310p. 

H.cloth. € 70,= 

= Library stamp on tp. <strong>and</strong> text a bit browned 

523. Andrews, C. 

On some remains of Aepyornis in the Hon. Walter Rothschild's 

Museum at Tring. London, Zool. Mus. Tring. 1895. 3p., 1 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithograph by Keulemans. New wrs. € 65,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> extract from Novitates Zoologicae Vol. 2 No. 1. The beautiful h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithograph depicts the Salvadorina Waigiuensis (Duck) from Madagascar. 

524. Aramata, H. 

Birds of the World as printed by 19th-century artists. New York 1989. 

239p., almost 200 coloured plates depicting 642 different birds. Cloth 


= It is an unique book of its type, both an inspiration for the future <strong>and</strong> a record of the 

past in ornithology. The plates are taken from 51 different books <strong>and</strong> journals amongst 

which Temminck, Lesson, Grönvold, Gould, Audubon <strong>and</strong> the Zoological Society of 

London. See a description of this set in this catalogue!

525. Armstrong, E. 

Bird display <strong>and</strong> behaviour. Oxford 1942. 431p., 32 photographs. 

Cloth. € 35,= 

= Ex libris of the Monica library <strong>and</strong> including a large bibliography. 

526. Armstrong, E. 

A study of bird song. London 1963. 349p., 16 photographs, numerous 

figs <strong>and</strong> tabs. Cloth. € 35,= 

= Includes a large bibliography of 38p. 

527. Arnold, P. 

Birds of Israel. 2nd edition. Haifa 1965. 107p., 30 tinted or coloured 

plates after watercolours of W. Ferguson. Pictorial <strong>and</strong> coloured 

boards. € 30,= 

= Text in hebrew <strong>and</strong> english. Includes a list of names of birds in the bible by A. Shulow. 

528. Ashmole, N. <strong>and</strong> M. 

Comparative Feeding Ecology of Sea Birds of a Tropical Oceanic 

Isl<strong>and</strong>. New Haven, Peabody Museum of Nat. Hist. Bulletin, 1967. 

131p., 11 figs. Wrs. € 50,= 

529. Atkinson, J. 

British Birds' eggs <strong>and</strong> nests, popularly described. London, Routledge, 

(1890?). VIII, 182p., 2p. of catalogue, incl. folded table in pocket <strong>and</strong> 12 

chromolithographs of birds' eggs by W. Coleman. Orig. blue pictorial 

cloth with gilt print <strong>and</strong> gilt spine. € 110,= 

= Cat. Brit. Museum (Nat. Hist.) vol.1 p.69. Includes the rare folded table often missing. 

No dates are mentioned but we think it is the rare first edition. The chromolithographs 

are a bit foxed in the margins. From the George Taylor library. 

530. Aubusson, L. Magaud de 

Les Gallinacés d'Asie. Catalogue raisonné par régions des espèces qu'il 

y aurait lieu d'acclimater et de domestiquer en France. Paris, Soc. Nat. 

d'Acclimatation, 1888. 210p., 1 l., several woodcuts in the text. H.calf. 

= Ex libris pasted in the front <strong>and</strong> another one has been removed leaving € 295,= 

some traces. We also have an almost complete set of the Bulletin de la Société d'Acclimatation 

de France years 1854-1950, please inquire. 

531. Aubusson, L. Magaud de 

Les Echassiers d'Egypte. Liste raisonnée des espèces qui ont été 

observées dans ce pays. Paris, Soc. Nat. d'acclimatation, 1892. 37p., 3 

figs. Orig. wrs. (repaired). - uncut. € 90,= 

= Ronsil, 1857. Interesting small book on the Egyptian Stilt-walkers.


Les Oiseaux d'Amerique with a preface by E. Bruet in 2 vols. Paris 1945. 

568p., 7 plates. Orig. wrs. (one small part of cover lost). € 60,= 


The Birds of America. New York 1953. 4to. With a portrait of Audubon 

<strong>and</strong> 435 coloured plates. Orig. green decorated cloth. € 35,= 

= This is the second edition of this reprint. We also have the 1944 <strong>and</strong> 1946 edition. 

534. Audubon, J. - Chancellor, J. 

Audubon. A biography. London 1978. 224p. with numerous 

illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. - Signed by the author. € 45,= 

535. Audubon, John 

The 1826 Journal of John James Audubon. Transcribed with an 

introduction <strong>and</strong> notes by Alice Ford from the collection of Henry 

Martin. Norman 1967. 421p., 1 portrait, 16 plates, num. figs. Cloth. 

= Ex library copy. € 30,= 

536. Austin, O. 

The birds of Newfoundl<strong>and</strong> Labrador. Cambridge, Nuttall Ornith. 

Club: Mem., 1932. 4to. 229p., 1 folded map. Cloth. € 140,= 

= A rare Nuttall publication, since long out of print, in a fine copy. 

537. Aymar, G. 

Bird Flight, written <strong>and</strong> designed by Gordon Aymar. A collection of 

200 action photographs. Dodd, Mead, 1935. 234p., 200 fine 

photographs. Orig. pictorial cloth with dustjacket. € 40,= 

= Fine photographs with the subtitle: Evolution, Biology, Migration, Aerodynamics. We 

added: Wing, L. Natural History of Birds. A guide to Ornithology. New York 1956. 539p., 

numerous photographs. Cloth. Ex libris of C. Parker in the Aymar item. 

538. Babault, G. 

Mission Guy Babault dans les Provinces Centrales de l'Inde et dans la 

région occidentale de l'Himalaya et Ceylan: Résultats scientifiques: 

oiseaux collectionnés au cours de la mission. Paris 1920. 342p., 2 

folded maps <strong>and</strong> 6 fine lithographs by A. Millot. Orig. wrs. - 


= Deals mainly with the Birds of these regions in a fine copy. 

539. Bailey, H. 

The birds of Florida. A popular <strong>and</strong> scientific account of the 425 

species <strong>and</strong> subspecies of birds that are now... Baltimore 1925. 4to. 

167p., with 76 coloured plates by G. Sutton <strong>and</strong> one topography of a 

bird, 1 folding map. Orig. decorated cloth. € 170,=

= Nissen IVB, 59. <strong>Rare</strong> privately printed work. Accounts for 425 different species <strong>and</strong> 

subspecies. 

540. Baker, E. 

The Game-birds of India, Burma <strong>and</strong> Ceylon. Vol.3: Pheasants <strong>and</strong> 

Bustard-Quail. London, publ. by the Bombay Nat. Hist. Society, 1930. 

X, 341p., frontisp. after Grönvold, 11 coloured plates also after 

Grönvold, 9 plain plates. Orig. h.calf. € 170,= 

= The complete work would comprise 3 vols. First published in the Journal of the 

Bombay Natural History Society of which we hold a set of vol. 14 (1903) onwards, please 

inquire. 

541. Baker, H. <strong>and</strong> C. Inglis 

The birds of Southern India, incl. Madras, Malabar, Travancore, 

Cochin, Coorg <strong>and</strong> Mysore. Madras 1930. 537p., 22 coloured plates. 


= <strong>Rare</strong> regional ornithological guide in a rare Madras imprint. In a pocket in front of the 

book 15 loose coloured plates are to be found but are not from the same book. 


The Birds of West <strong>and</strong> Equatorial Africa in 2 vols. Edinburgh <strong>and</strong> 

London 1953. 1539p., 54 plates, of which 30 in colour, 433 figs. Orig. 

red cloth with orig. dustjacket (torn but rep.) € 170,= 

= Nissen IVB, 73a. A classic on the ornithological research of West <strong>and</strong> Central Africa 

with a dedication from the author to Alan Burns dated 1953. 

543. Bannerman, D. <strong>and</strong> J. Vella-Gaffiero. 

Birds of the Maltese Archipelago. Valetta 1976. 569p., 1 folded map, 

numerous coloured plates by Talbot Kelly. Cloth with dustjacket. 

€ 85,= 


H<strong>and</strong>book of the Birds of Cyprus <strong>and</strong> Migrants of the Middle East. 

Edinburgh 1971. 252p., 1 folded map, 27 coloured plates. Cloth with 



The Birds of the Balearics. London 1983. 230p., 1 map num. figs. Cloth 


546. Barber, J. 

Wild fowl decoys. Lyon, Mississippi, Derrydale Press, 1989. 4to. 151p., 

124 plates of which 4 coloured. Cloth with gilt edges. € 85,= 

= The definitive work on the subject, limited to 2500 copies, in a mint copy too. This is a 

fine reproduction of the 1934 edition, which was published in 55 copies only.

547. Barbour, Th. 

The birds of Cuba. Cambridge 1923. 141p., 4 tinted photographs. Cloth 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition, also published as the Memoirs of Nutall € 170,= 

Ornithological Club. 

548. Barbour, Th. 

Cuban Ornithology. Cambridge 1943. 4to. 144p., 2 sepia 

photogravures. Cloth. € 85,= 

= First edition in a very good condition. 

549. Barkow, H. 

Syndesmologie der Vögel. Ein Glückwunsch der K. Universität zu 

Greifswald zum 17 okt. 1856 (400 jähriges Jubiläum) Abt. 1: Von der 

Wirbelsäule der Vögel. Breslau, Nischkowsky, 1856. Folio. Text with 3 

large lithographs, 41p. Orig. wrs. € 170,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> not in Anker nor Nissen! Some waterstains at the edges of the plates. 

550. Barrows, W. 

The english Sparrow (Passer Domesticus) in North America. 

Especially in its relations to agriculture. Washington, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture: Bulletin, 1889. 405p., 1 folded coloured map, 1 

woodcut. Cloth. = Ex libris of J. Rusk. € 45,= 

551. Barruel, P. 

Vie et moeurs des oiseaux avec preface du Dr.F.Boulière. Paris, (1953). 

4to. Text with 16 coloured plates after P. Barruel, 80 photographs. 

Cloth. € 45,= 

552. Basel - Bern. Bericht über die Verh<strong>and</strong>lungen der Naturforschenden 

Gesellschaft in Basel, vol.1 (1835) <strong>and</strong> Annalen der allgemeinen 

Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die gesammten 

Naturwissenschaften, vol.1, Heft 1 (1824). 227p. together. One with 

orig. wrs., other without wrs. € 275,= 

= Both rare first volumes of local Swiss Natural History Society publications, one 

published by Fr. Meisner but a bit waterstained. Contributions by Studer, Necker "Ueber 

die Vögel der Gegend", Von Gent <strong>and</strong> Röper, P. Merian on geology <strong>and</strong> physik. 

553. Bassetière, G. de la 

Essai sur le Chant de quelques Oiseaux. Preface by G. Etoc. Huisseausur-Cosson 

1913. 192p. including several pages of music notes, 1 

coloured frontisp. by E. Mérite, 5 plates. Orig. wrs. - uncut. € 60,= 

= Ronsil 158.

554. Bates, R. <strong>and</strong> E. Lowther. 

Breeding birds of Kashmir. Oxford 1952. 390p., 5 coloured plates, 80 

photographs, 2 maps. Cloth. € 60,= 

555. Baumel, J. (Ed.). 

Nomina Anatomica Avium. An annotated anatomical dictionary of 

Birds. London 1979. 662p., num. figs. Cloth with dustjacket. - Includes 

a large index. € 140,= 

= This publication constitutes a major breakthrough for all those scientists whose work is 

in any way concerned with Avian Anatomy! 

556. Baxter, E. <strong>and</strong> L. Rintoul. 

The birds of Scotl<strong>and</strong> in 2 vols. Edinburgh 1953, 816p., one coloured 

folded map with 27 plates of which 2 are coloured. Orig. cloth with 


= A very fine copy of this important scotish ornithology. 

557. Bechstein, J. 

The natural History of Cage Birds: their management, habits, food, 

diseases, treatment, breeding... new ed. London, Groombridge <strong>and</strong> 

Sons, (1880). Small 8vo. Text with 6 chromolithographs, numerous 

woodcuts. Orig. pictorial cloth. € 110,= 

= Nissen IVB, 83 does not quote this english edition of the very popular "Naturgeschichte 

der Stubenvögel" of 1795 <strong>and</strong> later. 

558. Beebe, W. 

Two bird-lovers in Mexico. Boston 1905. 420p., 106 photographs. Orig. 

decorated cloth with gilt top edge. € 140,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> as it is William Beebe's first book in its first edition <strong>and</strong> in a mint copy. 


Pheasants. Their lives <strong>and</strong> homes in 2 vols. Garten City <strong>and</strong> New York 

1926. 4to. Text with 64 plates of which 31 are coloured. Some by 

Grönvold, Lodge <strong>and</strong> Thornburn. Orig. decorated green cloth. - 


= Nissen IVB, 85. First trade edition <strong>and</strong> the revised edition of his famous monograph of 

the pheasants. Another edition was published in 1931. 


Pheasant jungles. New York <strong>and</strong> London 1927. 261p., 60 photographs. 

Orig. blue cloth. € 90,= 

= Deals with the search for rare pheasants in Sri Lanka <strong>and</strong> the Himalayas. 

561. Beetham, B. 

Among our banished Birds. London 1927. XI, 227p. with numerous

plates. Orig. pictorial cloth. € 35,= 

= From the collection Verdoorn. Small library stamp on title. 

562. Belcher, Ch. 

The Birds of Nyasal<strong>and</strong> being a classified list of the species recorded 

for the Nyasal<strong>and</strong> Protectorate upto the year 1930... London 1930. 

368p., 1 folding map. Orig. cloth. € 140,= 

= Scarce early guide to the birds of Nyasal<strong>and</strong>. 

563. Bendire, Ch. 

Life Histories of North American Birds, their breeding habits <strong>and</strong> eggs 

incl. Parrots to the Grackels in 2 vols. Washington, Smiths. Contr. to 

knowledge, 1892/95. 4to. Text with 19 chromolithographs. Cont. 

h.cloth. € 325,= 

= Nissen IVB, 89; Anker, 33 <strong>and</strong> 35. Classic monograph on the breeding habits <strong>and</strong> the 

eggs of North American birds. With a small library stamp on title from the Verdoorn 

library with his signature dated 1965. Zimmer 53: "All published of Bendire's 

monumental work... Detailed accounts of habits <strong>and</strong> nidification of the species, based on 

personal familiarity with them in the field as well as on notes <strong>and</strong> contributions supplied 

by correspondents <strong>and</strong> from other sources, rendered the work the most authoritative 

account of its subject to date". There are two different editions, one from U.S. National 

Museum, special Bulletin no. 1 (this item) <strong>and</strong> the other Smithonian Contributions to 

knowledge. These publications are also separately available. 

564. Benson, C. <strong>and</strong> C. White. 

Check list of the Birds of Northern Rhodesia. Lusaka 1957. XXII, 166p., 

8 coloured plates, 20 photographs, 1 folded map. Orig. cloth. 

= Most probably Benson's own copy as inscribed <strong>and</strong> a letter to Dr. W. € 110,= 

Bierman in Haarlem included, send from the Department of Game <strong>and</strong> Tsetse Control 

in Rhodesia <strong>and</strong> corrections in red ballpoint in the margins. <strong>Rare</strong> checklist! We added his 

checklist of Nyasal<strong>and</strong> (1953). We also have the checklist of Northern Rhodesia 

separately, please inquire. 

565. Berg, B. 

To Africa with the migratory birds. New York <strong>and</strong> London 1930. 

274p., 75 fine photographs. Orig. cloth. - Ex library copy. € 40,= 

566. Berg, B. 

Mit den Zugvögeln nach Afrika (1932). 184p., 56 photographs (<strong>and</strong>) 

Tookern, der See der Wilden Schwäne (1929). 222p., numerous 

photographs (<strong>and</strong>) Abu Markub, onder Olifanten en Reuzenvogels 

(1928). 194p., numerous nice photographs. Orig. cloth (one spine 


= The original nicely illustrated wrappers of the last one included (2 corners lost).

567. Berg, B. 

Der Lämmergeier im Himalaja. Berlin 1942. 192p., 32 fine photographs 

from the author. H.cloth with original dustjacket. € 30,= 

= One of his rarer <strong>and</strong> at any rate a classic study on preybirds of the Himalaya. 

568. Bergman, S. 

Wilde Paradiesvögel. Eine Forschungsreise nach Neuguinea. 

Wiesbaden 1952. 270p., 70 photographs, 1 coloured frontisp., 1 portrait 

of the author. Cloth. € 75,= 

569. Berlepsch, H. von 

Der gesamte Vogelschutz; seine Begründung und Ausführung. 2nd 

ed. Gera, Untermhaus, 1899. Small 8vo, II, 89p., 8 chromolithographs 

some by Keulemans. H.cloth. € 115,= 

= Some foxing in the margins. Last page on the announcement of the publisher's torn 

with loss of text. Interesting small monograph on the history of one of the first 

organisations dealing with bird protection. 

570. Berlepsch, H. von 

Der gesamte Vogelschutz, seine Begründung und Ausführung auf 

wissenschaftlicher, natürlicher Grundlage. 12th ed. Neudamm 1929. 

338p., 5 coloured plates <strong>and</strong> one photograph of the author as frontisp., 

numerous illustrations in the text. Orig. h.cloth. € 75,= 

= Interesting study on german bird protection. With a library stamp on tp. 

571. Berthoud, S. 

l'Esprit des oiseaux. 3rd ed. Tours, A. Mame, 1870. Text with one 

woodengraved frontisp., 17 woodengravings <strong>and</strong> numerous 

woodengraved figs. Cont. h.calf. € 85,= 

= Ronsil, 229. The nice very romantic woodengravings are by Yan'Dargent. 

572. Bewick, T. 

Memorial edition of Thomas Bewick's work. In 5 vols. London, B. 

Quaritch, 1885-1987, with hundreds of his famous woodengravings. 3 

vols. h.calf (spine broken) <strong>and</strong> 2 in modern cloth with gilted topedge. 

= Complete set dealing with his famous History of British Birds, € 375,= 

a general history of Quadrupeds, Fables of Aesop <strong>and</strong> his own memoirs. Limited edition 

of 750 copies. Ex library copy with perforated stamp on titlepage <strong>and</strong> several pages 

brittle. Includes the Memoir written by himself in the Bernard Quaritch edition. A cheap 

copy for private use only. 

573. Bewick, T. 

The Water-colour drawings of Thomas Bewick by David Thomson. 

London 1930. 4to. 83p., 38 small mounted coloured plates. Orig. 

pictorial boards. € 265,=

= A fine publication in a mint condition mostly depicting birds! Ex libris from H. 

Mapleton-Bree of Allesley. 

574. Biaggi, V. 

Las Aves de Puerto Rico. Rio Piedras 1983. 390p., 63 coloured plates, 

numerous figs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 60,= 

= Added is a loose index of 10p. <strong>Rare</strong> with this loose index of 10 ll. often missing. The 

only guide to birds we know of Puerto Rico. 

575. Bianchi, V. 

Faune de la Russie: Oiseaux. Vol.1: Colymbiformes <strong>and</strong> 

Procellariiformes. St. Petersburg 1913. XXXVIII, 979p., 10 plates. New 

h.cloth. - In russian with latin nomenclature <strong>and</strong> latin name-index. 

= Wood, 237. A complete set would comprise 6 vols. but the first volume € 195,= 

is especially rare! 

576. Bibliographia Ornithologica Hungarica. Magyar Madartani 

Bibliografia. Published by J. Papp <strong>and</strong> Z. Réthy. Bekescsaba 1980. 

657p. incl. over 13.000 titles. Cloth with dustjacket. € 85,= 

= By far the most important ornithological bibliography on that country ever published. 

577. Bickerton, W. 

The home-life of the Terns or Sea Swallows. London, Witherby <strong>and</strong> 

Co., 1912. 4to. Text with 32 mounted photographs. Orig. green cloth. 

= Fine large paper copy. € 50,= 

578. Birds - Small collection of 14 books on Birds being: Peterson <strong>and</strong> 

Mountfort, Europa Madarai (1986); A. Allen, Stalking Birds with color 

camera (1951); Ph. Wayre, Guide to the Pheasants of the World (1962); 

S. Ali, A Bundle of Feathers, Prof. Salim Ali for his 75th Birthday, 

edited by S. Ripley (1978); M. Bijleveld, Birds of Prey in Europe 

(1974); Ph. Brown, Birds in the Balance (1966); I. Wallace, 

Birdwatching in the seventies (1981); R. Pough, Audubon Bird guide: 

eastern l<strong>and</strong> birds (1946); F. Kortright, The Ducks, Geese <strong>and</strong> Swans of 

North America (1957); Birds of China (1976) in chinese with latin 

nomenclature incl. numerous maps <strong>and</strong> a huge bibliography; K. 

Westerskov, Birds of Campbell Isl<strong>and</strong> (1960); L. Snyder, Arctic Birds 

of Canada (1957); R. Palmer, H<strong>and</strong>book of North American Birds vol. 

1: Loons to Flamingo (1962); C. Inskipp, Birdwatchers guide to Nepal 

(1988). Mostly cloth bound <strong>and</strong> several with dustjacket. NB: On this 

item postage will be extra. € 375,= 

579. Birds of Africa - Small collection of 6 vols. being: Field Guide to the 

Birds of East Africa (1980) by J. Williams; Field Guide to the Birds of

Southern Africa (1970) by O. Prozesky; Field Guide to the Birds of East 

<strong>and</strong> Central Africa (1963) by J. Williams; Birds of West Africa (1977) by 

Serle <strong>and</strong> Morel; Birds of Zambia (1971) by Benson a.o.. All cloth with 

dustjackets. NB: On this item postage will be extra. € 100,= 

580. Birds of Africa <strong>and</strong> Middle East. A small collection of 6 books being: 

Zimmerman, D. a.o. Birds of Kenya <strong>and</strong> Northern Tanzania (1999) with 

124 coloured plates; L. Brown, African Birds of Prey (1970); P. Hollom 

a.o., Birds of the Middle East <strong>and</strong> North Africa (1988) with 40 coloured 

plates; M. Beaman, Palearctic Birds, a checklist of the Birds of Europe, 

North Africa <strong>and</strong> Asia (1994); C. Roselaar, Songbirds of Turkey. An 

Atlas of biodiversity of Turkish passerine birds (1995) incl. numerous 

maps; J. Williams, A Field Guide to the National Parks of East Africa: 

Mammals <strong>and</strong> <strong>Rare</strong> birds (1969) with several plates (some in colour). 

Mostly bound. NB: On this item postage will be extra. € 275,= 

581. Birds of South- <strong>and</strong> Middle America, including the Caribbean <strong>and</strong> 

West Indies. 16 different titles being: Frisch, J. Aves Brasileiras, vol. 1 

(1981); C. Orlog, Las Aves Argentinas (1959); M. Koepcke, The Birds 

of the department of Lima, Peru; J. Dunning, South American L<strong>and</strong> 

Birds, including over 1000 coloured plates (1982); I. Daris, Birds of 

Mexico <strong>and</strong> Central America (1972); R. Peterson, Field guide to Mexican 

Birds (1973); E. Blake, Birds of Mexico (1953); K. Voous, De vogels 

van de Nederl<strong>and</strong>se Antillen (1955); H. L<strong>and</strong>, Birds of Guatemala 

(1970); M. Harris, Field Guide to the Birds of Galapagos (1974); R. 

Ffrench, A guide to the Birds of Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago (1973); G. 

Herklots, The birds of Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago (1961); Brudenell-Bruce, 

Birds of New Providence <strong>and</strong> the Bahama Isl<strong>and</strong>s (1975); F. Smith a.o., 

The Birds of Tikal (1966); J. Bond, Birds of the West Indies, revised 

edition (1979); Idem, (1960) describing 429 species. Mostly bound with 

original dustjacket. NB: On this item postage will be extra. € 425,= 

582. Birds of the London area. Publ. by the Committee of the London 

Natural History Society. 2nd ed. London 1964. 342p., 25 photographs. 

Cloth. € 40,= 

583. Bishop, R. 

Bishop's Wildfowl. A collection of etching <strong>and</strong> oil painting 

reproductions by Richard Bishop, with explanatory text <strong>and</strong> stories by 

E. Prestrud <strong>and</strong> R. Williams. St. Paul, Brown <strong>and</strong> Bigelow, 1948. 282p., 

12 coloured plates after oil paintings of R. Bishop, 33 drypoints, 

etchings or aquatints. Orig. full mission leather binding with special

decoration on spine <strong>and</strong> cover. € 170,= 

= The first limited edition, not available in the trade. 

584. Blackburn, H. 

Birds from Moidart <strong>and</strong> Elsewhere (from Scotl<strong>and</strong>). Edinburgh, 

Douglas, 1895. Text with 88 nice lithographs by the author. Orig. red 

pictorial cloth. - Nissen IVB, 106. € 140,= 

585. Blake, E. 

Birds of Mexico. A guide for field identification. Chicago 1953. 644p., 1 

coloured frontisp., numerous figs. Cloth with nice original dustjacket 

from the "collared Araçari" by D. Tibbits (<strong>and</strong>) E. Edwards, A field 

guide to the Birds of Mexico. Virginia 1972. 300p., 24 coloured plates. 

Orig. boards. - Ex libris of C. Parker. € 50,= 

586. Blanchan, N. <strong>and</strong> G. Shield. 

Birds that hunt <strong>and</strong> are hunted. Life histories of the one hundred <strong>and</strong> 

seventy birds of Prey, Game birds <strong>and</strong> Waterfowls. New York, 

Doubleday <strong>and</strong> McClure, 1899. Text with 48 coloured plates. Orig. 

cloth (partly broken). € 35,= 

= Ex library copy with perforated stamp on titlepage <strong>and</strong> small library stamp on verso of 

several plates. 

587. Blanchan, N. <strong>and</strong> J. Burroughs. 

Bird Neighbors. An introductory acquaintance with 150 birds 

commonly found in the gardens, meadows <strong>and</strong> woods about our 

homes. New York 1904. XXII, 234p., 48 coloured photographs <strong>and</strong> 

several plain ones. Orig. cloth. € 35,= 

588. Boas, J. 

Biologisch-anatomische Studien über den Hals der Vögel (<strong>and</strong>) 

Kreuzbein, B., Becken und Plexus lumbosacralis der Vögel. 

Kobenhavn, Mem. Acad. Royal des Sciences, 1929-1933. 4to. Text with 

38 folded plates (14 in colour). Wrs. - uncut. € 115,= 

= The first title is also separately available. 

589. Bond, J. 

Check-list of birds of the West Indies with 7 supplements. 

Philadelphia 1956-1962. 321p., 1 folding map. Orig. wrs. € 60,= 

590. The Book of Birds. The first work presenting in full colour all the 

major species of the United States <strong>and</strong> Canada. Ed. by G. Grosvenor 

<strong>and</strong> A. Wetmore in 2 vols. Washington 1938. With 232 photographs 

<strong>and</strong> 204 coloured plates. Cloth. € 115,=

591. Borchert, W. 

Die Vogelwelt des Harzes, seines nordöstlichen Vorl<strong>and</strong>es und der 

Altmark. Berlin 1927. 4to. 652p., 7 maps (4 in colour). Orig. wrs. 

= Thesis in a fine mint condition. <strong>Rare</strong> local ornithological contribution € 110,= 

to this part of Germany. 

592. Bouet, G. 

Oiseaux de l'Afrique Tropicale in 2 parts. Paris, Faune Tropicale, 

1955/61. Text <strong>and</strong> figs. In orig. wrs. € 170,= 

593. Brasher, R. 

Birds <strong>and</strong> trees of North America in 4 vols. New York 1961/62. Oblong 

with 875 coloured plates all after watercolours of Rex Brasher 

depicting 1094 species <strong>and</strong> subspecies plus 383 species of trees with 

explanatory notes. Orig. h.cloth (one spine faded). € 375,= 

= Nissen IVB, 134 quotes only the first edition of 1929/30 with just 864 plates. This huge 

compilation of birds is mostly from the Chicadee valley near Kent, Connecticut. We also 

have the 2 vols. edition of 1968 with 898 coloured plates, please inquire. 

594. Brasil, L. 

Les oiseaux d'eau, de rivage et de marais de France, de Belgique et des 

Iles Britanniques. Paris 1914. 338p., 142 figs. H.calf. € 60,= 

595. Brazil, M. 

The birds of Japan. Washington (1991). 466p., 2 maps, 582 smaller 

distribution maps, 65 figs. Cloth with original dustjacket. € 115,= 

= Includes also a large index of species <strong>and</strong> a biliography of 1286 items. We added by the 

same author: Finding Birds in the Tokyo- <strong>and</strong> Hunshu- area (1984). 

596. Brewer, Th. 

North American Oölogy pt.1: Raptores <strong>and</strong> Fissirostres. Washington, 

Smiths. Contr. to knowledge, 1856. 4to. VIII, 132p., 5 lithographs. New 

blue boards. € 85,= 

= Nissen IVB, 143; Zimmer p.92. A major attempt to treat the subject of bird eggs. Small 

repair on title. 

597. British Birds - A list of British birds compiled by a Committee of the 

British Ornithologists' Union. 2nd ed. London 1915. 452p., including a 

large index. New cloth. € 35,= 

= Ex library copy with perforated stamp on titlepage. If interested in a set of British Birds, 

see periodicals. 

598. Brouwer, G. 

Historische gegevens over onze vroegere ornithologen en over de 

Avifauna van Nederl<strong>and</strong>. Leiden 1954. 238p., 35 plates. Cloth. - Thesis.

= Includes the long list of literature about history <strong>and</strong> development of € 70,= 

early dutch ornithology. Ex library copy with some red underlinings. See Ardea no. 278. 

599. Buchner, O. 

Specht-Naumann, Die Vögel Europas in 9 parts in 2 vols. Stuttgart 

(1922-1926). Text with 144 chromolithographs. In orig. wrs., one with a 

loose cloth case. € 195,= 

= Library stamp on covers. Also published as Beilage zu "Aus der Heimat". All published. 

600. Buller, W. 

Birds of New Zeal<strong>and</strong>. A new edition of Sir Walter Lawry Buller's a 

History of the Birds of New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, ed. by E. Turbott. London 1967. 

Folio. Text with 48 mounted coloured plates after Keulemans. H.cloth 

with original flyleaves.- Fine copy. € 170,= 

601. Bump, G. <strong>and</strong> R. Darrow a.o. 

The ruffed Grouse, life history, propagation <strong>and</strong> management. New 

York 1947. 4to. 951p., 1 coloured frontisp., 127 figs <strong>and</strong> maps, 186 tabs. 

Orig. cloth <strong>and</strong> pictorial flyleaves. € 115,= 

602. Burleigh, Th. 

Georgia Birds. Norman (1958). XXIX, 746p., 35 coloured plates after 

watercolours of G. Sutton, several photographs <strong>and</strong> maps. Orig. cloth 

with dustjacket. - Includes a huge bibliography. € 110,= 

603. Burton, Ph. 

Feeding <strong>and</strong> the feeding apparatus in Waders: A study of anatomy 

<strong>and</strong> adaptations in the Charadrii. London 1974. 150p., 41 plates. Cloth 


= It deals with 5 "Waders" being: Golden Plober, Redshank, Curlew, Dunlin <strong>and</strong> Common 

Snipe. 

604. Butler, E. 

A catalogue of the birds of Sind, Cutch, Kathia'wa'r, North Gujarat 

<strong>and</strong> Mount Aboo incl. every species known to occur in that tract of 

country up to date. Bombay, Central Press, 1879 (<strong>and</strong>) Butler, E. A 

catalogue of the birds of the southern portion of the Bombay presidency. 

Bombay 1880. 83p., 113 p., 1 folded map. H.cloth. € 130,= 

= Zimmer, p.121 for the second part only. Edward Butler was a captain <strong>and</strong> ornithologist 

in the British-Indian army. Both parts enlists each about 1000 species of birds. The folding 

map shows the area of Bombay <strong>and</strong> below. 

605. Buturlin, S. <strong>and</strong> G. Dementiev 

Systema Avium Rossicarum (catalogue critique des oiseaux de 

l'USSR). Vol. 1: Accipitres, Striges, Passeres. Paris 1935. 288p., 8

plates of which 4 are coloured. New cloth. € 140,= 

= Also published as l'Oiseau et la Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie. Vol. 30: Special 

number. Of this journal we also hold a complete set, see under periodicals. 

606. Campbell, L. 

Guide to Birds <strong>and</strong> Nature Photography, publ. by the Royal Society 

for the Protection of Birds. London 1990. 4to. 152p., numerous fine 

coloured photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. - Fine. € 30,= 

607. Campbell, W. 

Birds of Town <strong>and</strong> Village. London 1965. 4to. Text with 36 nice 

coloured plates all after paintings of B. Ede. Green cloth with orig. 

dustjacket. - Fine copy. € 40,= 

608. Cave, F. <strong>and</strong> J. Macdonald. 

Birds of the Sudan, their identification <strong>and</strong> distribution. Edinburgh 

(1955). Text with 1 folding map, 12 coloured plates, 12 photographs 

<strong>and</strong> numerous maps. Cloth. € 220,= 

609. Cayley, N. 

Australian parrots. Their habits in the field <strong>and</strong> aviary. Sydney 1938. 

360p., 33 plates of which 11 coloured. Orig. green cloth. € 110,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition! 

610. Cayley, N. 

What bird is that? A guide to the birds of Australia. 2nd ed. Sydney 

1958. 359p., 37 coloured plates after watercolours of the author. Cloth. 

= Ex libris of the Monica Library. € 25,= 

611. Chapman, F. 

Camps <strong>and</strong> Cruises of an Ornithologist. London 1908. 446p., 1 coloured 

frontisp., 250 photographs. Orig. decorated cloth. € 50,= 

= From the library of Verdoorn with his signature on titlepage. A nice nature <strong>and</strong> esp. 

ornithological guide through the north American "wilderness". 

612. Chapman, F. 

Colour key to North American birds, with bibliographical appendix. 

Revised ed. New York 1912. 366p., 490 figs. (partly coloured) <strong>and</strong> 

frontisp. New cloth. € 170,= 

= Ex library copy with perforated stamp on tp. With a large index of 25p. It also includes 

a faunal bibliography. Apart from a small repair on the frontispiece, a good copy. 

613. Check-list of North American birds. Prepared by the committee of 

the American Ornithologists' Union. 5th ed. Baltimore 1957. 704p. 

Cloth. - Ex libris of the Monica library. € 45,=

614. Cheng Tso-Hsin. 

China's economic Fauna: Birds. Washington, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1964. 946p., 58 plates of which 35 coloured, num. figs. 

Wrs., loose leaf binding. - In stencil. € 115,= 

= Seems to be rather rare as we cannot find it elsewhere... 


Distributional list of Chinese Birds (revised edition). Peking 1976. 

1235p., 829 distribution maps. Cloth - In chinese with english 

summary. € 140,= 

= An important, already rare work on Chinese birds, including a large bibliography of 

50p. <strong>and</strong> a large index of species recorded. The checklist includes all the birds herefore 

recorded (1165 species under 21 orders <strong>and</strong> 81 families, in total being 2077 forms). 


A synopsis of the Avifauna of China. Beijing 1987. 1238p., numerous 

distribution maps. Cloth with dustjacket. € 115,= 


The birds of Natal <strong>and</strong> Zulul<strong>and</strong>. Edinburgh 1964. XXXIV, 511p., 1 

coloured frontisp. of a "Narina Trogon", 1 folding map, 40 coloured 

<strong>and</strong> 40 uncoloured photographs all after watercolours of the author 

<strong>and</strong> director of the Durban Museum, South Africa, numerous figs. 



The rare Birds of Southern Africa. Johannesburg 1985. 4to. 512p., 75 

coloured plates by P. Clancey. Cloth with dustjacket. € 115,= 

= This is the st<strong>and</strong>ard edition. 


Kingfishers of Sub-Saharan Africa. Johannesburg 1992. Folio, 212p., 

23 fine coloured plates after watercolours of Phillip Clancey <strong>and</strong> 

num. figs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 95,= 

= A fine production on these brilliant <strong>and</strong> shiny tropical birds in a mint condition. 

620. Clements, J. 

Birds of the World: a checklist. London 1981. 600p. with 2 maps as 

flyleaves. Cloth with dustjacket. € 35,= 

621. Cobb, A. 

Birds of the Falkl<strong>and</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s. A record of observation with the camera. 

London 1933. 88p., 46 photographs. Decorated cloth. € 70,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> in a mint condition.

622. Cohen, E. 

Birds of Hampshire <strong>and</strong> the Isle of Wight. Edinburgh 1963. 290p., 1 

folding map, 14 photographs. Cloth. € 60,= 

623. Colditz, R. von 

Im Reiche des Kondor. Streifzüge durch die Wildnisse Südamerikas. 

Berlin 1925. 421p., 1 portrait, 32 photographs, 86 figs. Orig. pictorial 

cloth with a wild Condor on the front cover. € 40,= 

= If interested in a complete set of Condor, Journal of the Cooper Ornithological 

Society, please see no. 317. 

624. Collaert, A. 

Avium Vivae Icones, in aes incisae et editae ab I <strong>and</strong> II. Brussel 1967. 

Oblong with a small dutch introduction <strong>and</strong> titlepage <strong>and</strong> 30 

reproductions of his famous engraved bird plates. Boards. € 75,= 

= The original edition was published about 1600 in Antwerp <strong>and</strong> is one of the most 

famous illustrated bird books. 

625. Connett, E. (Ed.). 

Duck shooting along the Atlantic tidewater. New York 1947. 308p., 

12 coloured plates, numerous illustrations. Cloth. € 115,= 

= A nice copy with the colour plates by Burke <strong>and</strong> Hunt of the first trade edition. 

626. Cooper, J. <strong>and</strong> J. Eley. 

First aid <strong>and</strong> care of Wild Birds. London 1979. 288p., 23 photographs, 

num. figs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 20,= 

627. Corti, U. 

Bergvögel. Eine Einführung in die Vogelwelt der Schweizerischen 

Gebirge. Bern 1935. 481p., 36 photographs. Orig. cloth. € 60,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>. Includes a long list of findspots of birds. Ex library copy with library stamp on tp. 

See also our set of Vögel der Schweiz by Studer <strong>and</strong> Fatio no. 477. 

628. Cory, C. 

The birds of the West Indies. incl. all species known to occur in the 

Bahama isl<strong>and</strong>s, the Greater Antilles, the Caymans, the Lesser Antilles, 

excepting the isl<strong>and</strong>s Tobago <strong>and</strong> Trinidad. Boston, Estes <strong>and</strong> Lauriat, 

1889. 324p., 2 maps <strong>and</strong> a few illustrations. Orig. cloth (rebacked). 

= Ex library copy with perforated stamp on tp. <strong>Rare</strong> important catalogue € 245,= 

on the birds of the Caribbean Isles. incl. a bibliography of 10 pages. We added: Catalogue 

of West Indian Birds (1892) 170p., 1 folded map. H.calf (rebacked). This Catalogue was 

privately printed. 

629. Cory, C. 

The birds of eastern North America, known to occur east of the

ninetieth Meridian, key to the families <strong>and</strong> species. 2nd ed. Boston 

1900. Large 8vo. XI, 387p., one "artificial key" as a frontisp. <strong>and</strong> num. 

figs. amongst which one depicting the Dodo, Ostrich <strong>and</strong> Moa. Orig. 

pictorial cloth. € 170,= 

= Cat. of the Brith. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) vol.1 p.387; Zimmer p.140. Ex Libris of the Sondley 

Reference Library pasted in on front. Scarce. Each bird depicted with a nice woodcut or 

fig. <strong>and</strong> a checklist of 570 species. This is the rare second edition. We also have the first 

edition, Chigaco 1899, please inquire. 

630. Cory, C. 

The birds of the Leeward Isl<strong>and</strong>s, Caribbean Sea. Chicago, Field Mus. 

Nat. Hist. Orn. series, 1909. 63p. Orig. wrs. in h.cloth portofolio. - 

uncut. € 95,= 

631. Coues, E. 

Fourth instalment of Ornithological bibliography: being a list of faunal 

publications relating to British Birds, running from no. 1666 to 1880. 

Washington 1880. 124p. Cloth € 170,= 

= With numerous h<strong>and</strong>written notes, sometimes interleaved by former owner, most 

probably Mr. W. Ruskin-Butterfield as is indicated on cover <strong>and</strong> dated 1897. Interesting 

bibliography with many corrections. From the Monica library with its ex libris. Titlepage 

repaired at edges. 


Birds of the Northwest: A H<strong>and</strong>-Book of the Ornithology of the region 

drained by the Missouri River <strong>and</strong> its tributaries. Washington, U.S. 

Geol. Survey by Hayden, Misc. Publ., 1874. 802p. Orig. cloth. 

= Contains the large index of species. Library stamp on title. € 170,= 


Field Ornithology. Comprising a manual of instruction for procuring, 

preparing <strong>and</strong> preserving birds <strong>and</strong> a checklist of North American 

birds. Salem, Naturalists' Agency, 1874. 257p. Orig. pictorial cloth 

(spine partly lost). € 95,= 

= A Checklist of North American birds in an ex library copy with perforated stamp on 

titlep. Copy dedicated to Mrs. Coues in 1874. 


Birds of the Colorado Valley. A repository of scientific <strong>and</strong> popular 

information concerning North American ornithology, part 1: Passares 

to Laniidae (all publ.). Washington, Miscellaneous Publ., 1878. 823p., 

70 figs. Cloth. = It contains a large bibliographical appendix. € 140,=


Key to North American Birds, including general ornithology: an 

outline of the structure <strong>and</strong> classification of birds <strong>and</strong> field 

ornithology. 2nd ed. Boston, Estes <strong>and</strong> Lauriat, 1884. 893p., 561 figs 

<strong>and</strong> one chromolithographed frontisp. of the Anatomy of Pigeon. 

Orig. cloth (rebacked). € 60,= 

636. Coward, T. (Ed.) 

The Vertebrate fauna of Cheshire <strong>and</strong> Liverpool Bay in 2 vols. London 

1910. 754p., 54 photographs, 1 folding map. Cloth - uncut. € 195,= 

= Mostly on the Avifauna or fishes of the Cheshire in a good copy. 

637. Curry-Lindahl, K. 

Nagra Svenska Faglar. Särtryck ur Vara Faglar i Norden. Stockholm 

1947. large 8vo, about 1400p, 47 coloured plates. Cloth. - Dedication 

copy. € 85,= 

638. Dawson, W. 

The birds of Ohio. A complete scientific <strong>and</strong> popular description of the 

320 species of birds found in the state, with introduction <strong>and</strong> analytical 

keys by L. Jones. Columbus 1903. 4to. 716p., 80 coloured plates, 

200 half-tone plates. Orig. blue cloth. € 170,= 

= Limited edition of 1000 copies of which this is no. 150. 

639. Dawson, W. 

The birds of California. A complete <strong>and</strong> popular account of the 580 

species <strong>and</strong> subspecies of birds found in the state in 3 vols. Student's 

edition. San Diego 1923. 4to. Text with 1100 photographs <strong>and</strong> 15 

colourplates after watercolours of A. Brooks. Orig. decorated cloth. 

= Nissen IVB, 225. A st<strong>and</strong>ard work in a fine condition. It deals with 580 € 220,= 

species <strong>and</strong> subspecies. 

640. Delacour, J. 

Revision du genre Mixornis Blyth, 1812 with one coloured plate; 

Berlioz, J. Etude critique des Capitonides de la région Orientale; 

Hachisuka, Marquis. Oiseaux rare ou remarquables des Iles 

Philippines, 2pts. with 3 coloured plates; Yen, K. Revision du genre 

Alcippe Blyth, 1844; Dementiev, G. Le vol à l'Aigle au Turkestan with 

6 plates a.o. Paris, l'Oiseau et la revue française d'Ornithologie, 1936. 

New cloth. € 95,= 

= Library stamp on first blanc. We also have an almost complete set of the l'Oiseau, vols. 

1-59 (1931-1989) <strong>and</strong> its forerunner: Revue française d'Ornithologie vols. 1-12 (1909-1928), 

see no. 447.


Birds of Malaysia. New York 1947. 398p., 84 figs., 1 map. Cloth with 


= One of the earlier Delacour's... Signed on the titlepage by former owner. 


The Pheasants of the World. Second edition, third impression. London 

1982. Text with 32 coloured plates by J. Harrison <strong>and</strong> one coloured 

frontisp. by Digby <strong>and</strong> num. maps. Cloth with dustjacket. € 170,= 

= We also have the 1951 <strong>and</strong> 1964 edition without dustjacket, please inquire. 

643. Delacour, J. <strong>and</strong> E. Mayr. 

Birds of the Philippines. New York 1946. 324p., some figs. Cloth. 

= As far as we know the only edition! € 40,= 


Les Gallinacés et Pigeons de l'Annam. Paris 1927. 93p., 8 plates of 

which 7 coloured. H.cloth, original cover bound in. € 220,= 

= Ex Faune des colonies françaises. <strong>Rare</strong> monograph on the pigeons of Annam in Laos. 

From the Monica collection. 

645. Delacour, J. (Ed.) 

Les oiseaux, leur entretien, leur élevage. Manuel vol. 1-2: Passereaux 

<strong>and</strong> les Coraciiformes, les Rapaces et les Palmipédes from different 

authors: Astley, Legendre, Blaauw a.o. Paris 1925/28. Text with 67 

plates, 30 coloured or tinted plates after Grönvold or Delacour. 

H.cloth. € 300,= 

= Must be rather rare as it is not mentioned in Nissen, Vogelbücher, Anker or Ronsil. A 

complete copy would comprise 3 vols. 

646. Descourtilz, J. 

Oiseaux brillans et remarquables du Brésil placés près des végétaux 

dont les fruits les nourrissent. (1835). Folio. Only text with 40p. 

describing 60 plates. Orig. wrs. - reprint from 1960. € 85,= 

= Important bird descriptions of Bresil <strong>and</strong> the rarest <strong>and</strong> most expensive book on Birds 

of the Americas ever published. 

647. Dewar, D. 

Bombay Ducks. An account of some of the everyday birds <strong>and</strong> beasts 

found in a naturalist's Eldorado with photographs by F. Fayrer. 

London, Bodley Head ed., 1906. Text with 38 plates. Orig. cloth 

binding. € 60,=

648. Dewar, D. 

Indian Bird life or the struggle for existence of Birds in India. London 

1925. XV, 276p. Cloth with dustjacket. € 50,= 

649. Deyrolle, E. 

Histoire Naturelle de la France, partie 3: Oiseaux. 2nd edition. Paris, 

Deyrolle, (1890). Text with 35 plates of which 27 are 

chromolithographs showing bird heads. New cloth. € 115,= 

650. Dixon, C. 

Our rarer Birds, being studies on ornithology <strong>and</strong> oology. London, R. 

Bentley, 1888. 387p., one lithographed frontisp. by Keulemans, 

numerous woodcuts. Full calf prize binding with gilt spine <strong>and</strong> 

dentelles. = A fine copy. € 115,= 

651. Dobson, R. 

The birds of the Channel Isl<strong>and</strong>s. London (1951). 279p., 1 folding map, 

22 photographs. Cloth. € 40,= 

652. Dorn, K. 

Die edle deutsche Reisebrieftaube. Ein Buch über alle Gebiete der 

Brieftaubenzucht. Bad Aachen 1936. Text with 2 frontisp. (one of the 

"Führer") <strong>and</strong> 34 photographs. H.cloth. € 170,= 

653. Dorst, J. 

Les migrations des Oiseaux. Paris 1956. 422p., 94 figs. Orig. wrs. - 

uncut. = Inscribed by the author. € 35,= 

654. Dorst, J. 

The migrations of Birds. Transl. by C. Sherman. London 1962. 495p., 

130 figs. Cloth. € 40,= 

= Ex libris of the Monica library with a dedication on the first blanc by the author. 

Contains a very large bibliography. 

655. Drijver, J. 

Texel. Het Vogeleil<strong>and</strong>. Amsterdam 1934. Large 8vo. 302p., 38 

photographs. Orig. cloth. € 60,= 

= Including a list of birds of almost 100 species. Printed on thick paper <strong>and</strong> some faint 

foxing. 

656. Duke of Bedford. 

Parrots <strong>and</strong> parrot-like birds <strong>and</strong> diseases of parrots by D. Coffin. 

Fond du Lac 1954. 224p., 4 coloured plates, 16 plates after watercolours. 

Cloth. = With ex libris of the Monica library. € 30,=

657. Dyrcz, A. <strong>and</strong> W. Grabinski a.o. 

Ptaki Slaska, monografia faunistyczna (Birds of Silesia, Pol<strong>and</strong>). 

Wroclaw 1991. 525p., 1 portrait, 53 photographs, numerous maps <strong>and</strong> 

tabs. Cloth. - in polish with latin nomenclature <strong>and</strong> summary in 

english. = Includes a large bibliography. € 60,= 

658. Eastwood, E. 

Radar Ornithology. London 1967. 290p., 24 photographs, num. figs. 

Cloth with dustjacket. € 25,= 

659. Eaton, E. 

Birds of New York. Introductary chapters, waterbirds <strong>and</strong> game- <strong>and</strong> 

l<strong>and</strong>birds. 2 vols. Albany 1910-1914. 4to text with 106 coloured plates 

by Agassiz Fuertes <strong>and</strong> 23 coloured maps. Orig. green cloth. 

€ 275,= 

= Nissen IVB, 282. A classic on the birds of New York. 

We also have a cheaper copy on thinner paper <strong>and</strong> once just the atlas in a portofolio, 

please inquire. See picture… 

660. Eckert, A. <strong>and</strong> K. Karalus. 

The Owls of North America (North of Mexico). New York 1974. 4to. 

278p. with 59 coloured plates after watercolours of Karalus <strong>and</strong> 

numerous drawings <strong>and</strong> maps. Cloth with dustjacket <strong>and</strong> in slipcase. 

€ 60,= 

= Rather rare first edition with the nice dustjacket <strong>and</strong> illustrated flyleaves. 

It is one of the finest books on owls <strong>and</strong> it is in the limited collectors edition. We also 

have the reissue of 1987, please inquire. 

661. Edminster, F. 

The ruffed Grouse, its life story, ecology <strong>and</strong> management. New York 

1947. 401p., 56 plates, figs <strong>and</strong> tabs. Cloth. € 85,= 

= Ex library copy but no stamps. 


Wild Fowl of the United States <strong>and</strong> British possessions, or the Swan, 

Geese, Ducks <strong>and</strong> Mergansers of North America. London, Suckling 

<strong>and</strong> Co., 1898. Text with one portrait <strong>and</strong> 63 plates after watercolours 

of Edwin Sheppard. Orig. decorated cloth (soiled). € 85,= 

= We also have the 1897 edition with only 46 plates, please inquire. 

663. Etchécopar, R. <strong>and</strong> F. Hüe. 

Les Oiseaux du Nord de l'Afrique, de la Mer Rouge aux Canaries. 

Paris 1964. 606p., 24 coloured plates, num. figs. <strong>and</strong> maps. Cloth with 

dustjacket. € 115,=

= <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> only french edition. If interested in the Natural History of North Africa, please 

ask for our rare almost complete set of the Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de 

l'Afrique du Nord vols. 1-68 <strong>and</strong> 10 Memoires at € 3.850,=. 

664. Etchécopar, R. <strong>and</strong> F. Hüe. 

The birds of North Africa from the Canary Isl<strong>and</strong>s to the Red Sea. 

Translated by P. Hollom. Edinburgh 1967. 632p., 24 coloured plates, 2 

plain plates, numerous maps <strong>and</strong> figs. Cloth. € 85,= 

665. Eudes-Deslongchamps, E. 

Catalogue descriptif des Oiseaux du Musée de Caen appartenant à la 

famille des Paradiseidae. Caen, Le Blanc-Hardel, 1870. 48p. Orig. wrs. 

- <strong>Rare</strong>. = Presentation copy, signed by the author on the cover. € 140,= 

666. Eversmann, E. 

Reprint of Eversmann's Addenda ad Celeberrimi Pallasii 

Zoographiam Rosso-Asiaticam. London 1876. 68p. with a new 

introduction by H. Dresser. Wrs. € 85,= 

= Anker, 137. Originally issued in 3 parts from 1835 to 1842. At the time of Dresser's 

reprint only one copy of the 3rd part was known because is was printed in Kazan 

(Russia) <strong>and</strong> extremely rare. Text in latin with 2p. of new introduction (dated 1875). Deals 

mainly with new species of Birds of Siberia <strong>and</strong> forms an addition to Pallas, Zoographia 

Rosso-Asiatica, which we also hold, see no. 177 

667. Fischer, W. 

Die Vogelwelt Württembergs. Stuttgart 1914. 328p., 5 coloured plates. 

Orig. wrs. = It includes a bibliography of 221 items. € 150,= 

668. Fisher, J. 

The Shell bird book. London 1966. 344p., 20 coloured plates, num. figs. 

Cloth. = An interesting monograph on the history of British ornithology. € 20,= 

669. Fisher, J. <strong>and</strong> R. Peterson. 

The World of Birds. New York (1964). 4to. 288p. with numerous 

coloured illustrations after watercolours <strong>and</strong> paintings of Roger 

Peterson, numerous maps <strong>and</strong> figs. Cloth with original illustrated 


670. Fjeldsa, J. 

Guide to the Young of European Precocial Birds. Str<strong>and</strong>garden 1977. 

285p., 39 coloured plates, num. figs. Orig. boards. € 45,= 

= Library stamp on title. A special contribution of the "downy bird chicks" all over the 

world. If interested in a french version being "Poussins des Oiseaux" see A. March<strong>and</strong> in 

the Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée by Guerin-Meneville, see no. 446.

671. Fletcher, T. <strong>and</strong> C. Inglis. 

Birds of an Indian Garden. Calcutta, Thacker, Spink, 1936. 2nd ed. 4to. 

Text with 33 brightly coloured plates <strong>and</strong> 2 egg plates after Mr. Inglis' 

original paintings. Green pictorial cloth with dustjacket (worn with 

repairs). € 115,= 

= It is rather rare <strong>and</strong> refers to the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society of 

which we hold a rare almost complete set, please inquire. Very well printed on thick 

paper. The journal is the most important <strong>and</strong> oldest Natural History journal from South- 

East Asia including a lot of ornithology! 

672. Floericke, K. 

Vogelbuch. Gemeinverständliche Naturgeschichte der 

mitteleuropäischen Vogelwelt für Forst- und L<strong>and</strong>wirte, Jäger etc. 2nd 

ed. Stuttgart 1922. Text with one portrait <strong>and</strong> 50 coloured plates. Orig. 

decorated boards (spine loose). € 85,= 

= Inside the copy is good, except for some pencilnotes on the plates. The plates are all 

after Karl Neunzig. 


Useful birds <strong>and</strong> their protection, containing a brief description of the 

more common <strong>and</strong> useful species of Massachusetts... <strong>and</strong> protecting 

birds. 2nd ed. Boston 1907. 457p., 1 coloured frontisp. 56 plates, num. 

figs. Cloth. € 40,= 


A history of the game birds, wild fowl <strong>and</strong> shore birds of 

Massachusetts <strong>and</strong> adjacent states. Boston 1912. 638p., 36 plates, one 

coloured frontisp. Orig. cloth. € 60,= 

= Nissen IVB, 327. Fine copy in the first edition. 

675. Forbush, E. <strong>and</strong> J. May. 

A natural history of American Birds of Eastern <strong>and</strong> Central North 

America. New York 1955. 580p., 97 coloured plates after watercolours 

of Fuertes, Brooks a.o. Green cloth. € 45,= 

676. Forshaw, J. 

Australian Parrots. Melbourne, L<strong>and</strong>sdowne Press, 1969. Folio. Text 

with 50 fine coloured photographs all mounted <strong>and</strong> numerous distribution 

maps <strong>and</strong> plain photographs. Orig. green cloth. € 145,= 

= This is a reprint of the first edition of the same year. 

677. Frederick II of Hohenstaufen 

The Art of Falconry being De Arte Ven<strong>and</strong>i cum Avibus. Transl. by 

Casey Wood <strong>and</strong> F. Fyfe. Stanford (1990). 4to. Text with one coloured

frontisp., 187 plates. Cloth with dustjacket (small repair). € 170,= 

= A well illustrated translation of this manuscript of the german Emperor Frederick II. 

Includes an annotated bibliography of ancient, medieval <strong>and</strong> modern Falconry now in 

the Vatican library, originally published in 1943.. 

678. Friedmann, H. 

Birds collected by the Childs Frick Expedition to Ethiopia <strong>and</strong> Kenya 

Colony in 2 vols.: Passeres <strong>and</strong> Non-Passeres. Washington, U.S. Nat. 

Museum: Bull., 1930-1937. 1022p., 26 plates (2 coloured). Orig. wrs. - 

uncut. € 75,= 

679. Frith, H. 

The Mallee-Fowl. The bird that builds an incubator. Sydney 1962. 

144p., 17 plates (one coloured). Cloth. € 50,= 

680. Frugis, S. <strong>and</strong> G. Malaguzzi a.o. 

Guida ai Picchi del mondo. Torino, Museo regionale Scienze Nat.: 

monografia, 1988. 350p., 141 coloured plates. Cloth with dustjacket. 

= This monograph is an annotated check-list of the Woodpeckers. Very € 50,= 

nicely illustrated with 141 colourplates after the painters Pedro Cristina <strong>and</strong> G. Vicini. 

681. Fu Tung-Sheng. 

L'Etude des Oiseaux du Ho-Nan. Langres 1937. 160p., 1 map. New 

wrs. € 170,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> thesis on the local Avifauna of Ho-Nan, a province of China. Last two pages a bit 

brittle <strong>and</strong> with repairs. 

682. Fuertes, L.A. 

His life briefly told <strong>and</strong> his correpondence edited by M. Fuertes 

Boynton. New York 1956. 335p., 1 frontisp. 16 plates. Cloth with 

original dustjacket. € 170,= 

= Includes an original letter from Fuertes to Frank Daggett, dated Ithaca, July 17, 1902, 

who was the first director of the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History! In the first 

edition in a mint copy. 

683. Fuertes, L.A. <strong>and</strong> Ed. by F. Marcham. 

The Singular Beauty of Birds. New York 1971. 4to, 231p., 60 splendid 

coloured plates mostly after watercolours of Louis Agassiz Fuertes 

<strong>and</strong> numerous plain figs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 140,= 

= One of the best publications of Harper <strong>and</strong> Row publishers, printed in Italy. A very fine 

copy of this great artist on birds, now out of print. 

684. Fuertes, L.A. <strong>and</strong> W. Osgood 

Artist <strong>and</strong> Naturalist in Ethiopia. New York 1936. 4to. 260p., 16 fine 

coloured reproductions all from original work of Louis Agassiz 

Fuertes. In original cloth. € 170,=

= This is the rare 1926-1927 Field Museum Zoological Expedition to Ethiopia with the 

superb coloured plates by Fuertes. Fine copy of the Bird Artist. 

685. Gabrielson, I. <strong>and</strong> F. Lincoln. 

The Birds of Alaska. Harrisburg 1959. 922p., 1 coloured frontisp., 10 

coloured plates after watercolours of Kalmbach. Cloth. € 140,= 

= Includes a large locality index <strong>and</strong> bibliography. 

686. Gabrielson, I. <strong>and</strong> S. Jewett. 

Birds of Oregon. Corvallis, Oregon State College, 1940. 649p., 

numerous illustrations, one coloured folding map <strong>and</strong> coloured 

frontisp. Cloth. € 115,= 

687. Gallagher, M. <strong>and</strong> M. Woodcock. 

The birds of Oman. London 1980. 4to. Text with 120 coloured plates, 

all by Woodcock <strong>and</strong> 4 coloured maps. Cloth with dustjacket. € 85,= 

= Including an index <strong>and</strong> bibliography, dealing with 396 species. Dustjacket in a mint 

condition. 

688. Gardens <strong>and</strong> menagerie of the Zoological Society delineated. Publ. 

by E. Bennett. Vol. 2: Birds. being descriptions <strong>and</strong> figures in illustration 

of the Natural History of the living animals in the Society's collection. 

Drawings by W. Harvey, engraved by Branston <strong>and</strong> Wright. 

Cheswick, Ch. Whittingham, 1831. Text with numerous very fine 

woodcuts on birds in the style of Bewick. Orig. full calf (slightly 

worn). € 170,= 

= The complete work would comprise 2 vols., but this is the bird section only <strong>and</strong> 

complete in itself. William Harvey was Bewick's pupil <strong>and</strong> Edward Lear was amongst 

the artists who assisted <strong>and</strong> this is his first book in which his work appeared. 

689. Gargett, V. 

The Black Eagle. A study. R<strong>and</strong>burg 1990. 4to. 279p., 53 figs <strong>and</strong> maps, 

36 coloured photographs including some coloured plates after 

watercolours of G. Arnott, <strong>and</strong> numerous nice drawings in the text by 

R. Davies. Cloth with original dustjacket. € 70,= 

= A very fine publication on the black eagle. Also the most comprehensive study of any 

eagle species published upto now, including the investigation <strong>and</strong> behaviour, breeding of 

some 60 pairs of Black Eagles in their natural environment in the Matobo Hills of 

Zimbabwe. 

690. Gebhardt, L. <strong>and</strong> W. Sunkel. 

Die Vögel Hessens. Frankfurt 1954. 532p., 4 plates of portraits, 1 map. 

Cloth. = Includes the large bibliography with over 1800 titles! € 85,= 

691. Geroudet, P. <strong>and</strong> P. Barruel 

Les oiseaux nicheurs d'Europe. Vol. 4: Plongeons et grebes puffins et

Petrels, pelicans, herons, cigognes... oies, canards, pingoins... 

macareux. Zürich (1962). 4to. Text with 60 coloured mounted plates 

after P. Barruel. Cloth with dustjacket. - Fine copy. € 60,= 

692. Gillespie, T. 

A book of King Penguins. London (1932). 166p., 60 photographed 

plates. Orig. cloth. € 35,= 

693. Gilliard, E. 

Birds of Paradise <strong>and</strong> Bower Birds. (Papuan Subregion). London (1969). 

506p., 32 photographs, 4 coloured plates. Orig. cloth. € 100,= 

694. Gladkova, N. <strong>and</strong> A. Mikheeva 

Animal life: Birds (Zhizh Zhivotnykh: Ptitsii). Moskva 1970. 611p., 64 

coloured plates, num. figs. Cloth with dustjacket. - In russian with 

latin nomenclature. - Nicely produced book for russian st<strong>and</strong>ards. 

€ 140,= 

695. Glenister, A. 

The Birds of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore <strong>and</strong> Penang. An account 

of all the Malayan species with a note of their occurrence in Sumatra, 

Borneo <strong>and</strong> Java <strong>and</strong> a list of the birds... London 1951. 296p., 16 

coloured plates, numerous figs. Cloth. € 35,= 

= We also have the 1959 edition. 

696. Glutz von Blotzheim, U. 

Die Brutvögel der Schweiz. Eine Zusammenfassung unserer heutigen 

Kenntnisse über Verbreitung, Best<strong>and</strong>esdichte, Ernährung, 

Fortpflanzung der seit 1900 in der Schweiz als Brutvögel 

nachgewiesen Arten. Aarau 1964. 648p., 54 photographs <strong>and</strong> maps. 

Cloth with dustjacket (lower part lost). € 50,= 

= We also have the 1962 edition, please inquire. 

697. Goodman, I. <strong>and</strong> M. Schein (Ed.). 

Birds, brain <strong>and</strong> behaviour. New York 1974. 287p., numerous tabs <strong>and</strong> 

figs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 45,= 

698. Goodwin, D. 

Pigeons <strong>and</strong> doves of the world. London 1967. 4to. 452p., 1 coloured 

plate <strong>and</strong> num. figs. <strong>and</strong> maps. Orig. cloth. € 80,= 

699. Goodwin, D. 

Crows of the World. Ithaca 1976. 4to. 354p., numerous illustrations 

<strong>and</strong> maps by R. Gillmor. Cloth with dustjacket. € 85,= 

= Ex libris of the Monica library.

700. Goss, N. 

History of the Birds of Kansas. Topeka, G. Crane, 1891. 692p., 35 

photographs with 529 birds depicted <strong>and</strong> one frontisp. Orig. red cloth 

with orig. flyleaves <strong>and</strong> edges. € 170,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>. Not in Nissen IVB or any other bibliography. Ex libris of the Trinity College 

pasted in, furthermore a nice copy. Contains a large glossary, index of scientific <strong>and</strong> 

popular names of 30p. 

701. Gosse, Ph. 

The birds of Jamaica. London, John van Voorst, 1847. 457p. Orig cloth 

nicely rebacked. € 275,= 

= Nissen IVB, 367. Without the atlas of 52 h<strong>and</strong>coloured plates, which is often lacking, but 

the text is also important. Inoffensive blindstamp on halftitle, titlepage <strong>and</strong> last page of 

the text. 

702. Granvik, H. 

Contributions to the knowledge of the East African Ornithology. Birds 

collected by the Swedish Mount Elgon expedition 1920. Berlin, Journal 

für Ornithologie, 1923. 280p., 10 plates (7 coloured) in 1 map. Orig. 

wrs. (spine taped). € 100,= 

= Important contribution to East African ornithology. We also have a set of the Journal 

für Ornithologie, see periodicals. Library stamp on title. 

703. Grassé, P. 

Traité de Zoologie, Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie, vol. 15: Oiseaux 

by J. Benoit, Berlioz, Pasteels a.o. Paris 1950. 1164p., 743 figs. Orig. 

boards. € 295,= 

= If interested in a complete set of all the Traité de Zoologie in 17 vols. in 41 (1952-2000), 

please inquire. This is the greatest zoological treatise <strong>and</strong> encyclopedia ever published, it 

includes all sections in zoological systematics <strong>and</strong> insects. The crustaceans are still being 

published! 

704. Greenewalt, C. 

Hummingbirds. With a foreword by Amadon. Garden City 1960. 4to. 

Text with 69 coloured photographs all mounted <strong>and</strong> numerous figs 

<strong>and</strong> tabs. Orig. cloth. € 300,= 

= Fine condition of this rare Doubleday book. 

705. Greenway, J. 

Extinct <strong>and</strong> vanishing birds of the World. New York 1958. 519p., 1 

coloured frontisp., 86 figs. Cloth. € 115,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. We added: Gardner's <strong>Rare</strong> vanishing <strong>and</strong> lost british birds after W. 

Hudson (1922) with 25 coloured plates after Grönvold. We also have a second revised 

edition of the "Extinct <strong>and</strong> vanishing birds of the World" in reprint. New York 1967. 520p. 

Orig. coloured wrs., please inquire.

706. Grinnell, J. <strong>and</strong> H. Bryant <strong>and</strong> T. Storer 

The game birds of California. Berkely 1981. Text with 16 coloured 

plates all after Agassiz Fuertes a.o., figs. Cloth. € 190,= 

= A fine copy of this classic study on californian birds. 

707. Griscom, L. <strong>and</strong> A. Sprunt. 

The Warblers of America. A popular account of the Wood Warblers as 

they occur in the Western Hemisphere. New York 1957. 368p., 35 

coloured plates after watercolours of John Dick. Cloth. € 45,= 

708. Groen, H. 

Australische Parkieten. Verzorging en kweek in Europa. 2nd ed. 

Haren (1967). 259p., numerous coloured plates. Orig. cloth. € 30,= 

= Deals also with the illness of these australian parrots by J. Docters van Leeuwen. 

709. Gromme, O. 

Birds of Wisconsin. Madison 1963. 4to text with 43 coloured plates all 

after Gromme, 89 plain plates with text. Orig. cloth. € 60,= 

= At the bottom of the first few pages an inoffensive waterspot. 

710. Grossman, M. <strong>and</strong> J. Hamlet. 

Birds of Prey of the World. London 1965. 4to. 496p., 422 maps, 353 

photographs of which 70 in colour, 644 drawings <strong>and</strong> figs <strong>and</strong> a large 

bibliography at the end. H.cloth with dustjacket. € 60,= 

= A massif contribution to Prey Birds now being out of print. Includes fascinating scenes 

such as a struggle of an owl with a snake in 10 fine photographs. We also have the 1964 

edition with a fine dustjacket, please inquire. 

711. Grosvenor, G. <strong>and</strong> A. Wetmore. 

The book of birds. The first work presenting in full colour all the major 

species of the United States <strong>and</strong> Canada in 2 vols. 6th ed. Washington 

1937. 738p., 950 coloured plates <strong>and</strong> figs, all after watercolours of A. 

Brooks, numerous figs, 1 map. Orig. green cloth. € 45,= 

= Published by the famous National Geographic Society of which we hold a complete set, 


712. Guide to the Gallery of Birds in the department of Zoology of the 

British Museum (Natural History). London 1905. 4to. 232p., 24 plates. 

New cloth. € 40,= 

= Ex library copy with perforated stamp on titlepage <strong>and</strong> small stamps on verso of plates. 

This catalogue was prepaired by W. Olgilvie-Grant. We also have a copy with the 

original boards but with small holes <strong>and</strong> library stamps. 

713. Gurney, J. 

Early annals of Ornithology. London 1921. 240p., 11 plates (2 folded), 

numerous illustrations. Orig. cloth (spine a bit worn). € 140,=

= Deals with ornithological books <strong>and</strong> prints from prehistory to the 18th century. <strong>Rare</strong> 

original print. 

714. Gyldenstolpe, N. 

Zoological results of the Swedish expedition to Central Africa 1921. 

Vertebrates, part 1: Birds. Stockholm, K. Svenska Vet. H<strong>and</strong>l., 1924. 

326p., 1 folded map, 1 coloured plate, 16 figs. Orig. wrs. € 85,= 

715. Hagen, W. 

Die Vögel des Freistaates und Fürstentums Lübeck. Berlin, W.Junk, 

1913. 166p. H.cloth. € 195,= 

= It includes the bibliography of birds of this part of Germany <strong>and</strong> its name index. <strong>Rare</strong> as 

we can not find it in any ornithological bibliography. 

716. Hall, B. <strong>and</strong> R. Moreau. 

An atlas of Speciation in African passerine birds with a foreword by E. 

Mayer. London 1970. Folio. 438p., with numerous maps. Orig. cloth 


= We added a typewritten letter with h<strong>and</strong>written signature by mrs. B. Hall to mr. Van 

Marle at the Hague about the distribution of this book. Important monograph on the 

distribution of birds. 

717. Hall, B.(Ed.) 

Birds of the Harold Hall Australian Expedition 1962-1970. London 

1974. 407p., 10 plates, 1 folded map, 1 coloured frontisp. <strong>and</strong> 10 plates. 

Orig. wrs. € 70,= 

= A report on the collections made for the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) now at Tring. 

718. Haller, H. 

Der Steinadler in Graubünden. Langfristige Untersuchungen zur 

Populationsökologie von Aquila chrysaetos im Zentrum der Alpen. 

Ala, Ornith. Beobachter: Beiheft, 1996. 167p., 1 frontisp., numerous 

coloured photographs, numerous maps <strong>and</strong> tabs. Orig. wrs. € 40,= 

719. Hammond, N. 

Twentieth century Wildlife Artists. New York 1986. Folio. 224p., 125 

coloured plates, 125 plain plates. Cloth with original dustjacket. 

= Contains 2 parts, the first being an introduction to Wildlife Art <strong>and</strong> € 65,= 

the second specific artists, being in total 44 amongst which Agassiz Fuertes, Harris Ching, 

Rien Poortvliet a.o. Deals mainly with birds <strong>and</strong> bird artists. In a mint condition. 

720. Hancock, J. <strong>and</strong> H. Elliot 

The Herons of the World. London (1978). Folio. Text with 61 coloured 

plates after printings of R. Gillmor <strong>and</strong> P. Hayman <strong>and</strong> figs. Orig. 

green cloth. € 135,=

721. Harrison, J. 

The birds of Kent. 2 vols. London, H. <strong>and</strong> G. Witherby, 1953. 4to. Text 

with 80 coloured <strong>and</strong> plain plates after Harrison. Orig. green cloth. - 

fine copy. € 220,= 

722. Harrison, J. 

Bristow <strong>and</strong> the Hastings Rarities Affair. (1968). 175p., 12 plates (one 

coloured), 18 plates of h<strong>and</strong>writing. Cloth with dustjacket. € 70,= 

= The greatest ornithological fraud of the last century. 


On two new Venuzuelan Birds. London, Zool. Mus. Tring, 1894. 1p. 

with 1 h<strong>and</strong>coloured lithograph by Keulemans. New wrs. € 45,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> extract from the Novitates Zoologicae Vol. 1. No. 4. 

724. Hartert, E. & Hartert, Cl. 

On a collection of Humming-birds from Ecuador <strong>and</strong> Mexico. London, 

Zool. Mus. Tring. 1894. 22p., 2 plates of which 1 h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithograph by Keulemans. New wrs. € 65,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> extract from Novitates Zoologicae Vol. 1. No. 1 with a beautiful h<strong>and</strong>coloured 

lithograph depicting 4 colourful humming-birds. In total the Hartert's describe 86 species 

from Ecuador <strong>and</strong> 25 from Mexico <strong>and</strong> California in this article. 

725. Harting, J. 

Bibliotheca Accipitraria. A catalogue of <strong>Books</strong> ancient <strong>and</strong> modern 

relating to Falconry (1891). XXVIII, 289p. Cloth. - reprint. € 115,= 

= Contains 378 early books on falconry. The arrangement of this bibliography is by 

language, then by author <strong>and</strong> includes some illustrations. 

726. Haverschmidt, F. 

The black-tailed Godwit. Leiden 1963. 128p., 1 folding map, 17 

photographs. € 30,= 

= Contains an index, bibliography <strong>and</strong> migration list. 

727. Heatherley, F. 

The Peregrine Falcon at the Eyrie. London 1913. 4to. Text with 22 

photographical plates. Cloth. € 95,= 

= Fine copy with the mounted photograph on the binding. Eyrie means 'nest' in this case. 

728. Hecht, M. <strong>and</strong> J. Ostrom a.o. (Ed.). 

The beginnings of Birds. Proceedings of the Int. Archaeopteryx 

Conference Eichstätt, 1984. 381p., 2 large folding plates, numerous 

maps <strong>and</strong> figs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 45,= 

729. Heckenroth, H. <strong>and</strong> F. Knolle. 

Die Vögel Niedersachsens und des L<strong>and</strong>es Bremen <strong>and</strong> Atlas der

Brutvögel Niedersachsens 1980 mit Ergänzungen (1976-1979) by the 

same author. Hannover 1985. 4to. 542p., numerous coloured maps, 

tabs <strong>and</strong> figs. Wrs. € 60,= 

730. Heim de Balzac, H. 

Contributions à l'Ornithologie du Sahara central et du Sud-Algérien. 

Alger, Mem. Soc. d'Hist. nat. de l'Afrique du Nord, 1926. 127p., 7 

plates of which 2 are coloured. H.cloth. € 115,= 

= Ronsil, 1354. <strong>Rare</strong>, from Ronsil himself with his name on title. One of the few early 

ornithological monograph on the birds of the Sahara. If interested in the Memoires, 


731. Hemmingsen, A. 

Observations on Birds in North Eastern China, especially the 

migration at Pei-Tai-Ho Beach in 2 parts. Kobenhavn, Spolia Zool. 

Mus. Hauniensi, 1951-1968. 553p., about 30 figs. Orig. wrs. € 170,= 

= Includes a large bibliography <strong>and</strong> signed by the author on cover. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition out 

of the Spolia Zoologica Musei Hauniensis, of which we hold an incomplete set of vols. 1- 

29 (1941-1969), please inquire.. Part 2 of "Observations on Birds...", being the special part, 

also separately available. 

732. Hennicke, C. 

Die Raubvögel Mitteleuropas. Halle, Gesenius, 1904. Text with 53 

mostly coloured lithographs (some after Keulemans, Kleinschmidt, 

etc.), 8 plates <strong>and</strong> 1 portrait. Orig. decorated <strong>and</strong> stamped cloth. 

= Fine copy with its original decorated publisher's cloth binding. € 140,= 

733. Henry, G. 

A guide to the birds of Ceylon. Oxford (1955). 471p., 30 coloured 

plates <strong>and</strong> numerous figs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 45,= 

734. Herklots, G. 

The birds of Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago. A complete guide to over 400 

species also applicable to the coastal regions of Venezuela, the Guianas 

<strong>and</strong> N. Brazil. London 1961. 287p., 20 plates of which 16 coloured, 1 

map. Cloth with original dustjacket. € 30,= 

735. Herklots, G. 

Hong Kong Birds. 2nd ed. Hongkong 1967. XXVI, 333p., VIp. <strong>and</strong> 18 

plates (several in colour). Cloth with dustjacket. € 50,= 

= A rather rare local fauna of the Hongkong Isl<strong>and</strong>s with the nice coloured plates. We 

also have the 1954 edition with dustjacket, please inquire.

736. Herrera, C. 

Composicion y Estructura de dos comunidades Mediterraneas de 

Passeriformes. Sevilla, Donana, Acta Vertebrata, 1980. 340p., 

numerous tabs <strong>and</strong> figs. Wrs. € 45,= 

= We have a set of vols. 1-23 (1974-1996) of Donana, see no. 327. 

737. Herrick, F. 

The Home Life of Wild Birds. A new method of the study <strong>and</strong> 

photography of birds. New York <strong>and</strong> London 1901. 161p., one fine 

photographed frontisp., 141 photographs. Orig. decorated cloth <strong>and</strong> 

gilt topedge. € 45,= 

= Perforated library stamp on titlepage, otherwise very good. 

738. Howard, H. 

Territory in Bird life. London 1920. 321p., 2 maps <strong>and</strong> 11 

photogravures after illustrations of Lodge <strong>and</strong> Grönvold. Orig. cloth. - 

perforated library stamp on title. € 35,= 

739. Howe, R. <strong>and</strong> G. Allen. 

The birds of Massachusetts. Cambridge 1901. 154p., incl. the 

bibliography running from 1833 to 1901. New cloth (spine partly lost). 

= Ex library copy of the John Crerar library. € 30,= 

740. Howell, A. 

Florida Bird Life. New York 1932. Large 8vo. 603p., 1 coloured 

frontisp. <strong>and</strong> 58 coloured plates, all after watercolours of F. Jaques, 72 

maps. Cloth. € 100,= 

= Includes a large bibliography of Florida ornithology <strong>and</strong> name index in a fine copy. 

741. Hudson, W. 

Lost British Birds. London, Soc. for the Protection of Birds, 1894. 32p., 

15 nice woodcuts in the text by A. McCormick. New cloth with 

original printed wrs. bound in. € 70,= 

= See Zimmer, p.312 quotes rare vanishing <strong>and</strong> lost birds (1923) <strong>and</strong> this was his first 

monograph on the subject. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition of a very up to date problem but published 

over 100 years ago! 

742. Hudson, W. <strong>and</strong> L. Gardiner. 

<strong>Rare</strong> vanishing <strong>and</strong> lost British Birds, compiled from notes by W. 

Hudson. London 1923. 135p., 25 coloured plates after watercolours of 

H. Grönvold. Orig. cloth. € 60,= 

743. Hue, F. <strong>and</strong> R. Etchecopar. 

Les Oiseaux du proche et du moyen Orient. Paris 1970 with 32

coloured plates, 356 figs., 429 maps <strong>and</strong> 2 folding maps. Orig. cloth 


744. Hume, E. <strong>and</strong> A. Wetmore 

Ornithologists of the United States Army medical corps: 36 

biographies. Baltimore 1942. 608p., 1 frontisp., 109 portraits <strong>and</strong> figs. 

Cloth. = Ex library copy. Includes a large index. € 140,= 

745. Humphrey ap Evans. 

Falconry. Edinburgh 1973. 160p. with numerous fine photographs of 

which several in colour. Cloth. € 40,= 

746. Immelmann, K. 

Australian finches in Bush <strong>and</strong> Aviary. Sydney 1965. 196p., 8 coloured 

plates, numerous photographs. € 30,= 

747. Immelmann, K. <strong>and</strong> J. Steinbacher. 

Prachtfinken aus Vögel in Käfig und Voliere. Ein H<strong>and</strong>buch für 

Vogelliebhaber. Vol. 2: Amadinen. Aachen (1977). 629p., 13 coloured 

plates, numerous maps <strong>and</strong> figs. Cloth. € 85,= 

748. Indonesia - A nice collection of 15 small bird monographs <strong>and</strong> 

offprints on Indonesia <strong>and</strong> New Guinea by C. Haartman; N. 

Gyldenstolpe; Van Musschenbroek; G. Mees; G. Junge; S. Ripley; A. 

Hoogerwerf (1883-1982). Wrs. € 245,= 

= Several signed by the author or by former owner. 

749. Ingram, C. 

The birds of the Riviera, being an account of the Avifauna of the Côte 

d'Azur from the Esterel mountains to the Italian frontier. London 1926. 

167p., 6 photographs after paintings. Orig. red cloth. € 85,= 

= A fine copy of the first edition. 

750. Iredale, T. 

Birds of Paradise <strong>and</strong> Bower birds. Melbourne 1950. Text with 33 

coloured plates all after Lilian Medl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> one folding map of New 

Guinea. H.calf € 200,= 

751. Irving, L. 

Birds of Anaktuvuk Pass, Kobuk, <strong>and</strong> Old Crow. A Study in Arctic 

Adaption. Washington, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 1960. 417p., 13 plates <strong>and</strong> 

numerous figs. Cloth (orig. wrs. bound in). € 30,= 

752. Ivanov, A. <strong>and</strong> B. Shtegman. 

Short classification key to the birds of the USSR (Kratkii opredelitel

ptits SSSR). Leningrad 1978. 560p., 355 figs, many photographs. Cloth. 

- in russian with latin nomenclature. € 45,= 

753. Ivanov, A. <strong>and</strong> E. Koslova a.o. 

Birds of the SSSR (Ptitsii SSSR) in 4 vols. Moskva 1951-1960. 1291p., 

num. figs. H.cloth. - In russian with latin nomenclature. € 245,= 

= From the Wolfgang Makatsch library in eastern Germany <strong>and</strong> a part of the famous 

Opredeliteli po fauna SSSR, of which we hold a rare set, see no.408, or if interested in a 

set of Ognev's Mammals of Eastern Europe <strong>and</strong> Northern Asia in 7 vols. (1962-1964), 


754. Jaramillo, A. <strong>and</strong> P. Burke. 

New World Blackbirds: the Icterids. London (1999). 431p., 39 coloured 

plates. Cloth with dustjacket. € 50,= 

= A comprehensive guide to the 103 members of the family Icteridae. We added: 

Herklots, G. The birds of Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago (1972). 287p., 8 coloured plates <strong>and</strong> Falla, 

R. <strong>and</strong> Sibson. Collins Guide to the birds of New Zeal<strong>and</strong> (1986). 247p. with 48 coloured 

plates. Cloth. 

755. Jensen, A. 

Fuglene på Saltholm. Kopenhagen 1987. 130p., illustrations. Wrs. 

= Describes the population of birds in the Danish isl<strong>and</strong> of Saltholm in the Baltic Sea. 

€ 30,= 

756. Job, H. 

The sport of Bird-study. New York 1908. Text with 75 photographic 

plates. Orig. cloth (spine worn). € 25,= 

= Ex library copy with perforated stamp on titlep. <strong>and</strong> small stamp on verso of plates. The 

paper is rather brittle <strong>and</strong> some leaves have been repaired at the edges. 

757. Jobling, J. 

Dictionary of Scientific Bird names. Oxford 1991. 299p. Cloth with 


758. Joensen, A. 

Fuglene pa Faerróerne. Copenhagen 1966. 185p., 56 photographs, 

many coloured maps. Orig. decorated boards. € 45,= 

759. Joensen, A. 

Waterfowl Populations in Denmark: 1965-1973. A Survey of the nonbreeding 

populations of ducks, swans <strong>and</strong> coot <strong>and</strong> their shooting 

utilization. Rönde, Danish review of game biology, 1974. 206p., 74 figs 

<strong>and</strong> maps. Wrs. € 45,= 

760. Johnsgard, P. 

Waterfowl of North America. Bloomington <strong>and</strong> London 1975. Text

with 17 coloured plates <strong>and</strong> num. figs <strong>and</strong> maps in the text. Green 

cloth with original dustjacket - Fine copy. € 60,= 

761. Jouard, H. 

Revision systématique des formes Eurasiatiques et spécialement 

alpestres de Parus atricapileus, avec un aperçu de ses formes 

chinoises, japonaises et américaines et comment et pourquoi les 

oiseaux migrent: les faits et les théories explicatives et la voix des 

oiseaux en tant que caractère spécifique. Paris 1936. 129p. Orig. wrs. - 

Thesis, signed by the author. € 60,= 

762. Junge, G. <strong>and</strong> G. Mees 

The Avifauna of Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago. Leiden 1961. 172p., 2 maps. 

Wrs. € 20,= 

763. Kaiser, L. 

De segmentale innervatie by de duif (Columba Livia Var. Domestica). 

Rotterdam, Nieuwe Verh. Bataafsch Genootschap...Rotterdam, 1923. 

4to, 104p., 11 plates. H. cloth. - Titlepage repaired. € 140,= 

764. Kalela, O. 

Ueber die regionale Verteilung der Brutvogelfauna im Flussgebiet des 

Kokemäenjoki (Finl<strong>and</strong>). Helsinki, Ann. Zool. Soc. Fenn. Vanamo, 

1938. 312p., 81 maps, 24 tabs. No wrs. € 85,= 

765. Kastner, J. 

The bird illustrated 1550-1900. From the collection of the New York 

Public Library. Introduction by R. Peterson. New York 1988. 127p., 45 

coloured photographs <strong>and</strong> numerous b&w photographs. Cloth with 


= Includes the important bibliographic checklist of the exhibition held in 1988. 

766. Kearton, Ch. 

The Isl<strong>and</strong> of Penguins. London 1932. 240p., 46 photographs <strong>and</strong> 

maps. Orig. cloth. € 30,= 

767. Kearton, R. 

At home with Wild Nature. London 1922. 175p., 64 fine photographic 

plates mostly on birds. Orig. green cloth. € 30,= 

768. Kennedy, P. <strong>and</strong> R. Ruttledge <strong>and</strong> C. Scroope. 

The birds of Irel<strong>and</strong>. An account of the distribution migrations <strong>and</strong> 

habits as observed in Irel<strong>and</strong>. Edinburgh <strong>and</strong> London 1954. 450p., 11 

plates. Cloth with dustjacket. € 140,=

769. King, A. <strong>and</strong> J. McLell<strong>and</strong> (Ed.) 

Form <strong>and</strong> Function in Birds vols. 2-3. London, 1981-1985. 1018p., 

num. figs. Cloth. € 110,= 

= A complete set would comprise 3 vols. Ex library copy with stamps. Deals with the 

locomotor system, nerves, avian somato sensory receptors, genital organs, gl<strong>and</strong>s, 

lymphatic system etc. of birds. 

770. Kirkman, F. <strong>and</strong> H. Hutchinson 

British sporting birds. London, T. Jack, 1936. 4to. Text with 43 plates, 

of which 29 are coloured all by Seaby. Orig. decorated cloth. 

= Fine copy. Contributions by Baker, Wyatt, Thomson, Jourdan, etc. € 85,= 

771. Kiyosa, Y. 

On the birds that serve as food. Tokyo, Bull. Research Inst. of Nat. 

Resources, 1943. 120p., 5 plates. Orig. wrs. - in Japanese with latin 

nomenclature <strong>and</strong> rare. € 85,= 

772. Kjaerbolling, N. 

Sk<strong>and</strong>inaviens Fugle, med saerligt Hensyn til Danmark og de nordlige 

Bil<strong>and</strong>e. 2nd ed. by J. Collin. Kjöbenhavn, Wöldikes Forlag, 1877. LI, 

838p., 1 l. Cont. h.calf (rubbed). € 220,= 

= Nissen IVB, 496. Our copy is without the atlas, but the text is also important in regard to 

Sc<strong>and</strong>inavian birds <strong>and</strong> it includes a large index. 

773. Kleinschmidt, O. 

Die Singvögel der Heimat. 3rd ed. Leipzig 1921 with 100 plates of 

which 86 are coloured. H.cloth - perforated library stamp on tp. 

€ 35,= 

774. Kleinschmidt, O. 

Syllegomena Biologica. Festschrift zum 80 Geburtstag von Otto 

Kleinschmidt by A. von Jordans <strong>and</strong> F. Peus. Leipzig 1950. 471p., num. 

figs. Orig. pictorial cloth. € 85,= 

= Deals mainly with birds. Otto Kleinschmidt was the same who published the famous 

Berajah which we hold complete. See the section periodicals <strong>and</strong> serials. 

775. Kleinschmidt, O., Rothschild, W. & Hartert, E. 

Comatibis Eremita (Linn.), A european bird. London, Zool. Mus. 

Tring. 1897. 7p., 3 plates of which 2 are h<strong>and</strong>cloured lithographs. 

= <strong>Rare</strong> extract from Novitates Zoologicae Vol. 4. No. 3. Interesting € 80,= 

article where they discuss the "Waldrabe" or "Wood-Raven". They discovered that this 

bird type did not belong to the Corvidae, as was suggested by Gesner, but was actually 

the same as Ibis Comata <strong>and</strong> that this bird formerly inhabited parts of Europe. 

776. Knorre, D. von <strong>and</strong> G. Grün a.o. (Ed.). 

Die Vogelwelt Thüringens. Wiesbaden, Avifauna der Deutschen

Demokratischen Rep., 1986. 339p., 51 photographs, numerous maps 

<strong>and</strong> tabs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 30,= 

777. Knox, A. 

Ornithological Rambles in Sussex with a systematic catalogue of the 

Birds of that county <strong>and</strong> remarks on their local distribution. London, 

Van Voorst, 1849. 256p., 1 tinted frontispiece with a heron alighting on 

its nest, 3 tinted lithographs. Orig. pictorial green cloth. € 80,= 

= Zimmer p.359. <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. Includes the appendix with the important systematic 

catalogue of the birds of this county <strong>and</strong> remarks on their local distribution. Some foxing 

on the plates <strong>and</strong> an ex libris pasted in on front. 

778. Knystautas, A. <strong>and</strong> J. Sibnev. 

Die Vogelwelt Ussuriens. Avefaunistisches zwischen Amur und 

Japanischem Meer. Leipzig 1987. 4to. 188p., numerous coloured plates. 


= A nice book on the birds of the Far Eastern Siberian part of Russia, very well illustrated. 

779. Koepcke, M. 

Las Aves del Departamento de Lima. Lima 1964. 118p., 5 ll. of name 

index, 2 maps, numerous figs. Cloth. € 30,= 

780. Koford, C. 

The California Condor. New York, Nat. Audubon Soc.: Res. Report, 

1953. 167p., 31 plates, 1 coloured frontisp. H.cloth with marbled 


= This is the largest paper edition. Ex libris of the Monica library. We also have an 

unbound edition. 

781. Koningsberger, J. 

De vogels van Java en hunne oeconomische beteekenis. 2 vols. in one. 

Batavia, Med.'s l<strong>and</strong>s Plantentuin, 1901-1909. Text with 112 plates. 

New h.cloth with marbled boards. € 170,= 

= Added is: Zoogdieren van Java (1902) with 3 plates. 

782. Kortright, F. 

The ducks, geese <strong>and</strong> swans of North America. A vademecum for the 

naturalist <strong>and</strong> the sportsman. Washington 1942. 483p., 36 coloured 

plates by T. Shortt, 1 folding tab, num. figs. Full pictorial calf. 

= Nissen IVB, 526. One of the thous<strong>and</strong> deluxe edited copies of which € 150,= 

this is 684 signed by the author <strong>and</strong> illustrator. 

783. Kruimel, J. 

Onderzoekingen van veeren bij Hoenderachtige Vogels. Leiden, 

Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde te Amsterdam, 1916. Large 4to. 93p., 4

photographs. Orig. wrs. (torn <strong>and</strong> one corner lost) € 85,= 

= We also have a rare complete set of the Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde (Contributions to 

Animal Sciences) vols. 1-64 (1848-1994), see periodicals. 

784. Kumari, E. (Ed.) 

Geese in the USSR. Proceedings of a conference Estonia 1970. Tartu 

1972. 180p., num. figs. <strong>and</strong> maps. Cloth with original pictorial 

dustjacket. - In russian with english summaries. € 60,= 

= One of the very few books on russian geese. 

785. Kuylman, H. 

Hans de Torenkraai. Za<strong>and</strong>am 1935. 4to. 63p., 138 coloured <strong>and</strong> 

mounted plates on 25 sheets <strong>and</strong> one woodengraved frontisp. Orig. 

decorated cloth with mounted title. € 35,= 

= One of the nicest <strong>and</strong> wel-known Verkade Albums after drawings of J. Voerman <strong>and</strong> C. 

Rol in a fine condition. We also have a complete set of all Verkade Albums in 16 parts by 

Jacques Thijsse (1907-1940), please inquire. 

786. Lack, D. 

Populations studies of Birds (1968); Enjoying Ornithology (1965); 

Darwin's Finches (1947). Cloth <strong>and</strong> one with dustjacket. € 110,= 

787. Laubmann, A. 

Die Vögel von Paraguay in 2 vols. Stuttgart 1939/40. 490p., 32 

photographs <strong>and</strong> 3 maps. H.cloth. € 115,= 

= This is the important bird part of the Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Gran 

Chaco-Expedition in a good state. Vol. 1 also separately available. 

788. Lavauden, L. 

Voyage de M. Guy Babault en Tunisie: Résultats scientifiques: 

Oiseaux. Paris 1924. 4to. 279p., 9 maps (one coloured), 13 plates (3 tinted 

<strong>and</strong> after Boudarel). New cloth with titlep. bound in. € 170,= 

= Ronsil p.1669. <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> important monograph on the birds of Tunisia. A fine copy 

with broad margins. For Lavauden see also Milne-Edwards <strong>and</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong>idier, Oiseaux de 

Madagascar, no. 154. 

789. Le Messurier, A. 

Game, shore <strong>and</strong> water Birds of India. With additional references to 

their allied species in other parts of the world. 4th ed. London 1904. 

339p., 4 folded tabs, 180 figs. Orig. pictorial cloth. € 85,= 

= Ex library copy with perforated stamp on titlepage. Well illustrated. 

790. Lebret, T. <strong>and</strong> T. Mulder <strong>and</strong> J. Phillippona. 

Wilde ganzen in Nederl<strong>and</strong>. Zutphen (1978). 183p., numerous fine 

photographs, some coloured. Cloth with dustjacket. € 25,= 

= Contains an english summary on the geese of Holl<strong>and</strong>.

791. Legendre, M. 

Perroquets et Perruches. Paris 1962. 179p., 8 coloured plates, 8 

photographs. Orig. boards. € 35,= 

792. Leitch, W. 

Ducks <strong>and</strong> Men. Winnipeg 1978. Oblong. 268p., numerous coloured 

<strong>and</strong> b&w photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 30,= 

793. Lemmon, R. 

Our amazing birds, the little-known facts about their private lives. 

Garden City 1952. 239p., 102 drawings by D. Eckelberry. Pictorial 

cloth. = Ex libris of the Monica library. € 20,= 

794. Levi, M. <strong>and</strong> O. Riddle 

The Pigeon. Columbia 1941. 4to. Text with 785 illustrations <strong>and</strong> 1 

coloured plate. Orig. red cloth.- Signed by the author. € 170,= 

795. Lewis, E. 

In search of the Gyr-Falcon. An account of a trip to north-west Icel<strong>and</strong>. 

London (1938). 255p., 1 folding map, 24 photographs. Cloth. 

= Classic account of Isl<strong>and</strong>ic birds. € 135,= 

796. Ley, W. 

The Lungfish, the Dodo <strong>and</strong> the Unicorn. An excursion into romantic 

zoology. 2nd. edition. New York 1948. 369p., num. figs. Cloth. 

€ 30,= 

797. Lieberkind, I. 

Dyrenes Verden En populaer-videnskabelig fremstilling af Dyrenes 

liv. Kobenhavn 1930. 3 vols. 1805p., 1122 figs. Orig. h.calf. - in danish 

with latin nomenclature. € 100,= 

= Deals only with Sc<strong>and</strong>inavian birds <strong>and</strong> includes a name index of each species 

mentioned. 

798. Linnaeus, C. 

Methodus Avium Sveticarum. Publ. by E. Lönnberg. Uppsala 1907. 

96p., 1 folding plate (<strong>and</strong>) Promovendi. 56p. Orig. wrs. € 110,= 

= This is the thesis of Einar Lönnberg being: Inbjudning till filisofie Doktors Promotionen 

i Uppsala Domkyrka den 24 Maj 1907 af promotor Tycho Tullberg, fil. dr. prof. i. zoologi. 

Uncut. A curious "late" Linnaean title. Soulsby, 1102. 

799. Løppenthin, B. 

Danish Breeding Birds: Past <strong>and</strong> Present. Danske ynglefugle i fortid og 

nutid. Odense, Acta Hist. Scient. Nat. et Med., 1967. 609p., 1 folded 

map. Cloth. - in danish with english summary. € 85,= 

= If interested in Sc<strong>and</strong>inavian ornithology, please see Rosenius, Sveriges Faglar, no. 451

800. Low, G. 

The literature of the Charadriiformes from 1894-1928. With a classification 

of the order <strong>and</strong> lists of the genera, species <strong>and</strong> subspecies. 

2nd ed. London 1931. 648p. Cloth. € 140,= 

= An important ornithological bibliography. 

801. Lowe, P. 

Our common Sea-Birds. Cormorants, Terns, Gulls, Skuas, Petrels <strong>and</strong> 

Auks. London, Country life ltd., (1950). Small 4to, 324p., 1 frontisp. 

<strong>and</strong> numerous photographs. Orig. green cloth with a mounted 

photograph on cover. € 60,= 

= We added: Gibson-Hill's, British Sea Birds (1947) with a coloured frontisp. <strong>and</strong> 

numerous photographs. 

802. Lowther, E. 

A bird photographer in India. Oxford 1949. 150p., 78 photographs. 

Cloth. € 30,= 

803. Lucanus, F. von 

Die Rätsel des Vogelzuges. Ihre Lösung auf experimentellen Wege 

durch Auronautik, Aviatik und Vögelberingung. Langensalza 1922. 

234p., 1 plate, 4 figs. Orig. h.cloth. € 115,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. Nissen IVB, 576. Signed by former owner on the first blanc <strong>and</strong> on 

the front board (very vaguely), but overall a very good copy. 

804. Lucanus, F. von 

Das Leben der Vögel. Berlin 1925. 429p., 19 coloured plates, 136 figs. 

Very nice Orig. pictorial cloth. = Nissen IVB, 576. € 40,= 

805. Lucas, A. <strong>and</strong> Le Souëf, W. 

The Birds of Australia. Melbourne, Whitcombe <strong>and</strong> Tombs, 1911. 

500p., 6 coloured plates, num. figs. Orig. cloth (soiled). € 90,= 

= Ex library copy with perforated stamp on titlepage. 

806. MacClure, H. <strong>and</strong> P. Poonswald a.o. 

Haematozoa in the birds of eastern <strong>and</strong> southern Asia. St. John, 1978. 

4to., 296p., with errata slip, numerous tabs <strong>and</strong> maps. Wrs. € 60,= 

807. MacDonald, M. <strong>and</strong> Chr. Loke. 

Birds in my Indian Garden. London 1960. Folio. Text with one coloured 

frontisp. <strong>and</strong> 97 photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 40,= 

= Ex library copy with a stamp on verso of titlepage <strong>and</strong> a waterstain in a corner of 

the halftitle.

808. MacDonald, M. <strong>and</strong> Chr. Loke. 

Birds in the Sun. Bombay 1962. 128p. <strong>and</strong> numerous coloured photographs 

mainly of tropical birds. Cloth with dustjacket. € 30,= 

809. Macgillivray, W. 

Descriptions of the Rapacious birds of Great Britain. London, 

Maclachlan <strong>and</strong> Stewart, 1836. 489p., 2 engravings, some woodcuts in 

the text. Cloth (rebacked <strong>and</strong> worn). € 115,= 

= Ex library copy with a perforated stamp on titlepage. 

810. Mackworth-Pread, C. <strong>and</strong> C. Grant. 

Birds of the southern third of Africa in 2 vols. London, African 

H<strong>and</strong>book of Birds, series 2, 1981. 1471p., 76 coloured plates, 31 plain 

plates, numerous maps. Orig. cloth. € 85,= 

= See also: African H<strong>and</strong>book of Birds no. 270 

811. Macoun, J. <strong>and</strong> J.M. Macoun. 

Catalogue of Canadian Birds. Ottawa, Canada dept. of mines, 

geological survey branch, 1909. 769p. New cloth. € 45,= 

= Ex library copy with perforated library stamp on titlep. <strong>and</strong> one page with slight text 

loss but repaired. 

812. Macpherson, H. 

The home-life of a Golden Eagle. 3rd ed. London 1911. 45p., 32 

mounted original photographs. Orig. cloth. € 45,= 

813. Majewski, O. 

Beh<strong>and</strong>lung und Heilung der Krankheiten von grauen und grünen 

Papageien nach 20 jähriger eigener Erfahrung. Berlin, Verfasser, 1898. 

Small 8vo. 93p., 1 frontisp., several woodcuts. Orig. wrs. € 85,= 

= Rather rare small monograph on the illnesses of Parrots, published privatly! 

814. Majnep, I. <strong>and</strong> R. Bulmer. 

Birds of my Kalam Country (New Zeal<strong>and</strong>). Auckl<strong>and</strong> 1977. 4to. 219p., 

18 large bird-plates after drawings of Healey. Cloth. € 85,= 

815. Malbrant, R. <strong>and</strong> A. Maclatchy 

Faune de l'Equateur Africain Français in 2 vols. Paris, Enc. Biol., 1949. 

783p., 1 coloured frontisp., 39 plates, 2 maps. Orig. wrs. (torn <strong>and</strong> 

repaired) € 140,= 

= The first volume deals with the birds <strong>and</strong> the second vol. with the mammals of Central 

Africa which forms the french speaking part of Western Africa, part of Zaïre, Camerun, 

Gabon. Important contribution especially because of the Birds described with 119 figs. 

We also have the 1936 edition, please inquire.

816. Mansel-Pleydell, J. 

The Birds of Dorsetshire. A contribution to the Natural History of the 

county. London, R. Porter, (1890). 195p., 1 photographed frontisp., 

several woodcuts. Orig. pictorial cloth (worn). € 85,= 

817. Martin, P. 

Atlas zur Praxis der Naturgeschichte. Theil I: Taxidermie. 2nd ed. 

Weimar, F. Voigt, 1876. Oblong. 4p. <strong>and</strong> 10 lithographs. Cloth. 

= Nissen ZBI, 2713. This is only the taxidermy part including 10 fine € 220,= 

lithographs of which 8 depict birds, all by Leopold Martin. 

818. Massa, B. (Ed.). 

Il Naturalista Siciliano: Atlas faunae Siciliae: Aves. Palermo 1985. 

242p., 9 plain photographs, 16 coloured plates with 92 birds depicted. 

Orig. wrs. = This Atlas is since long out of print! € 110,= 

819. Massingham, H. 

Birds of the Seashore. London 1936. 209p. with 60 fine woodcuts by J. 

Abbey <strong>and</strong> F. Clarke. Orig. cloth with dustjacket <strong>and</strong> mounted 

coloured plate. € 60,= 

820. Mathews, G. 

A list of the birds of Australia. London 1913. Large 8vo. 479p. New 

cloth with gilted bird decoration of the original binding pasted on the 

front cover. € 170,= 

= Contains the names <strong>and</strong> synonyms connected with each genus, species <strong>and</strong> subspecies. 

An important addition to his famous Birds of Australia in 13 vols. (1910-1927). 

821. Mathews, G. 

Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the 

Australiasian region, pt.2: Pittidae-Menuridae. London, Taylor <strong>and</strong> 

Francis, 1930. IVp. p.427-1048. New cloth. € 180,= 

= The same Gregory Mathews who published the Birds of Australia, this is the important 

second volume to its systematic list of birds. The complete work would comprise 2 vols. 

822. Matthews, L. 

W<strong>and</strong>ering Albatross. Adventures among the Albetross <strong>and</strong> Petrels in 

the Southern Ocean. London 1951. 131p., 2 plates, 11 photographs, 1 

map. Cloth. € 20,= 

823. Matvejev, S. 

Ornithogeographia Serbica: La distribution et la vie des Oiseaux en 

Serbie. Beograd, Inst. Ecologie et Biogeogr., 1950. 362p., 53 photo-

graphs <strong>and</strong> maps, 1 coloured folded profile. Orig. wrs. - in russian 

with french summary. - uncut. = <strong>Rare</strong> Serbian Bird-catalogue. € 140,= 

824. May, J. 

The Hawks of North America, their field identification <strong>and</strong> feeding 

habits. New York 1935. 172p., 37 coloured plates after watercolours of 

A. Brooks <strong>and</strong> Peterson <strong>and</strong> 4 plain plates. Orig. cloth. € 70,= 

825. Mayer, F. 

Ueber das Ei der Vögel und der Reptilien. Dresden, Nova Acta, 1865. 

4to. 95p., 4 partly coloured lithographs. New cloth. € 140,= 

= Rather rare contribution to the eggs of reptiles <strong>and</strong> birds. 

826. Mayfield, H. 

The Kirtl<strong>and</strong>'s Warbler. Bloomfield Hills 1960. 257p., 8 plates <strong>and</strong> 

coloured frontisp. Cloth. € 60,= 

827. Maynard, C. 

The Naturalist's guide in collecting <strong>and</strong> preserving objects of Nature 

History with a complete catalogue of the birds of eastern 

Massachusetts. Revised ed. Salem, Cassino, 1877. 212p., 2 h<strong>and</strong>col. 

lithographs of birds, 9 diagrammatic plates. Orig. cloth (slightly 

spotted). € 115,= 

= Deals almost entirely with the birds of eastern Massachusetts. This is the same author 

who published the Illustrations <strong>and</strong> descriptions of the birds of the Bahamas <strong>and</strong> the 

Birds of Eastern North America in 16 parts (1878-1881). 

828. Maynard, C. 

Eggs of North American Birds. Boston, de Wolfe, Fiske <strong>and</strong> Co, 1890. 

159p., 10 chromolithographed plates of American bird eggs finished 

by h<strong>and</strong>. Orig. cloth (spine a bit worn). € 170,= 

= Nissen IVB, 613. Library stamp on first blanc. Rather rare. 

829. McAtee, W. 

The Ring-Necked Pheasant <strong>and</strong> its management in North America. 

Washington 1945. 331p., 31 photographs. Orig. cloth. € 40,= 

= A good ex library copy. 

830. McIlwraith, T. 

The birds of Ontario. With a description of their nests <strong>and</strong> eggs. 

Toronto 1894. 426p., 1 portrait, figs. Cloth (worn). € 85,= 

= Ex library copy with stamp only on first blanc. 

831. Meerwarth, H. <strong>and</strong> K. Soffel 

Vögel Europas. 4 vols. in two. 3rd/4th ed. Leipzig 1922/23. Text with

160 plates. Orig. pictorial cloth. € 170,= 

= Also published as: Lebensbilder aus der Tierwelt Europas. Contributions are by Braess, 

Löns, Bley, Hilzheimer, Merk-Buchberg a.o. 

832. Meinertzhagen, R. 

Diary of a Black Sheep. Edinburgh <strong>and</strong> London 1964. 385p., 24 photographs. 

Cloth. € 110,= 

= An interesting biography of this famous ornithologist <strong>and</strong> author of Birds of Arabia <strong>and</strong> 

Egypt (1879-1967). Some corrections in the index. 

833. Menaboni, A. <strong>and</strong> S. 

Menaboni's Birds. New York 1950. 4to with 31 coloured plates by 

S.Salter <strong>and</strong> other plain plates. - first edition. € 35,= 

834. Menegaux, A. 

Catalogue des oiseaux de la collection Marmottan du Museum 

d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Tours, Deslis, 1912. 216p. Cont. calf with 

original flyleaves. € 90,= 

= The most important bird-collection in the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris <strong>and</strong> an 

Extract of Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris 1911/12. 

835. Menegaux, A. <strong>and</strong> G. Babault. 

Etude d'une collection d'oiseaux de l'Afrique Orientale Anglaise et de 

l'Oug<strong>and</strong>a. Paris, voyage de Guy Babault, 1923. 4to. 157p., 6 fine 

lithographs <strong>and</strong> one large folding tinted map. Fine half red morocco. - 

uncut. € 170,= 

836. Mengel, R. 

The birds of Kentucky. Lawrence 1965. 595p., 4 coloured plates after 

watercolours of the author, num. figs. Cloth. € 50,= 

837. Merikallio, E. 

Finnish Birds, their distribution <strong>and</strong> numbers. Helsinki, Fauna 

Fennica, 1958. 181p., 131 figs. Wrs. € 40,= 

838. Meyer de Schauensee, R. 

The birds of Colombia <strong>and</strong> adjacent areas of South <strong>and</strong> Central 

America. Narberth 1964. 442p., 2 maps, 20 coloured plates, 18 plain 

plates, num. figs. Cloth. € 70,= 

839. Meyer de Schauensee, R. 

The birds of China. Washington 1984. 602p., 39 plates/figs. in the text 

<strong>and</strong> 38 coloured plates. Orig. wrs. € 70,= 

= There are 1195 species of Chinese birds described. It includes the useful variant 

nameslist, checklist, latin <strong>and</strong> english name index <strong>and</strong> a small bibliography.

840. Meyer de Schauensee, R. <strong>and</strong> W. Phelps. 

A guide to the birds of Venezuela. Princeton 1978. 446p., 40 coloured 

plates, 13 plain plates, 1 map <strong>and</strong> numerous figs. Cloth with 


841. Meyerriecks, A. 

Comparative breeding behaviour of four species of North American 

Herons. Cambridge, Publ. Nuttall ornith. Club, 1960. 158p., 15 

photographs, num. figs. Cloth. € 25,= 

842. Michelet, J. 

The Bird. London, Nelson, 1868. 340p., 26 nice woodengravings by 

Giacomelli <strong>and</strong> numerous woodengraved figs. Orig. pictorial cloth 

with gilt edges. € 200,= 

= Nissen IVB, 631. This fine illustrated bird-book was first published in Paris in 1856 <strong>and</strong> 

this is the only english edition. It is a good copy with a faint waterstain in a corner of the 

halftitle. 

843. Migration of Birds in the european part of the SSSR. Works of the 

ornithological Conference in April 1951 in Riga. Riga 1953. 222p., 2 

folding maps <strong>and</strong> numerous maps <strong>and</strong> figs. H.cloth. - in russian with 

latin nomenclature. € 60,= 

844. Mikkola, H. 

Owls of Europe. Calton 1983. 397p., 75 photographs <strong>and</strong> num. figs, 

tabs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 40,= 

845. Mills, E. 

Bird memories of the Rockies. Boston <strong>and</strong> New York 1931. 274p., 1 

frontisp., 21 plates. Orig. decorated cloth with flyleaves. € 45,= 

= Ex library copy with perforated stamp on tp. <strong>and</strong> library stamp on verso of plates, 

otherwise a good copy. 

846. Mivart, St.G. 

On the axial skeleton of the Ostrich (Struthio Camelus). London, 

Trans. Zool. Soc., 1874. 4to. 67p.,79 figs. New wrs. € 85,= 

847. Mivart, St.G. 

On the axial skeleton of the Struthionidoe. London, Zool. Soc. Trans., 

1877. 4to. 52p., 43 figs. No wrs. € 65,= 

848. Molin, R. 

Sugli stomachi degli Uccelli. Studi anatomico-morfologici. 25p., 4 

lithographs a.o. by Langer, Böhm, Lichtenfels mostly on medicine. 

Wien, Denkschriften K. Akad. der Wiss., 1852. Folio, in total 14

lithographs <strong>and</strong> 126p. Orig. wrs. - uncut. € 140,= 

= We offer the Denkschriften vol. 3 Lfgn. 3 complete. 

849. Molineux, H. 

A Catalogue of Birds. Giving their distribution in the western portion 

of the Palaearctic Region. With a bibliography in 4 parts <strong>and</strong> 2 

appendix <strong>and</strong> a list of the hitherto known birds of Kolgue <strong>and</strong> adjacent 

part of the Barents Sea. Eastbourne 1930-1933. 386p. Orig. wrs. - uncut. 

= <strong>Rare</strong> regional bird bibliography of the Palaearctic Region. € 170,= 

850. Moon, G. 

Focus on New Zeal<strong>and</strong> birds. Wellington 1957. 4to. 126p., numerous 

fine photographs. Cloth. € 30,= 

851. Moore, R. 

The birds of Devon. Newton Abbot 1969. 293p., 16 photographs. 

Cloth. € 35,= 

852. Moreau, R. 

The bird faunas of Africa <strong>and</strong> its Isl<strong>and</strong>s. London 1966. 432p., 39 tabs, 

65 figs <strong>and</strong> maps. Cloth with dustjacket. € 70,= 

853. Moreau, R. 

The palaearctic-african Bird Migration Systems. London 1972. 397p., 

187 distribution maps, 31 photographs. Green cloth. € 70,= 

= Includes a very long bibliography <strong>and</strong> has become scarce now. 

854. Mortensen, H. 

Studies in Bird Migration, being the collected papers of H. Mortensen 

(1856-1921). Ed. by P. Jespersen <strong>and</strong> A. Taning. Copenhagen 1950. 

272p., 1 portrait, numerous figs, tabs. Cloth. € 45,= 

855. Mudie, R. 

The feathered Tribes of the British Isl<strong>and</strong>s vol.1. 3rd edition. London, 

Bohn, 1841. Small 8vo. Text with h<strong>and</strong>coloured title engraving, 9 

h<strong>and</strong>coloured engravings. Orig. green cloth. € 140,= 

= Nissen IVB, 654. A complete work would comprise 2 vols. 

856. Müller, A. <strong>and</strong> K. 

Thiere der Heimath. Deutschl<strong>and</strong>s Säugethiere und Vögel in 2 vols. 

Kassel, Fischer, 1882/83. Text, one tinted frontisp. of a 

"Wasserschwätzer" <strong>and</strong> 57 nicely woodengraved <strong>and</strong> lithographed 

plates (several tinted) by C. Deiker <strong>and</strong> A. Müller. New h.calf with 

new flyleaves. € 200,= 

= Nissen IVB, 655. First edition. Vol. 2 is entitled: Wesen und W<strong>and</strong>el der Vögel.

857. Munro, G. 

Birds of Hawaii. Rutl<strong>and</strong> 1960. 192p., 20 coloured plates after 

illustrations of Y. Oda, num. photographs. Cloth. € 35,= 

= Ex libris of the Monica library. Including a new list of changes made in scientific 

classification <strong>and</strong> names. 

858. Murphy, R. <strong>and</strong> D. Amadon. 

L<strong>and</strong>birds of America. New York, 1953. 4to. 240p., 221 mostly 

coloured photographs <strong>and</strong> numerous b&w photographs. H.calf with 

pictorial flyleaves <strong>and</strong> dustjacket. € 40,= 

859. Murphy, R. a.o. 

8 Small monographs on birds being: Certain forms of Puffinus 

Assimilis <strong>and</strong> its allies (1927); Birds collected during the Whitney 

South Sea Expedition: Pan-Antarctic Terns (1938); Review of the 

Fregate-Petrels (Pelagodroma) (1951); Populations of the wedge-tailed 

Shearwater (Puffinus Pacificus) (1951); Larger Petrels of the genus 

Pterodroma (1952); The Manx Shearwater, Puffinus Puff. etc (1952); 

The "Pealea" phenomenon <strong>and</strong> other notes on Storm Petrels (1952) <strong>and</strong> 

5 more. Cloth. € 170,= 

= Mostly published in the American Museum Novitates, of which we hold a 

partial set vols. 22-49 (1949-1969), please inquire. 

860. Naether, C. 

The book of the Pigeon. 2nd ed. Philadelphia (1940). 278p., 188 

photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 35,= 

861. Nelson, B. 

Galapagos. Isl<strong>and</strong>s of Birds. With a foreword by the Duke of 

Edinburgh. London 1968. 358p., 56 figs <strong>and</strong> maps. Orig. cloth. 

€ 35,= 

862. Nethersole-Thompson, D. 

The Dotterel. London 1973. 288p., 8 photographs (one in colour). 

Cloth. - <strong>Rare</strong> first edition. € 110,= 

863. Nethersole-Thompson, D. 

Pine Crossbills, a Scottish contribution. Berkhamstead 1975. 256p., 

16 photographs <strong>and</strong> numerous nice woodcuts by D. Watson. Cloth. 

€ 85,= 

864. Nicoll, M. 

H<strong>and</strong>list of the Birds of Egypt. Cairo, Zoological Service, 1919. 119p., 

31 plates of which 8 are coloured <strong>and</strong> one folded map. Orig. boards

with h.cloth. = Zimmer, 466p. <strong>Rare</strong> guide to the birds of Egypt. € 85,= 

865. Nitsche, G. <strong>and</strong> H. Plachter. 

Atlas der Brutvögel Bayerns 1979-1983. auf der Grundlage der 

Kartierungsergebnisse zahlreicher ehrenamtlicher Mitarbeiter. 

München (1989). 4to. 269p., 200 coloured maps. Wrs. € 85,= 

866. Nitzch, C. 

Pterylography. Translated from the German by Ph. Sclater. London, 

Hardwicke, 1867. Folio. Text with 10 engravings. H.cloth. € 325,= 

= Wellknown monograph published by the Ray Society in 1866. This is the large paper 

edition for subscribers... may be one of 600 only. Nitzsches original "System der 

Pterylographia" was published in 1840 <strong>and</strong> deals with anatomy of birds, feathers <strong>and</strong> 

plumage. 

867. North, A. 

Nests <strong>and</strong> eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia <strong>and</strong> Tasmania 

vol. 1 in 4 parts. Melbourne 1984. 4to. VII, 366p., 11 plates (some 

tinted). Cloth with dustjacket. € 70,= 

= This is a good reprint of the original, published in 1904 in the special catalogue of the 

Australian Museum in Sydney being the 2nd entirely rewritten edition. A complete copy 

comprises 19 parts in 4 vols. 

868. Noval, A. 

Aves de Presa. Fauna Iberica 1975. 4to. 396p. with numerous fine 

coloured photographs, figs. <strong>and</strong> maps. Cloth with orig. dustjacket. 

= In spanish including a large index. € 110,= 

869. Nuttall, T. 

A manual of the ornithology of the United States <strong>and</strong> of Canada. In 2 

vols. being water- <strong>and</strong> l<strong>and</strong>-birds. Boston, Hilliard Gray, 1832-1834. 

1323p., figs. H.calf with gilt back <strong>and</strong> gilt topedges. € 275,= 

= Nissen IVB, 685. Important monograph by this famous american ornithologist after 

whom the Bulletin <strong>and</strong> Memoirs of the Nuttall ornithological Club is named <strong>and</strong> its 

continuation in the AUK. See also in this catalogue, no. 281. The waterbirds are waterstained. 

We also have a cheaper copy in new cloth. 

870. Oakes, C. 

The birds of Lancashire. Edinburgh 1953. 392p., 31 photographs. 

Cloth. € 70,= 

871. Oates, E. 

A h<strong>and</strong>book to the Birds of British Burma. Including those found in 

the adjoining state of Karennee, vol. 2: Macrochires to Pygopodes. 

London, Porter, 1883. 516p. with an index to both volumes. New

h.cloth. € 170,= 

= Scarce good copy on the birds of Burma. Complete copies would comprise 2 vols. Ex 

libris of Van Marle. 

872. Oberholser, H. 

Birds of the Natuna Isl<strong>and</strong>s. Washington, U.S. Nat. Mus.: Bull., 1932. 

137p. Orig. wrs. in cloth portofolio. - ex libris pasted in on front. 

€ 30,= 

873. Oberholser, H. 

The birds of Texas with the paintings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes <strong>and</strong> 

edited with distribution maps <strong>and</strong> additional material by E. Kincaid in 

2 vols. Austin 1974. 4to with 68 plates of which 34 coloured, mostly 

after watercolours of Fuertes, numerous maps. Cloth in slipcase. 

= Very fine copy in a mint condition. € 375,= 

874. Oberthür, J. 

Du Heron au Perdrix de la grive aux Rapaces, vol.2: passeraux, 

corvidés, rapaces. Paris (1954). 4to. Text with numerous figs. all after 

Oberthür. Orig. decorated wrs. € 85,= 

= One from the: Le Monde merveilleux de Bêtes, collection Durel. Fine production with 

the figures by Jean Oberthür himself. 

875. Officer, B. 

Australian Honeyeaters. Melbourne 1964. 83p., 2 ll. of scientific 

names, 12 coloured plates after watercolours of Maltby, 1 map. Cloth. 

= Ex libris of the Monica Library. A monograph of over 70 species with € 45,= 

its identification, distribution, habits etc. 

876. Olina, G. 

Uccelliera, ovvero discorso della Natura e proprieta di diversi Uccelli. 

Roma 1622 (in reprint). XI, 216p., numerous full paged plates (<strong>and</strong>) 

Solinas, F., l'Ucelliera, un libro di Arte et di Scienze nella Roma dei 

primi Lincei. Firenze 2000. Both 4to. 140p., 32 coloured plates, 32 noncoloured 

plates. New cloth with coloured mounted plate. In cloth 

slipcase. € 200,= 

= Two very nice books of which the first one is a good reprint of this great Italian 

ornithological classic work! 

877. Oliver, W. 

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Birds. Wellington 1930. 549p., 6 coloured plates, num. 

figs. Orig. cloth with orig. flyleaves. - first edition. € 95,=

878. Oliver, W. 

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> Birds. 2nd ed. Wellington 1955. 661p., 1 frontisp., 

numerous photographs. Green cloth. € 65,= 

879. Oordt, G. van 

His contributions to Science. Essays presented to G. van Oordt on the 

occasion of his retirement. Ed. by his co-workers at the Zoological Lab. 

at Utrecht University. Arnhem 1962. 109p., 1 photograph <strong>and</strong> one 

h<strong>and</strong>written note by Prof. Van Oordt. Cloth. € 45,= 

= Incl. Van de Kamer <strong>and</strong> Wilcke, History of the preservation of nature in 

the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s. Includes also a list of 20p. of his work mainly on birds. 

880. Palmgren, P. 

Quantitative Untersuchungen über die Vogelfauna in den Wäldern 

Südfinnl<strong>and</strong>s (Al<strong>and</strong>s). Helsingfors, Acta Zool. Fennica, 1930. 218p., 

8 plates, 1 folding tab. Wrs. € 40,= 

881. Papp, J. <strong>and</strong> Z. Réthy. 

Bibliographia Ornithologica Hungarica. Budapest 1980. 656p. Cloth 


= The best of all Hungarian Bibliographies. If interested in Hungarian birds see our set 

of the Aquila. 

882. Paris, P. 

Faune de France: Oiseaux. Paris 1921. 469p., 490 figs. New cloth. 

= Several interesting annotations in the text including 4 separate sheets € 60,= 

bound in <strong>and</strong> one "Tableau des migrations du Gibier à Plumes (France)". Since long out 

of print! We have more of this large faunal set: Faune de France, please inquire. 

883. Patev, P. 

Birds of Bulgaria. Sofia, Zool. Inst. i. Musei, Fauna na Bulgaria no.1, 

1950. 364p., 277 figs, 4 maps. Orig. wrs. - in bulgarian with latin 

nomenclature. € 170,= 

= A rare monograph on the birds of Bulgaria, incl. dedication by another person on the 

title. 

884. Payn, W. 

The birds of Suffolk. With a foreword by the Earl of Cranbrook. 

London 1962. 255p., 1 coloured frontisp., 10 photographs, 2 maps. 

Cloth. € 30,= 

885. Pearson, T. <strong>and</strong> Ch. Brimley, a.o. 

Birds of North Carolina. Raleigh 1942. 416p., 37 plates of which 18 in 

colour, 141 figs., 4 portraits. Cloth. € 60,=

886. Pedersen, A. 

Myggenaes. Köbenhavn 1935. 72p., 31 photographs. Orig. cloth. 

= A rare ornithological contribution to the Isle of Myggenaes, one of € 90,= 

the Faeroe Isl<strong>and</strong>s. 

887. Pedersen, A. 

Im Reiche des Grönl<strong>and</strong>falken. Stuttgart, Kosmos, 1955. 168p., 47 

plates. Cloth with orig. flyleaves <strong>and</strong> dustjacket. € 30,= 

888. Peterson, R. 

Penguins. Boston 1979. 4to. 238p., numerous photographs of which 

many are coloured <strong>and</strong> numerous drawings. Cloth with dustjacket 

<strong>and</strong> original pictorial flyleaves. = Signed by the author. € 40,= 

889. Pettingill, O. 

The American Woodcock Philohela Minor (Gmelin). Boston, Soc. of 

Nat. History: Mem., 1936. 4to. 222p., 10 plates (one coloured), figs. 

Cloth. € 115,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong>. If interested in the Proceedings, Memoirs or Occasional Papers of the 

Boston Society of Natural History, please inquire. 

890. Phelps, W. <strong>and</strong> R. Meyer de Schauensee. 

Uno guia de las Aves de Venezuela. Princeton 1978. 509p., 40 coloured 

plates, 13 plain plates. Cloth with dustjacket. € 85,= 

891. Phillips, J. 

A natural History of the ducks. 4 vols. in 2. New York 1986. 4to. 908p., 

176 plates of which 74 in full colour all after Benson, Brooks, Agassiz 

Fuertes, Grönvold <strong>and</strong> Kobayashi. Numerous maps. Cloth with orig. 


= An important <strong>and</strong> elaborate monograph on the ducks of North America, first published 

in 1922/26 of which this is a very fine reprint with all the fine coloured plates after Brooks 

<strong>and</strong> Fuertes. In a mint condition. 

892. Pinto, A. de Rosa 

Ornitologia de Angola, vol. 1: Non passeres. Lisboa 1983. 4to. 831p., 48 

very fine coloured plates all after Alfredo, 26 figs. Cloth with dust 

jacket. € 160,= 

= Text in Portuguese <strong>and</strong> English. A second volume on the passeres might be published 

also. 

893. Pope, W. 

The 19th century journals <strong>and</strong> paintings by William Pope. Text by H. 

Barrett <strong>and</strong> commentary by Lansdowne. Toronto 1976. 4to. 175p., 36 

coloured plates, maps <strong>and</strong> figs. Cloth. € 135,=

= William Pope was a fine bird painter <strong>and</strong> illustrator from the 19th century in Canada. 

With an introduction <strong>and</strong> commentary by Lansdowne. 

894. Porter, R. <strong>and</strong> Steen Christensen a.o. 

Flight Identification of European Raptors. 2nd ed. Berkhamstead 1976. 

183p., 80 photographs, 78 figs. Cloth. € 35,= 

895. Power, E. 

New Zeal<strong>and</strong> water birds. An artist's Journal. Auckl<strong>and</strong> 1973. Text 

with 20 coloured plates by the author, figs. Cloth with dustjacket. 

€ 30,= 

896. Priest, C. 

A guide to the birds of Southern Rhodesia <strong>and</strong> a record of their 

nesting habits. London 1929. 233p., 14 coloured plates, num. figs. Orig. 

green cloth. € 115,= 

897. Pycraft, W. 

A history of birds. London (1910). 488p. with numerous plates mostly 

being photographs <strong>and</strong> figs. Orig. pictorial cloth (a bit spotted). 

€ 40,= 

898. Queeny, E. 

Prairie wings. Pen <strong>and</strong> Camera flight studies. New York 1946. 4to. 

269p., one coloured frontisp., numerous fine photographs. Decorated 

cloth with original flyleaves with the duck medaillon. € 220,= 

= A fine copy of this first trade edition. A beautiful series of photographs of the migratory 

birds. 

899. Quepat, N. 

Ornithologie du Val de Metz / Vogelkunde des Metzer Thals. 

Catalogue des oiseaux sédentaires et de passage... avec notes critiques 

et dates de la migration et du retour de chaque espèce. Paris <strong>and</strong> Metz, 

Baillière, (1899). Small 8vo. 182p. Orig. wrs. € 195,= 

= Ronsil 2473. <strong>Rare</strong> local avifauna catalogue only published in 200 copies in a mint 

condition. 

900. R<strong>and</strong>, A. 

The distribution <strong>and</strong> habits of Madagascar birds. (Mission Zoologique 

Franco-Anglo-Americaine à Madagascar). New York, Bull. Am. 

Museum Nat. History, 1936. 357p., figs. <strong>and</strong> maps. New cloth. - some 

notes in the text. € 140,= 

= See also our set of Milne-Edwards <strong>and</strong> Gr<strong>and</strong>idier, no. 154. 

901. R<strong>and</strong>, A. 

Birds from Liberia, with a discussion of barriers between Upper <strong>and</strong>

Lower Guinea subspecies. Chicago, Fieldiana: Zoology, 1951. 53p., 1 

map. Wrs. € 40,= 

902. R<strong>and</strong>, A. <strong>and</strong> D. Rabor. 

Birds of the Philippine Isl<strong>and</strong>s: Siquijor, Mount Malindang, Bohol <strong>and</strong> 

Samar. Chicago, Fieldiana, Zoology, 1960. 217p. New h.red morocco 

with marbled boards. - Fine copy. € 50,= 

= If interested in a set of Fieldiana: Zoology including a lot of ornithology, please inquire. 

903. Rasmussen, C. 

De sorte Tejsters oer <strong>and</strong> Fra Hedehögens Rige. Köbenhavn 1932-1937. 

Large 8vo. 277p. with numerous nice photographs. H.calf with the 

original wrs bound in. € 30,= 

= Deals on the birds of Denmark <strong>and</strong> its isl<strong>and</strong>s in a fine copy. 

904. Raspail, X. 

Oeuvres ornithologiques. Paris, Mem. Soc. Ornith. et Mammalogique 

de France, 1931. 447p., 2 ll. <strong>and</strong> 14 plates, 1 portrait. Orig. wrs. - uncut. 

= Ronsil 2502, the last book quoted. Dedicated copy by the author to € 90,= 

Robert Villette des Prugnes on first blanc. Good copy. 

905. Reichenow, A. 

Die Vögel. H<strong>and</strong>buch der systematischen Ornithologie in 2 vols. 

Stuttgart 1913/14. 1173p., 1 tinted map, num. figs. Cloth. € 200,= 

= Nissen IVB, 768. Still a classic bird h<strong>and</strong>book! 

906. Rheinwald, G. <strong>and</strong> M. Wink a.o. 

Die Vögel im Grossraum Bonn mit einem Atlas der Brutverbreitung 

vol. 1: Singvögel. Düsseldorf, Beiträge zur Avifauna des Rheinl<strong>and</strong>es, 

1984. 390p., numerous maps. Orig. wrs. € 20,= 

907. Riley, J. 

Birds from Siam <strong>and</strong> the Malay Peninsula in the U.S. National 

Museum collected by Dr. H. Smith <strong>and</strong> W. Abbott. Washington, U.S. 

Nat. Museum: Bull., 1938. 581p. Orig. wrs. - uncut. € 40,= 

908. Ripley, S. 

A synopsis of the birds of India <strong>and</strong> Pakistan, together with those of 

Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan <strong>and</strong> Ceylon. Bombay 1961. 734p., 2 maps with 

transparents (one coloured). Cloth. € 75,= 

= Includes a large index of over 60p. Published by the famous Bombay Natural History 

Society of which we hold a rare almost complete set of its Journal! Please inquire. 

909. Ripley, S. 

Rails of the World. A monograph of the family Rallidae <strong>and</strong> a chapter

on fossil species by S. Olson. Boston 1977. Folio. 426p., 26 figs, 17 

maps, 41 coloured plates after paintings of L<strong>and</strong>sdowne. Cloth with 

original pictorial dustjacket. € 200,= 

= One of 400 numbered copies with ex libris of the Monica Library. 

910. Ritter, W. 

The California Woodpecker <strong>and</strong> I. A study in comparative zoology. 

Berkely 1938. XIII, 340p., 1 coloured frontisp., 1 portrait, 5 plates. 

Cloth with orig. pictorial dustjacket. € 60,= 

= We added: Hoffmann, R. Guide to the birds of New Engl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> eastern New York 

(1904). 370p., 4 pls. by L. Agassiz Fuertes, num. figs. Orig. cloth. 

911. Ritzema Bos, J. 

Schetsen uit het leven der Vogels. Amsterdam, v.d. Broecke, 1897. 

Text with 10 chromolithographs. Orig. pictorial wrs. € 170,= 

= Rather rare nicely illustrated booklet on dutch Birds with its original lithographed <strong>and</strong> 

pictorial cover by Eugen Köhler in Gera. 

912. Roberson, D. 

<strong>Rare</strong> Birds of the West Coast of North America. London 1980. 528p., 

numerous small photographs <strong>and</strong> maps. Cloth with dustjacket. 

€ 60,= 

913. Roberts, A. 

The birds of South Africa. London 1942, third impression. 492p., 56 

coloured plates. Orig. blue cloth. - Includes a large index of names <strong>and</strong> 

species of almost 90p. € 45,= 

= We also have the 8th impression from 1951 <strong>and</strong> others, please inquire! 

914. Roberts, T. 

The birds of Minnesota in 2 vols. Minneapolis 1932. 4to. Text with 

92 coloured plates. Orig. green cloth. € 170,= 

= Nissen IVB, 790. First edition. Apart from it being an ex library copy with a small 

perforated library stamp on tp. <strong>and</strong> a stamp on verso of plates, still a good copy. 

915. Roberts, T. 

The birds of Pakistan in 2 vols.: Non-Passeriformes <strong>and</strong> Passeriformes. 

Oxford 1992. 4to. 1291p., 47 coloured plates, numerous maps <strong>and</strong> figs. 


916. Roberts Birds of South Africa. Revised by G. McLachlan <strong>and</strong> 

Liversidge. 4th ed. Cape Town 1978. 692p., 2 maps, 72 coloured plates, 

numerous figs. <strong>and</strong> maps. Cloth with dustjacket. € 30,= 

= We also have the 3rd edition (1970 <strong>and</strong> 1976), please inquire.

917. Rösler, G. 

Die Wildtauben der Erde, Freileben, Haltung und Zucht. 2nd. ed. 

Hannover 1996. 332p. with numerous coloured photographs. Boards. 

€ 35,= 

918. Rösler, G. <strong>and</strong> R. 

Die Taube. Berlin 1975. 288p., numerous figs <strong>and</strong> maps. Cloth. - library 

stamp on title. € 25,= 

919. Rogeron, G. 

Les Canards. Considérés à l'etat sauvage et comme oiseaux 

d'agrément en domesticité. L'élevage des jeunes canards. Paris 1903. 

445p., 1 plate. Orig. wrs. = Ronsil, 2620. € 95,= 

920. Ronsil, R. 

Bibliographie Ornithologique Française. Travaux publiés en langue 

française et en latin en France et dans les Colonies Françaises de 1473 

à 1944 in 2 vols. Paris 1948/49. 627p. Cloth. - reprinted ed. € 95,= 

= Ronsil's work is the most comprehensive of all french bibliographies on birds incl. 

almost 3.500 authors <strong>and</strong> over 11.000 books <strong>and</strong> periodicals. Fine <strong>and</strong> important reprinted 

edition published only in 150 copies. 


Makläppen, Fågelriket på Falsterbo Rev. Stockholm 1926. 249p. 

with 53 fine photographs (several in colour). Orig. pictorial h.cloth. 

€ 45,= 


Vildmark och Faglar. Malmö 1929. 4to, 270p., 73 fine photographs. 

H.calf. € 60,= 

= We also have of this same author Sveriges faglar och fagelbon med fagelbilder... 

in 6 vols. with 807 plates (146 col.) 1926/49. See no. 451. 

923. Rossem, A. van 

A distributional survey of the birds of Sonora, Mexico. Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana State Univ., Museum of Zoology: Occ. Papers, 1945. 379p., 1 

coloured folded map, figs <strong>and</strong> maps. Wrs. (front cover lost). € 80,= 

924. Rothschild, W. 

On Turturoena Sharpei Salvad. <strong>and</strong> Osmotreron Everetti Sp. Nov. 

London, Zool. Mus. Tring. 1894. 1p., 1 h<strong>and</strong>colored lithograph by 

Keulemans. New wrs. € 55,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> extract from Novitates Zoologicae Vol. 1. No. 1 with a beautiful h<strong>and</strong>colored 

lithograph depicting Turturoena Sharpei, Salvad. (Pigeon).


A new bird of paradise. London, Zool. Mus. Tring. 1895. 1p., 1 lithograph 

by Keulemans. Orig. wrs. € 35,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> extract from Novitates Zoologicae Vol. 2. No. 2. Unfortunately the lithograph 

is uncoloured, but still nice. The orig. wrs. of the entire issue were used. 


The genus Apteryx. With a chapter on the anatomy of the Kiwi by 

Frank Beddard. London, Zool. Mus. Tring. 1899. 42p., 8 plates of 

which 3 are lithographs (1 by Keulemans) <strong>and</strong> 5 are photographic 

plates. Orig. wrs. € 75,= 

= <strong>Rare</strong> extract from Novitates Zoologicae Vol. 6. No. 3. Interesting study on Kiwi's. 

Unfortunately the lithographs are uncolored, but still nice. The orig. wrs. of the entire 

issue were used. See picture… 

927. Rowley, I. 

The Australian Naturalist Library: Bird Life. Sydney 1974. 284p., numerous 

coloured <strong>and</strong> plain photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 20,= 

928. Rudolph, prince of Austria. 

Notes on Sport <strong>and</strong> Ornithology by his imperial <strong>and</strong> royal highness 

the late crown prince Rudolf of Austria. Transl. by C. Danford. 

London, Gurney <strong>and</strong> Jackson, 1889. 656p., engraved frontisp. Orig. 

blue pictorial cloth. € 170,= 

= Deals with his hunting on the Danube, Hungary, Transsylvania <strong>and</strong> notes on 

ornithology. Fine copy except a marginal waterstain on the frontisp. Contains a typed 

introduction on the crown prince Rudolph in english. 

929. Rudradeva of Kumaon (Raja). 

Syainiki Sastra or a book on Hawking. Edited with an english translation 

by Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasada Shastri, M. Calcutta, 

Asiatic Soc., 1910. III, 2p., 20 ll. in sanskrit <strong>and</strong> 35p. of english translation 

on special h<strong>and</strong>made paper. New h.calf with marbled boards 

<strong>and</strong> flyleaves. = This is a fine facsimile reproduction from 1991 only € 190,= 

published in a limited edition of 150 copies of which this is no. 76. Signed by J. Harting 

on titlepage. As far as we know it is the first book on Hawking in India! 

930. Ruschi, A. 

Aves do Brasil / Birds of Brasil. Vol. 2: Chaves Artificiais e Analiticas 

or artificial <strong>and</strong> analytical Keys. Sao Paulo <strong>and</strong> Santa Teresa 1986. 

Folio. Text with 24 fine coloured plates all after watercolours of E. 

Demonte. Orig. cloth with dustjacket <strong>and</strong> gilt topedge. € 170,= 

= This vol. 2 (of 5) deals with the Brasilian Humming-Birds in the bilingual edition.

931. Russ, K. 

Die Webervögel und Widafinken. Magdeburg (1880). 218p., 13 figs. 

Orig. chromolithographed wrs. - <strong>Rare</strong>. € 170,= 

932. Russ, K. 

The Speaking Parrots: a scientific Manual. Translated by L. Schultze. 

London, Upcott Gill, (1884). VIII, 296p., 1 chromolithographed 

frontisp. of an Alex<strong>and</strong>rine Parrakeet, 7 chromolithographs <strong>and</strong> 7 

plain lithographs. Orig. pictorial red cloth. € 170,= 

= A rather rare english translation with the fine chromos. 

933. Russ, K. 

Die sprechenden Papageien. 2nd ed. Magdeburg, Creutz, 1887. Small 

8vo. XX, 457p. H.calf. € 115,= 

= Library stamp on half title. The german edition seems to have no illustrations. Still 

rather rare. 

934. Russ, K. 

Vögel der Heimat. Unsere Vogelwelt in Lebensbildern. Wien, Tempsky, 

1887. VIII, 410p., 1 l., with 40 chromolithographs after watercolours 

of E. Schmidt. Cont. h.calf with original flyleaves. € 170,= 

= First edition. Some light marginal foxing on a few plates. 

935. Russ, K. 

Der Kanarienvogel. Seine Naturgeschichte, Pflege und Zucht. 10 ed. 

newly published by R. Hoffschiedt. Magdeburg, Creutz, 1901. Small 

8vo. XVI, 235p., 3 chromolithographs, num. woodcuts. Orig. pictorial 

cloth. € 50,= 

= Although published in many editions still a rare booklet on canaries in a mint copy. 

936. Russ, K. 

Die fremdländische Stubenvögel, ihre Naturgeschichte, Pflege und 

Zucht. 4th ed. Magdeburg 1901. Text with 6 coloured plates, 32 plates. 

Orig. pictorial cloth. € 90,= 

937. Russ, K. 

Dr. Karl Russ' Einheimische Stubenvögel. 5th ed. Magdeburg 1913. 

575p., 20 coloured plates, 200 figs. Cont. pictorial boards <strong>and</strong> h.cloth. 

= Fine copy. We also have a 6th edition with 22 coloured plates in € 85,= 

pictorial cloth, please inquire. 

938. Russ, K. 

Die fremdländische Stubenvögel. Magdeburg (1921). 1 l., 895p., 42 

coloured plates, num. figs. Cloth with the original coloured dustjacket. 

- reprint. € 90,=

= A classic monograph on exotic cage-birds with the fine coloured plates being also the 

5th, last <strong>and</strong> best edition 1921 of Russ' H<strong>and</strong>buch für Vogelliebhaber etc. We also have a 

cheaper reprint with dustjacket, please inquire. 

939. Russ, K. 

Praxis der Vogelpflege und -Züchtung. Magdeburg 1927. 490p., 1 

coloured frontisp., numerous figs. Orig. pictorial cloth. € 90,= 

= A fine copy. 

940. Russell, S. 

A distributional study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ann Arbor, 

Ornithological Monographs, 1964. 195p., 2 coloured plates after Don 

Eckelberry, 8 plates, 1 map. Orig. wrs. - library stamps on cover. 

€ 30,= 

941. Rutschke, E. 

Die Vogelwelt Br<strong>and</strong>enburgs. Bezirke Potsdam, Frankfurt am Oder, 

Cottbus, Berlin. Jena, Avifauna der deutschen Dem. Rep., 1983. 385p., 

54 photographs, 35 maps, 30 diagrams. Cloth with dustjacket. 

€ 25,= 

942. Sage, B. 

A History of the birds of Hertfordshire. With a foreword by P. Scott. 

London 1959. 261p., 3 photographs. Cloth. € 30,= 

943. Salomonsen, F. 

Systematisk Översikt över Nordens Fåglar. Malmö, Nordens Fåglar 

i Färg, 1963. 545p., 59 coloured photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. 

= Fine copy of this important systematic work dealing with over 600 € 95,= 

sc<strong>and</strong>inavian birds. This is vol. 7 of Nordens Faglar i Färg. 

944. Salomonsen, F. 

Ornithological <strong>and</strong> ecological studies in S.W. Greenl<strong>and</strong>. Copenhagen, 

Meddelelsor om Grönl<strong>and</strong>, 1979. 214p., 3 plates, 43 figs, 1 tab. Printed 

wrs. € 40,= 

= If interested in an almost complete set of the Meddelelser om Grönl<strong>and</strong>, please inquire. 

945. Salvadori, T. 

La Collezione Ornitologica di Tommaso Salvadori: catalogo by C. 

Violani, G. Zanazzo <strong>and</strong> P<strong>and</strong>olfi. Comune di Fermo 1997. 4to. 193p., 

numerous coloured photographs of birds <strong>and</strong> one portrait. Orig. 


= Tommaso Salvadori (1835-1923) was a reknown Italian ornithologist <strong>and</strong> published first 

rate books on tropical birds from Borneo, New Guinea etc. This catalogue is important 

because it includes the collezione ornitologica di Tommaso Salvadori, conservata a Fermo 

for the first time <strong>and</strong> a long bibliography of his 347 works.

946. Salvin, O. 

On birds collected in Peru by Mr. O.T. Baron. London, Zool. Mus. 

Tring. 1895. 22p., 2 h<strong>and</strong>colored lithographs by Keulemans. Orig. wrs. 

= <strong>Rare</strong> extract from the Novitates Zoologicae, Vol. 2. no. 1. € 90,= 

Beautiful h<strong>and</strong>colored lithographs of which one is showing a Psittacula Xanthops 

(Parrot). This article describes 137 species in total. The orig. wrs. of the entire issue were 

used. 

947. Samuels, E. 

The birds of New Engl<strong>and</strong>. Boston, Noyes, 1870. 591p., 8 coloured 

plates, figs. Orig. decorated cloth (worn). € 220,= 

= Nissen IVB, 813. 5th edition of Samuels' "Ornithology <strong>and</strong> oölogy of New Engl<strong>and</strong>" 

(1867). Some browning on the plates. 

948. Sappey, Ph. 

Recherches sur l'Appareil Respiratoire des Oiseaux. Paris, Baillière, 

1847. 4to. IV, 92p., 4 engravings. Orig. wrs. (slightly torn). € 220,= 

= Nissen ZBI, 3569. Interesting monograph on the flight of birds, so much important 

to early aviation. Some spotting in the margins. 

949. Saunders, D. 

A guide to the birds of Wales. London 1974. Small 8vo., 341p., several 

maps, 14 photographs. Cloth. € 20,= 

950. Saunders, H. 

An illustrated manual of British Birds. 2nd ed. London, Gurney <strong>and</strong> 

Jackson, 1899. 816p., 3 coloured maps, 384 woodcuts. Orig. cloth 

(rubbed <strong>and</strong> binding a bit shaky). € 70,= 

= Includes all the very nice woodcuts in the style of Bewick. 

951. Scheithauer, W. 

Hummingbirds, flying jewels. Transl. by G. Vevers. London 1967. 

176p., 27 coloured photographs. Cloth. - Ex Monica Library. € 110,= 

952. Schlegel, H. 

Kritische Uebersicht der Europäischen Vögel/Revue critique des 

oiseaux d'Europe. Leiden, Arnz et Co., 1844. CXXXV, 116p. Cont. 

boards. € 220,= 

= Interesting <strong>and</strong> rare bird catalogue of this eminent ornithologist on european birds 

incl. european Russia. 

953. Schlegel. H. <strong>and</strong> A. Verster de Wulverhorst. 

Traité de Fauconnerie. Paris 1980. Folio with 16 coloured plates <strong>and</strong> 

coloured frontisp. Cloth. € 200,= 

= A good reprint of this classic work on Falconnery <strong>and</strong> the finest ever published. The 

original is now very expensive around € 30.000,=.

954. Schüz, E. 

Die Vogelwelt des Südkaspischen Tiefl<strong>and</strong>es. Stuttgart 1959. 199p., 11 

maps, 31 figs. Cloth. € 40,= 


The geographical distribution of Birds. An address delivered before 

the II International Ornithological Congress at Budapest. Budapest 

1891. 45p. Orig. wrs. € 60,= 

956. Scott, P. 

Wild Geese <strong>and</strong> Eskimos. A journal of the Perry river expedition of 

1949. London 1951. 254p., 2 maps, 23 photographs of which one 

coloured. Cloth with original dustjacket. € 35,= 

957. Scott, P. 

The eye of the Wind. An Autobiography. London 1961. 696p., 1 

portrait, 4 coloured plates, numerous photographs. Cloth with a nice 

dustjacket. = Peter Scott was an ardent bird observer! € 40,= 

958. Serventy, D. <strong>and</strong> H. Whitell. 

A H<strong>and</strong>book of the birds of Western Australia (with the exception of 

the Kimberley division). 2nd ed. Perth 1951. 384p., 1 map, 6 coloured 

plates, figs. Cloth (slightly faded). € 60,= 

= Ex libris of the Monica Library. 


A h<strong>and</strong>book to the birds of Great Britain in 4 vols. London, Lloyd's 

Natural History, 1896-1897. Text with 128 chromolithographs. Orig. 

red cloth. = Fine copy. Nissen IVB, 863. € 290,= 

960. Sharrock, J. 

The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain <strong>and</strong> Irel<strong>and</strong>. London 1976. 477p., 

numerous maps (many coloured). Cloth. € 30,= 

= Includes numerous coloured distribution maps of birds. 

961. Sibson, R. <strong>and</strong> E. Turbott. 

A field guide to the Birds of New Zeal<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> outlying isl<strong>and</strong>s. 1st 

<strong>and</strong> 2nd edition. London 1967/70. Each 256p., 2 maps, 18 plates, 63 

drawings. Cloth. € 35,= 

= We added: New Zeal<strong>and</strong> birds <strong>and</strong> how to identify them by Moncrieff (1965) with 16 

coloured plates, 28 photographs. Ex Monica library. 

962. Skead, C. 

Sunbirds of Southern Africa also Sugarbirds, White-Eyes, spotted

Creeper. Cape Town 1967. 351p., 10 coloured plates, 12 b/w plates, 

numerous figs. <strong>and</strong> a gramophone record of Sunbirds calls <strong>and</strong> songs. 


963. Skiba, R. 

Die Vogelwelt des Niederbergischen L<strong>and</strong>es. Wuppertal, Jahresber. 

Naturwiss. Verein, Beiheft 2, 1993. 350p., numerous figs. <strong>and</strong> maps. 

Wrs. € 30,= 

964. Slater, P. 

A field guide to Australian birds in 2 vols. being passerines <strong>and</strong> nonpasserines. 

Adelaide 1970. 784p., 103 coloured plates, num. figs. Cloth 

<strong>and</strong> one with dustjacket. € 40,= 

965. Smith, S. <strong>and</strong> E. Hosking. 

Birds fighting. Experimental studies of the aggressive displays of some 

birds. London (1955). Text with 32 plates. Orig. cloth with dustjacket. 

€ 30,= 

966. Smithers, R. 

A check list of the birds of the Bechuanal<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Caprivi strip, 

with data on ecology <strong>and</strong> breeding. Cambridge 1964. Text with one 

folding map <strong>and</strong> 3 coloured plates. Cloth. € 50,= 

967. Smythies, B. 

The birds of Burma. 2nd ed. Edinburgh 1953. 711p., folded map, 31 

coloured plates. Orig. cloth with dustjacket. € 220,= 

= Fine copy with important systematic list of the birds of Burma. We also have copies 

without the dustjacket, please inquire. 

968. Smythies, B. 

The Birds of Borneo. Edinburgh 1960. XVI, 562p., 1 coloured frontisp., 

51 coloured plates after watercolours of A. Hughes, 47 photographs. 


= <strong>Rare</strong> first edition in a good copy with the fine frontisp. of the Rhinoceros Hornbill bird. 

969. Snyder, L. 

Arctic birds of Canada. Toronto 1957. 320p., numerous figs <strong>and</strong> maps. 

Cloth. € 45,= 

= Includes the appedix list <strong>and</strong> index. Important, deals with 72 species. 

970. Soderberg, P. 

Foreign birds for cage <strong>and</strong> aviary. Buntings, Cardinals, Lovebirds <strong>and</strong> 

Mannikins, Finches, Waxbills, Weavers, Whydahs <strong>and</strong> care <strong>and</strong>

management in 4 vols. London 1956. 341p., 25 coloured plates after Sh. 

Dorrell, 12 photographs. Cloth. € 60,= 

971. Someren, V. van 

A bird watcher in Kenya. Edinburgh 1958. 286p., 32 plates. Cloth with 

original dusjacket in a mint condition. € 45,= 

972. Soum, J. 

Recherches physiologiques sur l'Appareil respiratoire des Oiseaux. 

Paris, Masson, 1896. 126p., 40 figs. Orig. wrs. - Thesis. € 40,= 

973. Sprunt, A. <strong>and</strong> E. Chamberlain. 

South Carolina Bird Life. Columbia, Contrib. Charleston Museum, 

1949. 605p., 34 coloured plates after watercolours of E. Dingle <strong>and</strong> 

Peterson <strong>and</strong> numerous fine photographs. Orig. cloth with original 


974. Stanek, V. 

Geheimnisvolles Leben am Wasser. Prag 1956. 4to. 400p., 8 coloured 

plates <strong>and</strong> numerous fine photographs, all by V. Stanek. Orig. cloth. - 

Deals mainly with birds. € 85,= 

975. Stepanek, O. <strong>and</strong> E. Demartini. 

Birds of Field <strong>and</strong> Forest. London (1950). 4to with 80 coloured plates. 

Cloth. € 25,= 

976. Stephens, J. 

Birds. Ex: Shaw: General Zoology. Vol. 9, 13 (both in 2 parts); 14 no. 1. 

London, Wilkie, Longman a.o., 1815/16-1826. Text with 4 engraved 

titlevignettes, 184 engravings by Mrs. Griffiths. Cont. h.calf with 

marbled edges <strong>and</strong> new h.calf. € 275,= 

= Nissen IVB, 870. The complete birds section would comprise 8 vols. with 501 plates. We 

added the general Index to Zoology (1826) by Shaw <strong>and</strong> Stephens. The plates in vol. 13 a 

bit foxed. Includes the famous "Dodo" bird, here Didus Ineptus. 

977. Stewart, R. <strong>and</strong> Ch. Robbins. 

Birds of Maryl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> the district of Columbia. Washington, North 

American fauna, 1958. 401p., 1 plate, 69 maps. Wrs. € 30,= 

= Of the North American fauna we have a set of nos. 1-22 (1889-1902) with 2 nos. never 

published at € 600,=. 

978. Stokes, T. 

Birds of the Atlantic Ocean. With a foreword by the Prince Philip, 

duke of Edinburgh. London 1968. 4to. 156p., 38 coloured plates after 

watercolours of K. Shackleton, numerous maps. Cloth. € 60,=

979. Stonehouse, B. 

Wideawake Isl<strong>and</strong>. The story of the B.O.U. Centenary Expedition to 

Ascension. London 1960. 223p., 19 photographs (one coloured), 2 


= Deals mostly with the bird life of Ascension, an isl<strong>and</strong> in the South Atlantic north of St. 

Helena. 

980. Strasser, H. 

Ueber den Flug der Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur Erkenntniss der mechanischen 

und biologischen Probleme der activen Locomotion. Jena, G. 

Fischer, 1885. 265p., 33 figs. Orig. cloth (spine lost). € 110,= 

= Ex library copy with perforated stamp on titlep. Separate publication of the Jenaische 

Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 

981. Stresemann, E. 

Avifauna Macedonica. Die ornithologischen Ergebnisse der 

Forschungsreisen, unternommen nach Mazedonien durch Prof. 

Doflein und Müller-Mainz in den Jahren 1917-1918. München 1920. 

294p., 6 photographs. New cloth <strong>and</strong> new flyleaves. € 140,= 

982. Stresemann, E. <strong>and</strong> V. 

Die Mauser der Vögel. Berlin, Journal für Ornithologie, 1966. 456p. 

Orig. wrs. 

= If interested in a partial set of the Journal für Ornithologie € 40,= 

from vol. 71 (1923) onwards, see periodicals. 

983. Sundevall, C. 

Methodi naturalis Avium disponendarum tentamen in 2 parts. 

Stockholm, Samson <strong>and</strong> Wallin, 1872/73. 268p., 1 litho. Orig. wrs. 

Uncut. € 170,= 

= Wood p.587. Numerous new genera <strong>and</strong> one new species are described. We added: 

Conspectum Avium Picinarum (1866). 130p., also uncut. All in a fresh mint condition. 


Birds of western Canada. Ottawa, Mus. bulletin biol. series, 1926. 

380p., 168 coloured figs. after watercolours of Brooks <strong>and</strong> Hennessey 

on 84 plates. 315 figs. Orig. wrs. € 75,= 

= Nissen IVB, 925. First edition. Inscribed on first blanc by former owners. Contains a 

large glossery <strong>and</strong> index including the french names too. 


Birds of Canada. 2nd ed. Toronto 1945. 446p., 87 coloured plates, num. 

figs. Cloth with original flyleaves. € 45,= 

= Fine second edition with the coloured plates after watercolours of Brooks.

986. Tegetmeier, W. 

Pheasants, their natural history <strong>and</strong> practical management. 5th 

enlarged edition. London 1911. 285p., incl. advertisement, 6 fine 

coloured plates after watercolours of Frohawk <strong>and</strong> 16 excellent plain 

plates after watercolours of Wood. Orig. green cloth (worn at top <strong>and</strong> 

bottom). € 170,= 

= Nissen IVB, 928. Last edition. A good copy, some small bumps in the spine. 

987. Temminck, C. 

Manuel d'ornithologie ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se 

trouvent en Europe précédé d'une analyse du système général 

d'ornithologie et suivi d'une table alphabétique des espèces. 2nd 

edition in 4 vols. Paris, H. Cousin, 1820-1840. 1737p. H.calf (rebacked). 

= These are only the text volumes, the atlas is lacking. The text however € 325,= 

is also important especially in the highly enlarged 2nd edition. Some foxing in the text. 

988. Thijsse, J. 

Het Vogeljaar. H<strong>and</strong>leiding tot het leeren kannen der meest 

voorkomende Nederl<strong>and</strong>sche Vogels. Amsterdam, Versluys, 1904. 4to. 

263p., 12 (of 14) chromolithographs by Keulemans <strong>and</strong> printed by 

Trap. H.cloth. = <strong>Rare</strong> first edition, however lacking 2 plates. € 170,= 


A small collection of 7 books on birds being: Het intieme leven der 

Vogels. Haarlem 1906. Text with 50 photographs by R. Tepe. In orig. 

pictorial cloth; Het Vogeljaar. 2nd ed. Amsterdam 1913. Text with 

numerous chromolithographs by J. van Oort. Orig. pictorial cloth; 

Idem. In wijder kring. 4th ed. (about 1920). Text with numerous 

photographs. Orig. cloth with dustjacket (repaired); Gedenkboek Dr. 

Jac. P. Thijsse. Uitg. 25 Juli 1935 <strong>and</strong> a special number of "De levende 

Natuur". Text with a nice portrait <strong>and</strong> numerous photographs <strong>and</strong> 2 

smaller books: Het Vogelboekje 1912 <strong>and</strong> 1929 <strong>and</strong>: Geillustreerde 

Flora van Nederl<strong>and</strong> by Heimans <strong>and</strong> Thijsse. 21st ed. (1965). Oblong. 

1182p. € 375,= 

= If interested in a fine complete set of the Levende Natuur vols. 1-62 (1897-1959). 

see no. 378. Includes a lot of bird litarature. 


Het Vogeljaar. Nederl<strong>and</strong>sche Vogels in hun leven geschetst. 2nd 

edition. Amsterdam 1913. 582p., numerous photographic plates <strong>and</strong> 12 

coloured lithographs after watercolours of Van Oort. Orig. pictorial 

cloth with original flyleaves. € 140,= 

= A great classic work on dutch birds by Jacques Thijsse with its nice pictorial cloth

inding in a fine condition. See also our fine set of "De Levende Natuur" <strong>and</strong> the 

collection of "Verkade Albums". We added the 5th edition (1903). 

991. Thompson, M. 

The West Australian Bird Folio. Perth 1981. Folio. 36 fine coloured 

plates with text by J. Dell <strong>and</strong> Johnstone. Orig. cloth with dustjacket. 

= Limited edition to 1000 copies of which this is no. 516 signed by € 160,= 

the artist. The first plate of the Western Spinebill loosely inserted. 

992. Thomson, A. 

Problems of Bird-migration. London 1926. 365p. including several 

maps. Orig. cloth. - Ex library copy. € 35,= 

993. Thomson, A. <strong>and</strong> J. Thomson 

Britain's birds <strong>and</strong> their nests. <strong>Illustrated</strong> with 132 drawings in colour 

by George Rankin. London, W. Chambers, 1910. 368p., 132 coloured 

plates after G. Rankin. Nice pictorial red <strong>and</strong> gilt cloth with gilt top 

edge (repaired). € 110,= 

= Nissen IVB, 937. <strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> fine publication on the birds <strong>and</strong> nests of Great Britain, very 

attractively illustrated, each plate shows the adult male in full plumage. Ex library copy 

with perf. library stamp on titlepage <strong>and</strong> small library stamp on verso of plates. 

994. Thomson, A. (Ed.). 

A new Dictionary of Birds. London 1964. 928p., 16 coloured plates, 32 

photographs. Cloth. € 40,= 

995. Thomson, J. 

The biology of birds. New York 1923. 447p., 9 plates (one coloured), 59 

figs. Cloth. = Ex library copy with perforated stamp on titlepage. € 25,= 

996. Timmermann, G. 

Die Vögel Isl<strong>and</strong>s in 2 parts. Reykjavik, Soc. Scient. Isl<strong>and</strong>ica, 1938/39. 

569p., 9 plates, num. figs. Orig. wrs. € 60,= 

= As far as we know there should be 3 parts. 

997. Tinbergen, L. 

Collection of 4 works being: Vogels in hun domein; Vogels onderweg; 

Vogelleven; de Sperwer als roofvij<strong>and</strong> van Zangvogels. Leiden <strong>and</strong> 

Amsterdam 1941-1957. Mostly bound. - Incl. his thesis being: the 

Sperwer. = This thesis is also separately available, please inquire. € 85,= 

998. Todd, W. 

Birds of western Pennsylvania. Pittsburg 1940. 4to. 710p., 23 plates of 

which 22 in colour after G. Sutton <strong>and</strong> one folding map. Cloth. 

€ 115,=

999. Transehe, N. von 

Die Vogelwelt Lettl<strong>and</strong>s mit Berücksichtigung der Nachbargebiete. 

Hannover 1965. 229p., 1 map. Orig. wrs. € 40,= 

1000. Tristan, Marquis de. 

La Faune ornithologique de la région Orléanaise et en particulier de la 

Sologne. Orleans 1932. 144p. with the tableaux synoptiques à l'usage 

de l'observateur. Orig. wrs. with a number on the cover. € 70,= 

1001. Trouessart, E. 

Catalogue des oiseaux d'Europe pour servir de complement et de 

supplément à l'ornithologie Européenne de Degl<strong>and</strong> et Gerbe (1867). 

Paris, P.Klincksieck, 1912. 563p. H.calf. € 140,= 

= Important bird catalogue <strong>and</strong> a supplement to Degl<strong>and</strong>'s catalogue. 

1002. Tufts, R. 

The birds of Nova Scotia. Halifax 1961. 498p., 40 coloured plates by R. 

Peterson <strong>and</strong> J. Crosby plus several line drawings by J. Dick, 2 maps. 


1003. Tuke, A. 

An introduction to the Birds of Southern Spain <strong>and</strong> Gibraltar. (reprinted 

from the Gibraltar Chronicle, 1950/53). 100p. including photographs 

<strong>and</strong> reproductions of watercolours. Orig. wrs. € 115,= 

= It deals with 369 species. Rather rare. 

1004. Turner, W. 

Turner on Birds: a short <strong>and</strong> succinct history of the principal birds 

noticed by Pliny <strong>and</strong> Aristotle. First published by Dr. W. Turner in 

1544 <strong>and</strong> edited by A. Evans, Cambridge 1903. XVIII, 223p. Cloth - 


= It is a translation of his: Avium Praecipuarum, quarum apud Plinium et Aristotelem 

mentio est, brevis succincta historia. We also have Plinius secundus, C. - Caii Plinii 

Caecilii Secundi Epistolarum, Libros decem..., please inquire. 

1005. Vaurie, Ch. 

Tibet <strong>and</strong> its Birds. (London 1972). 422p., 4 coloured plates after 

watercolours of A. Singer, 23 photographs, 1 frontisp. of the Gorge of 

the Yigrong Chu. Cloth with dustjacket. € 200,= 

= Deals with 505 species which occur in some 2000 localities in little known Tibet 

especially in regard to birds, in a fine copy! 

1006. Vaurie, Ch. 

Taxonomy <strong>and</strong> geographical distribution of the Furnariidae (Aves, 

Passeriformes). New York, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1980. 357p., 10

coloured plates. Orig. wrs. € 115,= 

= We added also from the Bulletin: L. Short, Systematics <strong>and</strong> behavior of some North 

American Woodpeckers, genus Picoides (Aves). 1971; E. Mayr <strong>and</strong> W. Phelps, The origin 

of the Birds fauna of the South Venezuelan Highl<strong>and</strong>s (1967), both illustrated. 

1007. Venables, L. <strong>and</strong> U. 

Birds <strong>and</strong> mammals of Shetl<strong>and</strong>. Edinburgh 1955. 403p., 7 plates, 2 


1008. Verheyen, R. 

Oiseaux. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission de Witte. 

Bruxelles, 1953. 687p., 5 plates, num. figs. Wrs. - Uncut. € 140,= 

= The only catalogue we know of this part of the Congo. The Upemba Park is one of the 

largest in Central Africa <strong>and</strong> very rich in regard to birds <strong>and</strong> animal life... We have many 

more publications of the Exploration des Parcs Nationaux, please inquire. 

1009. Verheyen, R. 

Oologia Belgica in 2 vols. Brussel 1967. 334p., 72 mostly coloured 

photographs. In orig. boards or portofolio. € 85,= 

= Next to Pelt Lechner the only <strong>and</strong> most important work on the eggs of the Benelux 

countries. See Pelt Lechner no. 180 

1010. Vesey-Fitzgerald, B. 

British Game. Collins, the New Naturalist, no.2, 1946. Text with 48 

plain plates <strong>and</strong> 24 coloured plates. Cloth with original dustjacket 

with some small repairs. € 40,= 

= If interested in a set of the New Naturalist nos. 1-5, 7-9, 13, 16-21, 28, 30, 33 (1945-1956) 

mostly with their original dustjackets at € 500,=, please inquire. 

1011. Vogels in Friesl<strong>and</strong>. Avifaunistisch overzicht van de op het vastel<strong>and</strong> 

van Friesl<strong>and</strong> voorkomende vogelsoorten samengesteld onder 

redactie van de Stichting Avifauna van Friesl<strong>and</strong> in 3 vols. Publ. by D. 

v.d. Ploeg a.o. Leeuwarden 1976/79. 1456p., numerous coloured plates 

<strong>and</strong> figs <strong>and</strong> tabs. Cloth with dustjacket. € 70,= 

= The largest ornithological monograph on the Frisian birds (Northern part of Holl<strong>and</strong>) 

ever published <strong>and</strong> very well illustrated. 

1012. Voous, K. 

De vogels van de Nederlanse Antillen - Birds of the Netherl<strong>and</strong>s 

Antilles. (Curaçao) 1955 with 22 plates. Orig. cloth. € 35,= 

1013. Vorobjev, K. 

Birds of Far-East (Ptitsii Ussuriiskigo Kraya). Moskva 1954. 360p., 45 

maps, num. figs., 19 coloured plates. Cloth. - In russian with latin 

nomenclature <strong>and</strong> latin name-index. € 140,= 

= Rather rare monograph of this part of Russia.

1014. Walpole-Bond, J. 

Bird life in wild Wales. London 1904. 2nd impression. Small 8vo. 

297p., with a curious portrait of the author <strong>and</strong> several plates in the 

text. Nice original pictorial green calf with marbled flyleaves. € 85,= 

1015. Warren, B. 

Report on the birds of Pennsylvania. With special reference to the 

food-habits, based on over 4000 stomach examination. 2nd ed. 

Harrisburg, E. Meyers, 1890. 449p., 100 chromolithographs all after 

Audubon. Cloth. € 220,= 

= Important monograph greatly enlarged in the second edition, together with a double 

amount of text <strong>and</strong> plates in reference to the first edition (1888), which we also have, 


1016. Watmough, W. 

The Cult of the Budgerigar. A complete h<strong>and</strong>book... of Cage Birds. 

London (1935). 303p., 6 colourplates after paintings of R. Vowles, 6 

photographs, all depicting parakeets. Orig. cloth € 35,= 

1017. Wayne, A. 

Birds of South Carolina. Charleston, Contr. Charleston Museum, 1910. 

275p., 1 map. Orig. wrs. € 200,= 

= Rather rare local American guide of South Carolina. 

1018. Wayside <strong>and</strong> Woodl<strong>and</strong> Series. being: Coward, T. The Birds of the 

British Isles <strong>and</strong> their eggs in 2 vols. Series I & II, 1st edition (1923/25); 

Idem, 2nd series only, 7/8th ediiton (1941/50); Idem Migration <strong>and</strong> 

Habits (1926); South, R. The Moths of the British Isles <strong>and</strong> the 

Butterflies in 2 vols. (1924/25); Step, E. Animal life of British Isles 

(1929); Idem, Wayside <strong>and</strong> Woodl<strong>and</strong> trees <strong>and</strong> ferns in 2 vols. 

(1924/25). With numerous coloured plates <strong>and</strong> photographs. In total 9 

vols. Orig. pictorial cloth. € 160,= 

1019. Welty, J. 

The life of Birds. New York 1963. 559p., numerous figs, tabs, maps. 

Cloth with dustjacket. - Contains a large bibliography <strong>and</strong> index. 

€ 25,= 

1020. Wetmore, A. 

Birds of Porto Rico. Washington, Board of Agr. Bull., 1916. 140p., 9 

plates of which one in colour, 1 folded map. New cloth. - <strong>Rare</strong>. 

€ 170,=

1021. Wetmore, A. <strong>and</strong> B. Swales. 

The birds of Haiti <strong>and</strong> the Dominican Republic. Washington, U.S. Nat. 

Museum: Bull., 1931. 487p., 26 plates. Orig. wrs. - uncut. € 50,= 

1022. Whistler, H. 

Popular H<strong>and</strong>book of Indian Birds. 4th edition. Edinburgh 1949. 588p., 

24 plates, num. figs. Cloth with the original coloured wrs. (torn <strong>and</strong> 


= Includes the large name-index. We also have the 3rd edition, please inquire. 

1023. Whitlock, R. 

<strong>Rare</strong> <strong>and</strong> extinct birds of Britain. London 1953. 224p., 84 plates, 1 

frontisp. of the Osprey. Cloth with orig. dustjacket. € 35,= 

= We added: Collins Pocket guide to British Birds, complete identification book (1952). 

240p., 112 plates (some in colour). 

1024. Whymper, Ch. 

Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley. London 

1909. 231p., 49 (instead of 51) coloured plates. Orig. decorated cloth. 

= Nissen IVB, 986. Ex library copy with perforated stamp on title <strong>and</strong> small € 200,= 

library stamp on verso of plates, otherwise a good copy except for the two lacking plates. 

1025. Widmann, O. 

A Preliminary Catalog of the Birds of Missouri. St. Louis, Trans. Acad. 

Science, 1907. 288p. Orig. wrs. - uncut but chipped. € 115,= 

1026. Wildash, P. 

Birds of South Vietnam. Covers birds found in the Asian area incl. 

North Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China, Thail<strong>and</strong>, Burma, Malaysia, 

Indonesia, Borneo <strong>and</strong> the Philippines. 1968. 234p., 25 coloured plates. 

Cloth with dustjacket. = In total 586 species are described. € 60,= 

1027. Williamson, K. 

Fair Isle <strong>and</strong> its birds. With a list of the birds of Fair Isle by P. Davis. 

Edinburgh 1965. 327p., 12 photographs. Cloth. € 85,= 

= Fair Isle is between Orkney <strong>and</strong> Shetl<strong>and</strong>. 

1028. Wilmore, S. 

Swans of the world. London 1974. 229p., 8 photographs, num figs. 

Cloth. € 25,=

1029. Wilson, A. <strong>and</strong> Prince Charles Bonaparte. 

American Ornithology or the natural history of the birds of the United 

States in 4 vols. Edinburgh, Constant <strong>and</strong> Co., 1831. 12mo. Text with 4 

engraved frontisp. Orig. cloth (all spines lost or broken). € 115,= 

= Ex library copy <strong>and</strong> a small library stamp on verso of frontisp. It is a popular <strong>and</strong> "non" 

illustrated edition of the copy published in 1832 with 97 coloured plates. 

1030. Wilson, Alex<strong>and</strong>er. 

Alex<strong>and</strong>er Wilson, naturalist <strong>and</strong> pioneer. A biography by R. 

Cantwell. Philadelphia <strong>and</strong> New York 1961. Folio. 319p., 16 plates <strong>and</strong> 

8 coloured plates all by A. Wilson <strong>and</strong> woodcuts by R. Ball. Orig. 

decorated cloth with original dustjacket (repaired). € 50,= 

= Interesting biography of this famous american ornithologist including also a list of 450 

names of subscribers to his "American Ornithology". 

1031. Wilson, E. <strong>and</strong> B. Roberts 

Birds of the Antartic. Poole 1967 (reprinted 1980). 4to with 316 figs. 

(some coloured). Cloth with orig. dustjacket. € 85,= 

1032. Wissel, C. von <strong>and</strong> M. Stefani 

Fasanen und <strong>and</strong>ere Hühnervögel. Ein H<strong>and</strong>buch für Fasanen- 

Liebhaber, -Züchter und -Händler mit einem Anhang von Tauben und 

Kleinvögel. 2nd ed. Neudamm 1940. 442p., 38 coloured plates after 

watercolours of H. Roth, num. photographs. Orig. pictorial cloth. 

€ 80,= 

1033. Witchell, Ch. 

The evolution of bird-song with observations on the influence of 

heredity <strong>and</strong> imitation. London 1896. 263p., includes a lot of music 

notes. Cloth (worn <strong>and</strong> upper part lost). € 60,= 

= Interesting <strong>and</strong> rare book on the bird-song. Ex library copy with a perforated stamp on 

titlepage. 

1034. Wolf, Joseph (1820-1899). Tiermaler. Animal Painter. Publ. by K. 

Schulze-Hagen <strong>and</strong> A. Geus. Marburg 2000. 4to. 361p., 212 figs. or 

plates of which many are in colour. Orig. pictorial boards. € 95,= 

= Next to Smit <strong>and</strong> Keulemans Joseph Wolf is one of the greatest ornithological artists of 

the 19th century. He illustrated for example the famous book of Schlegel's, Traité de 

Fauconnerie <strong>and</strong> many others amongst which 355 plates in the Proceedings of the 

Zoological Society of London (1848-1880) of which we hold a set! See in this catalogue the 

peridicals section. A very fine production in a mint condition. 

1035. Wolf-Harnier, E. 

Gefiederte Bau-Künstler. Charakterschilderungen aus der Vogelwelt. 

Berlin 1896. 288p., 4 tinted plates <strong>and</strong> 104 drawings <strong>and</strong> a nice 

illustrated woodcut title. Orig. pictorial cloth with orig. flyleaves.

= A nicely illustrated popular h<strong>and</strong>book on birds, illustrated by the € 140,= 

author himself in its first edition. We have a later edition of 1910, please inquire. 

We can also offer single volumes of the Gefiederte Welt, see periodicals. 

1036. Wolstenholme, H. 

The official checklist of the Birds of Australia with appendix <strong>and</strong> 

supplement. 2nd ed. Adelaide 1968. 141p., 1 folded map. Wrs. 

€ 35,= 

1037. Wood, J. 

The illustrated Natural History: Birds. London, Routledge, (1863). 

786p., 1 woodengraved frontisp. <strong>and</strong> numerous woodengravings in 

the text by Wolf, Zwecker, Weir, Coleman, Harvey <strong>and</strong> engraved by 

the Brothers Dalziel. Orig. pictorial green cloth with new flyleaves. 

= With inscriptions on the first blanc by a former owner. € 85,= 

1038. Woolfenden, G. <strong>and</strong> J. Fitzpatrick. 

The Florida Scrub Jay. Demography of a cooperative-breeding bird. 

Princeton 1984. 406p., one coloured plate, figs. Wrs. € 85,= 

1039. World Atlas of Birds. Edited by Sir Peter Scott. (Hongkong 1990). 4to. 

272p., numerous photographs, drawings <strong>and</strong> maps of which many in 

colour. Cloth with dustjacket. € 35,= 

1040. Yarrell, W. 

A history of British Birds. 2nd ed. in 3 vols. London, John van Voorst, 

1845. Text with 535 woodengravings in the text. Orig. green cloth 

(rubbed). = Nissen IVB, 1029. Inscribed by former owner. € 220,= 

1041. Yeates, G. 

Bird life in two Deltas. Being the diaries of a bird photographer in the 

estuaries of the Guadalquiver <strong>and</strong> the Rhone <strong>and</strong> their 

neighbourhoods. London 1946. 159p., 46 photographs, 3 maps. Cloth 


1042. Zahl, P. 

Coro-Coro. The world of the Scarlet Ibis. London 1956. 216p., 42 photographs 

(one coloured). Cloth with dustjacket (repaired). € 20,= 

= Deals mainly with the Ibis on the Orinoca (Venezuela). If interested in a complete set 

of the Ibis, see periodicals. 

1043. Zimmermann, R. 

Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Vogelwelt des Neusiedler Seegebiets, mit 

einem Nachruf von H. Kummerlöwe. Wien, Ann. Naturhist. Mus., 

1944. 279p., 27 plates. Orig. wrs. € 115,=

= <strong>Rare</strong>. We also have a rare almost complete set of the famous Annalen des 

Naturhistorisches Museum in Wien vols. 1-94/95 (1886-1990/91) with a general index, 


1044. Zink, G. 

Der Zug europäischen Vögel. Nos. 1-4 (all publ.?). Möggingen 1973- 

1985. 4to. Contains hundreds of maps. In orig. wrs. € 200,= 

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