MEYER (ADOLF BERNHARD) AND L.W. WIGLESWORTH


The Birds of Celebes and the Neighbouring Islands, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, 45 lithographed plates after Bruno Geisler, all but 3 hand-coloured, 7 coloured maps, early half calf, green and black gilt morocco spine labels, slightly rubbed, publisher's printed upper wrappers bound in [Fine Bird Books, p.93; Nissen IVB 626; Wood, p.461; Zimmer, p.432], folio (310 x 240mm.), Berlin, R. Friedlander, 1898
|Provenance: Wilhelm Blasius (1845-1912), ornithologist and professor of zoology and botany at the Braunschweig University of Technology, presentation inscription from one of the authors. Inscribed "Professor Wilh. Blasius with kind remembrances from his former pupil L.W. Wiglesworth, June 1898".