SHARPE (RICHARD BOWDLER) AND CLAUDE W. WYATT


Monograph of the Hirundinidae, or Family of Swallows, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 103 hand-coloured lithographed plates after drawings by Wyatt, printed by Mintern Brothers, 26 partly hand-coloured maps, 15 double-page tables, neat pencil numeral in upper corner of plates, contemporary green half morocco gilt, t.e.g., original orange printed parts front wrappers bound in at the end of volume 2, very slightly rubbed at extremities [Fine Bird Books, p.107, erroneously calling for 104 plates; Nissen IVB 868; Zimmer, p.578], 4to (318 x 250mm.), Henry Sotheran, 1885-1894
|A detailed monograph of all the known species of swallows, Wyatt's plates often depicting the birds against background scenes appropriate to their habitat.Provenance: De Goederen, Amsterdam, 2 August 1955.