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DAVID, Armand & OUSTALET, M.E. Les Oiseaux de la Chine...avec un Atlas de 124 planches, dessinées et lithographiées par M. Arnoul et Coloriées au pinceau. Paris: G. Masson, 1877.
2 volumes, 8° (250 x 160mm.), 124 hand-coloured lithographed plates mounted on guards, interleaved with tissues (occasional minor spotting. Contemporary purple morocco-backed boards, original printed wrappers bound in volume I.
FIRST EDITION. An important monograph dealing with 807 species, all the birds of China that were known at the date of publication. Nissen IVB 221; Zimmer p. 159; Anker 113 Fine Bird Books p. 69.
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2 volumes, 8° (250 x 160mm.), 124 hand-coloured lithographed plates mounted on guards, interleaved with tissues (occasional minor spotting. Contemporary purple morocco-backed boards, original printed wrappers bound in volume I.
FIRST EDITION. An important monograph dealing with 807 species, all the birds of China that were known at the date of publication. Nissen IVB 221; Zimmer p. 159; Anker 113 Fine Bird Books p. 69.
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