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ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915). A Monograph of the Bucerotidae, or Family of the Hornbills. [New York:] published for subscribers by the author [printed by Taylor and Francis], [1877]-1882.
Large 4to (382 x 272 mm) 60 lithographic plates, comprising 57 hand-colored plates by and after J. G. Keulemans, and 3 uncolored plates of generic characters by and after J. Smit, all printed by M. and N. Hanhart, numerous in-text anatomical illustrations. (Some plates browned at outer blank margin, very light occasional spotting.) Contemporary brown quarter morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut (some very light rubbing to the joint.) Provenance: Charles T. Hebbert (d. 1908), member British Ornithologist's Union(bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Issued in 10 parts, this was the last of Elliott's great ornithological monographs, “a comprehensive treatment of the entire family of hornbills” (Zimmer). The series of plates are after John Gerrard Keulemans, a Dutch bird illustrator, and one of the best ornithological artists of his time. “The drawings, the happy results of Mr. Keuleman’s talented pencil, most characteristically depict the strange forms and attitudes of these curious birds (Preface, p.vi). Throughout his career, he illustrated works by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Henry Seebohm, William Vincent Legge, and Henry Eeles Dresser. The hornbill family is arranged into two divisions, the ground- and tree-hornbills, and includes species from the Ethiopian and Oriental regions. Plate 44, although included on the plate list, was never issued. Ayer/Zimmer p. 207; Fine Bird Books p. 74; Nissen IVB 297.
Large 4to (382 x 272 mm) 60 lithographic plates, comprising 57 hand-colored plates by and after J. G. Keulemans, and 3 uncolored plates of generic characters by and after J. Smit, all printed by M. and N. Hanhart, numerous in-text anatomical illustrations. (Some plates browned at outer blank margin, very light occasional spotting.) Contemporary brown quarter morocco, top edges gilt, others uncut (some very light rubbing to the joint.) Provenance: Charles T. Hebbert (d. 1908), member British Ornithologist's Union(bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. Issued in 10 parts, this was the last of Elliott's great ornithological monographs, “a comprehensive treatment of the entire family of hornbills” (Zimmer). The series of plates are after John Gerrard Keulemans, a Dutch bird illustrator, and one of the best ornithological artists of his time. “The drawings, the happy results of Mr. Keuleman’s talented pencil, most characteristically depict the strange forms and attitudes of these curious birds (Preface, p.vi). Throughout his career, he illustrated works by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Henry Seebohm, William Vincent Legge, and Henry Eeles Dresser. The hornbill family is arranged into two divisions, the ground- and tree-hornbills, and includes species from the Ethiopian and Oriental regions. Plate 44, although included on the plate list, was never issued. Ayer/Zimmer p. 207; Fine Bird Books p. 74; Nissen IVB 297.