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“In choosing a family of birds for a second Monograph, I was induced to make a selection of the Tetraoninae, not only on account of their varied forms and interesting habits, but also for the important part they bear toward man’s comfort and happiness” (preface)
Monograph on grouse
Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1864-1865
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Monograph on grouse
Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1864-1865
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915). Monograph of the Tetraoninae. New York: published by the author, [1864]-1865.
First edition, in original parts. Parts 1 and 2 first appeared in 1864, and parts 3-5 (4/5 being a double number) appeared in 1864. "Particularly attractive," according to Bennett. It is the second of Elliot's works and one one of only three of his ambitious color-plate bird books to be wholly produced in the United States. Anker 128; Bennett, p. 39; Fine Bird Books, p. 95; Nissen IVB 293.
Five parts bound in four volumes, folio (597 x 466mm). Instruction to binders slip bound in before part 1. Subscribers’ list and other preliminary text bound before part 1 (usually before part 4). 27 hand-colored lithographic plates by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia after drawings by D.G. Elliot; a single bird plate after J. Wolf, and the two plates depicting eggs after William S. Morgan (very occasional dust-soiling or very pale water-spots, first and last plates in vol. 4 cracking at gutter margins). Original green pictorial lithographed boards (sympathetically rebacked, edges and corners showing, some minor wear/staining, mostly to part 3). Custom solander box, morocco spine label.
Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1864-1865
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915). Monograph of the Tetraoninae. New York: published by the author, [1864]-1865.
First edition, in original parts. Parts 1 and 2 first appeared in 1864, and parts 3-5 (4/5 being a double number) appeared in 1864. "Particularly attractive," according to Bennett. It is the second of Elliot's works and one one of only three of his ambitious color-plate bird books to be wholly produced in the United States. Anker 128; Bennett, p. 39; Fine Bird Books, p. 95; Nissen IVB 293.
Five parts bound in four volumes, folio (597 x 466mm). Instruction to binders slip bound in before part 1. Subscribers’ list and other preliminary text bound before part 1 (usually before part 4). 27 hand-colored lithographic plates by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia after drawings by D.G. Elliot; a single bird plate after J. Wolf, and the two plates depicting eggs after William S. Morgan (very occasional dust-soiling or very pale water-spots, first and last plates in vol. 4 cracking at gutter margins). Original green pictorial lithographed boards (sympathetically rebacked, edges and corners showing, some minor wear/staining, mostly to part 3). Custom solander box, morocco spine label.
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