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Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915)
A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants. New York: published by the author, [1870]-1872. 2 volumes, 2° (590 x 470mm). 79 fine hand-coloured lithographic plates after Joseph Wolf by J. Smit and J. G. Keulemans, printed by M. and N. Hanhart and P. W. M. Trap, coloured by J. D. White., and 2 uncoloured plates of generic characters by and after Smit. (Title to vol. I creased, occasional thumb-soiling, plates and text on guards.) Contemporary green half morocco, gilt edges (rubbed and scuffed).
THE MOST SPLENDID OF ELLIOT'S GREAT MONOGRAPHS, issued in 6 parts between June 1870 and October 1872, and described by Sitwell as 'the equal in every way to any work by Gould'. The magnificent size and beautiful colouring of the plates after Joseph Wolf's charcoal drawings reflect the importance which Elliot attached to the Phasianidae. Of all the families in the ornithological system, he regarded it as the one most vital to the human race, 'containing within it the species that afford food for thousands of mankind, and also those which are the original source of all the domestic poultry met with throughout the civilized world.' He generously dedicated the work 'To my friend Joseph Wolf,' calling his 'unrivalled talent ... its chief attraction.' Anker 130; Fine Bird Books p. 74; Nissen IVB 295; Wood p. 331; Zimmer p. 206. (2)
A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants. New York: published by the author, [1870]-1872. 2 volumes, 2° (590 x 470mm). 79 fine hand-coloured lithographic plates after Joseph Wolf by J. Smit and J. G. Keulemans, printed by M. and N. Hanhart and P. W. M. Trap, coloured by J. D. White., and 2 uncoloured plates of generic characters by and after Smit. (Title to vol. I creased, occasional thumb-soiling, plates and text on guards.) Contemporary green half morocco, gilt edges (rubbed and scuffed).
THE MOST SPLENDID OF ELLIOT'S GREAT MONOGRAPHS, issued in 6 parts between June 1870 and October 1872, and described by Sitwell as 'the equal in every way to any work by Gould'. The magnificent size and beautiful colouring of the plates after Joseph Wolf's charcoal drawings reflect the importance which Elliot attached to the Phasianidae. Of all the families in the ornithological system, he regarded it as the one most vital to the human race, 'containing within it the species that afford food for thousands of mankind, and also those which are the original source of all the domestic poultry met with throughout the civilized world.' He generously dedicated the work 'To my friend Joseph Wolf,' calling his 'unrivalled talent ... its chief attraction.' Anker 130; Fine Bird Books p. 74; Nissen IVB 295; Wood p. 331; Zimmer p. 206. (2)
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Please note that this lot should be titled 'The Property of the Late 16th Earl Dalhousie Kt, sold by order of the Executors'. Loosely inserted in the work is a 4-page autograph letter signed by G. Ramsay to Lady Dalhousie, 12 February 1885, presenting this copy to her and noting that he was informed by the librarian of the Zoo that the lithographic stones for the plates were destroyed 'when 150 copies were taken from them'.