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ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. A Monograph of the Pittidae [or Family of Ant Thrushes]. New York: D. Appleton, 1861-[1863]. 5 parts only (lacking part 6), large folio, original morocco-backed boards, covers detached, lacking lower cover of part 1 and upper cover of part 3, lacking 2 plates and accompanying text leaves from vol. 2, many plates loose, 2 plates marked by previous framing, some foxing and soiling, a few marginal dampstains to text, light offsetting. FIRST EDITION in the original parts, of Elliot's first and rarest ornithological monograph, 23 (of 31) hand-colored lithographed plates, by Bowen & Co., most after Elliot. Nissen/IVB 292; Fine Bird Books 74; this edition not in Anker, Wood, or Zimmer. (5)
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ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. A Monograph of the Pittidae [or Family of Ant Thrushes]. New York: D. Appleton, 1861-[1863]. 5 parts only (lacking part 6), large folio, original morocco-backed boards, covers detached, lacking lower cover of part 1 and upper cover of part 3, lacking 2 plates and accompanying text leaves from vol. 2, many plates loose, 2 plates marked by previous framing, some foxing and soiling, a few marginal dampstains to text, light offsetting. FIRST EDITION in the original parts, of Elliot's first and rarest ornithological monograph, 23 (of 31) hand-colored lithographed plates, by Bowen & Co., most after Elliot. Nissen/IVB 292; Fine Bird Books 74; this edition not in Anker, Wood, or Zimmer. (5)