ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. A MONOGRAPH OF THE TETRAONINAE, OR FAMILY OF THE GROUSE. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR [1864-] 1865. LARGE FOLIO, 583 X 460MM. (23 X 18 1/8IN.), CONTEMPORARY GREEN MOROCCO GILT, G.E., EDGES WORN, LOWER INNER JOINT CRACKED, PLATE 1 DETACHED AT INNER BLANK MARGIN WITH A RAGGED STUB, A FEW TRIFLING LOSSES AT BLANK EDGES OF THIS PLATE, SMALL TEAR TO FINAL PLATE OF EGGS AND TO LIST OF PLATES LEAF, 5 PLATES WITH SLIGHT OFFSET FROM TEXT. FIRST EDITION, 25 hand-colored lithographed plates after Elliot and Joseph Wolf (one) by Bowen & Co. and C.F. Tholey, 2 hand-colored lithographed plates of eggs by W.S. Morgan. Ayer/Zimmer, p. 205; Copenhagen/Anker 128; Fine Bird Books p. 74; McGill/Wood, p. 331; Nissen IVB 293.

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ELLIOT, DANIEL GIRAUD. A MONOGRAPH OF THE TETRAONINAE, OR FAMILY OF THE GROUSE. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR [1864-] 1865. LARGE FOLIO, 583 X 460MM. (23 X 18 1/8IN.), CONTEMPORARY GREEN MOROCCO GILT, G.E., EDGES WORN, LOWER INNER JOINT CRACKED, PLATE 1 DETACHED AT INNER BLANK MARGIN WITH A RAGGED STUB, A FEW TRIFLING LOSSES AT BLANK EDGES OF THIS PLATE, SMALL TEAR TO FINAL PLATE OF EGGS AND TO LIST OF PLATES LEAF, 5 PLATES WITH SLIGHT OFFSET FROM TEXT. FIRST EDITION, 25 hand-colored lithographed plates after Elliot and Joseph Wolf (one) by Bowen & Co. and C.F. Tholey, 2 hand-colored lithographed plates of eggs by W.S. Morgan. Ayer/Zimmer, p. 205; Copenhagen/Anker 128; Fine Bird Books p. 74; McGill/Wood, p. 331; Nissen IVB 293.

Provenance: Robert Leighton Stuart, New York (an original subscriber for two copies), sugar refiner and philanthropist; Smithsonian Institution Libraries, small ink stamp on title and date stamp at end.