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MATHEWS, Gregory Macalister. The Birds of Australia... [The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe islands and the Australian south polar quadrant with Additions to "The Birds of Austalia"] London: Witherby, 1910-1928.
14 volumes only (of 15: 12 vols, plus 5-part Supplement bound in one volume and The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe islands... in a second but lacking the Supplement to The Birds of Norfolk...), 4° (340 x 250mm). Titles in red and black. 638 HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES after and by Keulemans, Grönvald, R.Green, H.Goodchild and G.E.Lodge, 7 black-and-white plates. Contemporary green half morocco gilt, t.e.g., original green printed wrappers bound in appropriate volumes. Provenance: Stephenson R. Clarke (armorial bookplate).
A FINE SET OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MAJOR TREATMENT OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS SINCE GOULD'S WORK, AND ONE OF THE LAST SIGNIFICANT WORKS TO BE ILLUSTRATED WITH HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS. NUMBER 17 OF AN EDITION LIMITED TO 225 COPIES. The final supplement wasn't published until 1936 and is frequently lacking. The Australia section is generally treated as complete in 12 volumes (plus the 5 supplementary parts, often bound in a single 13th volume). The author appears to have been undecided: in the preface to the first vol. of The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe he states categorically that it is not a supplement, in the 1936 A Supplement... he writes that it is. NIssen IVB 605 & 606; Anker 328 & 328 note. (14)
14 volumes only (of 15: 12 vols, plus 5-part Supplement bound in one volume and The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe islands... in a second but lacking the Supplement to The Birds of Norfolk...), 4° (340 x 250mm). Titles in red and black. 638 HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES after and by Keulemans, Grönvald, R.Green, H.Goodchild and G.E.Lodge, 7 black-and-white plates. Contemporary green half morocco gilt, t.e.g., original green printed wrappers bound in appropriate volumes. Provenance: Stephenson R. Clarke (armorial bookplate).
A FINE SET OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST MAJOR TREATMENT OF AUSTRALIAN BIRDS SINCE GOULD'S WORK, AND ONE OF THE LAST SIGNIFICANT WORKS TO BE ILLUSTRATED WITH HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHS. NUMBER 17 OF AN EDITION LIMITED TO 225 COPIES. The final supplement wasn't published until 1936 and is frequently lacking. The Australia section is generally treated as complete in 12 volumes (plus the 5 supplementary parts, often bound in a single 13th volume). The author appears to have been undecided: in the preface to the first vol. of The Birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe he states categorically that it is not a supplement, in the 1936 A Supplement... he writes that it is. NIssen IVB 605 & 606; Anker 328 & 328 note. (14)