![SCLATER, Philip Lutley (1829-1913). A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-Birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae. London: for the author by R.H. Porter and Dulau and Co., [1879-82]. 4° (317 x 246mm). 55 lithographed plates by Hanhart after J.G. Keulemans, coloured and finished by hand (text and plates very lightly discoloured at the margins). Contemporary hardgrain half morocco, gilt spine, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities a little rubbed).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2006/CSK/2006_CSK_04071_0050_000(115445).jpg?w=1)
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SCLATER, Philip Lutley (1829-1913). A Monograph of the Jacamars and Puff-Birds, or Families Galbulidae and Bucconidae. London: for the author by R.H. Porter and Dulau and Co., [1879-82]. 4° (317 x 246mm). 55 lithographed plates by Hanhart after J.G. Keulemans, coloured and finished by hand (text and plates very lightly discoloured at the margins). Contemporary hardgrain half morocco, gilt spine, top edges gilt, others uncut (extremities a little rubbed).
FIRST EDITION of Sclater's scholarly monograph on Jacamars or Puff-Birds, an insect-eating species native to the tropical portions of South America east of the Andes and extending as far west as Trinidad and Tobago. Nissen IVB 840; Anker 451; Zimmer II, 561.
FIRST EDITION of Sclater's scholarly monograph on Jacamars or Puff-Birds, an insect-eating species native to the tropical portions of South America east of the Andes and extending as far west as Trinidad and Tobago. Nissen IVB 840; Anker 451; Zimmer II, 561.
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