JOHN GERRARD KEULEMANS (1842-1912)

A Monograph of the Loriidae, or Brush-tongued Parrots: Eight Plates

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JOHN GERRARD KEULEMANS (1842-1912)
A Monograph of the Loriidae, or Brush-tongued Parrots: Eight Plates
eight lithographs in colors, 1896, with additional hand-coloring, on wove papers, published by St. George Jackson Mivart & R.H. Porter, London, with margins, pale light- staining on all plates, Plate XLI with occasional pale foxing, otherwise apparently in very good condition, in faux-gilt latticed frames, not examined out of the frames
all L. approx. 11½ x 8¾ in. (291 x 221 mm.) (8)

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Including:
Plate XXII: Gould's Lory, Lorius Chlorocerus; Plate LV: The Fair Lory, Charmosynopsis Pulchella; Plate LVII: Papuan Lory, Charmosyna Papuensis; Plate LIX: Josephine's Lory, Charmosyna Josephinae; Plate XL: The Yellow and Green Lory, Psitteuteles Flavoviridis; Plate XLI: 1. Meyer's Lory, Psitteuteles Meyer 2.3. The Lory of Bonthain, Psitteuteles Bonthainensis; Plate XLII: The Plain Lory, Psitteuteles Euteles; Plate XLIII: The Scaly-Breasted Lory, Psitteuteles Chlorolepidotus

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