A GENERAL HISTORY OF BIRDS

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FIRST EDITION, TEN VOLUMES BOUND IN FIVE, Quarto. Published between 1821 - 1824. Complete text and with the 193 fine hand-coloured copperplate tissue guarded engravings. Contemporary calf,[light wear] handsomely rebacked, raised band, leather titles to match, marbled foredges. [This major work attempted to cover all bird species from every part of the known world with special emphasis on Australia and the South Seas. Latham is often known as the "grandfather of Australian ornithology" due to his descriptions of birds collected in Phillip's Voyage to Botany Bay published in 1789. Latham was the first to describe a number of important Australian species such as the lyre-bird, the white cockatoo and the emu. As a founding member of the Linnean Society, Latham was very well connected in ornithological circles in England. This gave him access to many recently discovered bird specimens that reached London from the South Seas, Australia and elsewhere.] Zimmer ( 376-377) Nissen 532. N° de ref. del artículo 1598

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