Genera avium.

WYTSMAN, Philogène Auguste Galilée

€ 500 / 600

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Lot description

Brussels, printed and published by V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, 1905-1914

26 parts in 1 vol., folio: 43 pl.

Modern half black cloth binding, decorative paper on covers, flat spine.

Complete set of this massive work directed by the Belgian ornithologist and entomologist Wytsman (1866-1925) and produced in collaboration with main European specialists such as P.L. Sclater, R. Bowdler Sharpe, W.R. Ogilvie-Grant, E. Hartert, C.E. Hellmayr and T. Salvadori. Illustrated with 43 splendid colourful chromolithographs of birds including 11 beautiful plates of parrots.
Ref. Nissen IVB 182. - Nissen (BBI) 1028. - Not in Anker.