Ornithologie du salon. Synonymie, description, moeurs, nourriture des oiseaux de volière européens et exotiques.

8vo: viii-220 pp. (very marg. spotting and browning, min. damage gutter p. 132, tissue paper pl. 9 loose, index erroneously bound).

Contemp. red half shagreen, red cloth boards bordered with a triple fillet, gilt spine on 4 raised bands, red leather title label, gilt edges, silk endpapers (one endpaper with a small asterisk in ballpoint pen, cover very slightly rubbed, furthermore in good condition). Very good copy.

First edition of this book on European and exotic aviary birds by Raoul Boulart (1849-1901), who was working in the Musée d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Ill.: numerous black and white in-text illustrations and 40 coloured lithographic plates depicting birds, birds' nests and eggs. Ref. Nissen IVB 125. - Bn-Opale plus.