Fauna van Nederland. Vogels.

46 instalments with each 8 pl., except for one which has only 2 pl. (as it should be) (alternating condition: some pl. browned or with some stains, other pl. without fault, ms. notes after the 8th instalm.).

Kept in 10 8vo-sized folders with cloth ties (def.). Nice set.

Illustrations only of the first edition by the German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist Hermann Schlegel (1804-1884). Ill. (complete) with 362 hand-coloured lithogr. pl. after drawings from the author partly heightened with Arabic gum showing birds of prey (falcons, hawks, harriers, eagles, kites, buzzards, etc.), climbing birds (woodpeckers), passerines (swallows), galliformes, stilts, anseriformes, tamed birds, etc. Systematic synopsis of the birds of the country, with descriptions of the individual forms and their different plumages, and notes on their geographical distribution and habits.
Ref. Nissen (IVB) 830. - Anker 443. - Landwehr 166. - COPAC.