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The Ornithological Works of Arthur, Ninth Marquis of Tweeddale

Author: Hay, A.

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Pp. (2), lxiv, 760, frontis portrait, colored map, 11 fine hand-colored plates by J. Smit. Publisher's black pebble cloth with gilt lettering on spine, sm folio. Printed in a limited edition for private circulation. This work pulls together all of the ornithological papers by Arthur Hay - most concern the birds of island Southeast Asia. The color map and fine hand-colored plates accompany the article by Hay entitled "A List of Birds Known to Inhabit the Philippine Archipelago" which first appeared in the Transactions of the Zoological Society of London in 1875.

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11480

London

Taylor and Francis

1881

Near Fine

Some neat annotations on the color map concerning the location of Wallace's Line, endpapers lightly browned, a tight, clean copy in near fine condition.

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