Lot 94: Rothschild, W.

ROTHSCHILD, LIONEL WALTER

A Monograph of the Genus Casuarius. London: Printed for the Society, December 1900. Extracted from Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Volume XV, Part 5, No. 1, paginated 109-148 and continuing with PYCRAFT, W. P. On the Morphology and Phylogeny of the Paleognathae (Ratitae and Crypturi) and Neognathae (Carinatae).paginated 149-290. Finely bound in modern three-quarters blue morocco over blue cloth, the spine tooled and lettered in gilt and with raised bands, the original blue printed wrappers bound-in. 12 1/2 x 10 inches (32 x 25 cm); with 18 hand-colored lithographed plates by J. G. Keulemans, 4 plain lithographed plates by H. Grönvold, 2 maps, and in-text figures.Some wear to the wrappers, slightly toned, with attractively colored plates and a fine binding.

A "beautifully illustrated treatise" (Wood) on the Genus Casuarius, or the Anker 548; Nissen IVB 796; Wood, p.543