Lot 151: The Speaking Parrots: A Scientific Manual

viii, 296 + [16] ad pp. Translated by Leonora Schultze. Revised by Dr. Karl Russ. Illustrated with 8 wood-engraved plates printed in colors; plus 2 wood-engraved figures. 7 3/4 x5, gilt-decorated red cloth, lettered in gilt. Early manual on parrots, cockatoos, macaws, parakeets, etc., with handsome color full-page plates. The ads in the back are printed on a later and smaller paper.

[c. 1890]

Spine leaning and somewhat faded, ends and corners bumped; front hinge tender, bookplate of K.R. Balfour, occasional faint foxing and toning; else very good with clean and bright plates.

Place: London
Publisher: L. Upcott Gill