Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume XVIII. Catalogue of the Picarie in the Collecti
by HARGITT, Edward

Format: Hardcover
Status: Out of print
Code: Z070320003
Condition: Used, Near Fine
Edition: First edition

Product Details
Near fine in original brown cloth with gilt lettering. Volume XVIII: Scansores Containing the Family Picidae (woodpeckers). Fifteen chromolithographic plates by Peter SMIT.The complete work published in 27 volumes (1874-1898) provided a detailed description of every bird with synonomy and distribution. Each volume included a section of color plates. 'Unquestionably the most important work on systematic ornithology that has ever been published.' -Zimmer.
Publisher: British Museum (Natural History)
Year of Publication: 1890
Page Count: 597