A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds gilt armorial vignette in another

gilt armorial vignette in another compartment

For bibliographic notes see also Anker 92

with each entry giving the subject’s name in several languages

Volume 1 has a few neat underlines on the first few pages only

there are early ink marginalia in Latin on some pages

A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds gilt armorial vignette in anotherPp. i cviii, 1 393; 121 hand colored lithographs by Keulemans, each heightened with gum Arabic. Contemporary one half Victorian red morocco over scarlet red cloth boards, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments and with elaborate gilt floral decorations in the other four compartments, the title and author are lettered in gilt on the front board, top page edge in gilt, contemporary red marbled endpapers, lg 4to (13 x 10. 25