Egyptian Neophron (Neophron percnopterus) Hand Colored Plate Early brown half-calf leather

Early brown half-calf leather

The fine hand-coloring this work is superior to the Curtis Botanical Magazine images

spine with six raised bands

Pinto-Correia not only relates the fascinating story of the Dodo

This is the hardcover first edition

Egyptian Neophron (Neophron percnopterus) Hand Colored Plate Early brown half-calf leatherHand colored lithographic plate, approximately 10. 25 inches wide by 14 inches long. From: Meyer, H. L., Illustrations of British Birds, lithographer H. L. Meyer, 1839. Image is taken from the Longman and Co. gilt edge folio edition of Meyer's Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs which was published 1835 1841, see W. G. Hale. Image is of an Egyptian neophron or white scavenger vulture or pharaoh's chicken. Publisher Longman and Co.