Birds of Arabia and published a detailed account

and published a detailed account of his collections in Proceedings of the Zoological Society in 1882

2 plates are double page

This is the second edition of John Cassin’s beautifully illustrated work on Western birds

with 100 full-page hand-colored lithographs by W

which was based on a single specimen of this delicate organism that was previously known only by its shell

Birds of Arabia and published a detailed accountPp. (2), xiii, 624; 19 tipped in fine color plates by G. Lodge, R. Thorburn, and D. M. Reid Henry, 9 tipped in black and white photographic plates, 53 text figures, 36 maps (1 is tinted and folding). Dark green half morocco, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in one compartment and with alternating gilt decorations (falcons and crossed swords), in the other compartments, top page edge gilt, hand made marbled endpapers, sm folio (13. 5 x 9