Ornitologia Brasiliense: Catalogo descritivo e ilustrado das Aves do Brasil, primeiro volume -- Parte introdutoria e familias Rheidae a Cuculidae (all published) Small oval name stamp on

Small oval name stamp on the front wrapper of part 2

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”  The fine color plates in A Monograph of the Coraciidae certainly typify this description of Keulemans’ artistic style

Publisher Academic Press Publisher Place London Date Published 1988 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near fine Condition Description A bright and clean copy in near fine condition

Publisher Printed by Davis and Force (Franklin's Head) Publisher Place Washington Date Published 1822 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Very good Condition Description The top edge of the title page has some professional paper repairs as does the contents page and errata page at the end of the volume

Ornitologia Brasiliense: Catalogo descritivo e ilustrado das Aves do Brasil, primeiro volume -- Parte introdutoria e familias Rheidae a Cuculidae (all published) Small oval name stamp onPp. xiv, 181, 24 full page color plates, numerous detailed text figure and halftones, some in full page format. Publishers original one quarter green cloth, lettered in white on the spine, over white cloth covered boards, lettered in black, folio. The text is in Portuguese. A detailed monographic study of the birds of Brazil detailing the families Rheidae and Cuculidae. No other subsequent volumes were ever published. From the library of Ralph Lima