[Rarebooks] FS: Rowley's "Ornithological Miscellany" complete with 139 plates, mostly hand-colored

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(ORNITHOLOGY) Rowley, George Dawson (ed.). ORNITHOLOGICAL MISCELLANY. London: Trubner and Co.; B. Quaritch; R. H. Porter. 1876-1878. 3 volumes. Lg. 4to. (13" tall). (20),321,(1);(16),477,(1);(14),276pp. With the half-titles. Complete with a total of 139 plates, 3 of which are partly colored maps and 96 are finely hand colored or color-tinted (2 of these are double-page and one is a large folding plate). Green buckram (circa 1900) with red morocco spine labels.	$5,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Originally published in 14 parts. With detailed articles on the birds of Mongolia & Tibet, New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, New Guinea, Madagascar, etc. There is an article on "American Parrots" with color plates. Nissen 798; Casey Wood p. 543; Anker 432. FINE BIRD BOOKS p. 103. The number of color plates varies, with copies recorded in the auction records with 80 to 105 colored plates, and often copies have less than the complete total of 139 plates.


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