4 volumes., 56 leaves of colour plates: illustrations (some colour); 23 cm.
Series Title
Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum.
General Note
Volume 1: Catalogue of the accipitres, or diurnal birds of prey, in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 2: Catalogue of the striges, or nocturnal birds of prey, in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 3: Catalogue of the passeriformes, or perching birds, in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 4: Catalogue of the passeriformes, or perching birds, in the collection of the British Museum.
Plates printed by Mintern Bros.
Printed by Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London.
Volumes contain uncut pages.
Volume 3 without plate 10; Volume 4 without plates 5 and 6.
With Note
With coloured plates by J. G. Keulemans.
Bibliography Note
Includes index in each volume.
Provenance
Presented to the RA Library in 1879.
Copy Note
Inscribed on front flyleaf in pencil 'S.A.H.' [Solomon Alexander Hart R.A.].
Binding Note
All volumes clothbound in brown with gilt lettering on spine with title and volume numbering. Volume 4 additionally has R.A. in gilt on tail of the spine.
Subject
Birds of Prey
Birds
Natural History
British Museum (Natural History), Catalogues