Birds.- Swainson (William) A Selection of the Birds of Brazil and Mexico, 78 hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards, the last 6 plates tipped into blank leaves (as often), foxing to some plates, contemporary half roan, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, [Anker 494; Borba de Moraes 844; Fine Bird Books p.146; Nissen IVB 912], 8vo, Henry G. Bohn, 1841. ⁂ One of the scarcer works on South American ornithology, "much appreciated for the beauty of its plates". (Borba de Moraes). It was originally published in parts between 1834 and 1836 under the title Ornithological Drawings but personal misfortune persuaded Swainson to emigrate to New Zealand in 1840, and the stones and the remaining stock of the plates evidently passed to the great publishing entrepreneur Henry Bohn. He republished the work with a new title and a useful 4-page index giving the English and scientific names of the 68 Brazilian and 10 Mexican birds. The plates he reissued were, where possible, from original stock and reprinted where necessary. A handsome copy of the second edition of this important and very rare work: '. The first edition of the present work was published between 1834 and 1836.
Birds.- Swainson (William) A Selection of the Birds of Brazil and Mexico, 78 hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards, the last 6 plates tipped into blank leaves (as often), foxing to some plates, contemporary half roan, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, [Anker 494; Borba de Moraes 844; Fine Bird Books p.146; Nissen IVB 912], 8vo, Henry G. Bohn, 1841. ⁂ One of the scarcer works on South American ornithology, "much appreciated for the beauty of its plates". (Borba de Moraes). It was originally published in parts between 1834 and 1836 under the title Ornithological Drawings but personal misfortune persuaded Swainson to emigrate to New Zealand in 1840, and the stones and the remaining stock of the plates evidently passed to the great publishing entrepreneur Henry Bohn. He republished the work with a new title and a useful 4-page index giving the English and scientific names of the 68 Brazilian and 10 Mexican birds. The plates he reissued were, where possible, from original stock and reprinted where necessary. A handsome copy of the second edition of this important and very rare work: '. The first edition of the present work was published between 1834 and 1836.
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