BREHM, Christian Ludwig Monographie der Papagaien oder vollständige Naturgeschichte aller bis jetzt bekannten Papageien mit getruen und ausgemalten Abbildungen, Jena and Paris, August Schmid and Treuttel & Wurtz de Lille, 1842[-55], 15 parts in one vol., 2°, 75 hand-coloured engraved and lithographed plates of parrots after François Levaillant (light spotting to several plates, some spotting of text), modern burgundy half morocco, original upper wrapper to Part 15 bound in at rear, t.e.g. [Nissen IVB 142; Wood p. 255 (incomplete copy): "A well written and well illustrated treatise on parrots."] VERY RARE. Not in the Bradley Martin collection. Plate 49, Psittacus cestivus , is illustrated on the front cover of this catalogue.
BREHM, Christian Ludwig Monographie der Papagaien oder vollständige Naturgeschichte aller bis jetzt bekannten Papageien mit getruen und ausgemalten Abbildungen, Jena and Paris, August Schmid and Treuttel & Wurtz de Lille, 1842[-55], 15 parts in one vol., 2°, 75 hand-coloured engraved and lithographed plates of parrots after François Levaillant (light spotting to several plates, some spotting of text), modern burgundy half morocco, original upper wrapper to Part 15 bound in at rear, t.e.g. [Nissen IVB 142; Wood p. 255 (incomplete copy): "A well written and well illustrated treatise on parrots."] VERY RARE. Not in the Bradley Martin collection. Plate 49, Psittacus cestivus , is illustrated on the front cover of this catalogue.
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