COLOR PLATE] FORSHAW, JOSEPH MICHAEL and COOPER, WILLIAM T. Kingfishers and Related Birds. Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, 1983-1994. Copy 191 of 1,000 copies, signed by Forshaw and Cooper in each volume. The complete set of six volumes, original vari-colored three-quarters morocco gilt, cloth sides, housed in three cloth drop-back boxes with morocco labels to lids and spines. 20 x 4 inches (50.5 x 35 cm); I, II: 564 pp. with 52 color plates; III: 315 pp., 26 color plates; IV: 251 pp., 22 color plates; V, VI: 437 pp. including 56 color plates. Minor scratch to the spine of the first slipcase, overall a magnificent set. With superb color plates after the original drawings of Cooper, this is a worthy successor to the work of the great 19th century ornithological illustrators. The set is rather scarce complete as the volumes appeared over an eleven-year period, and a substantial portion of the final pair were never bound. The contents are as follows: Volumes 1, 2: The Alcedinidae: Ceryle to Cittura, Halcyon to Tanysiptera. Volumes 3, 4: Todidae, Momotidae, Meropidae, Leptosomatidae, Coraciidae, Upupidae, Phoeniculidae. Volumes 5, 6: The Buceroditae. C
COLOR PLATE] FORSHAW, JOSEPH MICHAEL and COOPER, WILLIAM T. Kingfishers and Related Birds. Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, 1983-1994. Copy 191 of 1,000 copies, signed by Forshaw and Cooper in each volume. The complete set of six volumes, original vari-colored three-quarters morocco gilt, cloth sides, housed in three cloth drop-back boxes with morocco labels to lids and spines. 20 x 4 inches (50.5 x 35 cm); I, II: 564 pp. with 52 color plates; III: 315 pp., 26 color plates; IV: 251 pp., 22 color plates; V, VI: 437 pp. including 56 color plates. Minor scratch to the spine of the first slipcase, overall a magnificent set. With superb color plates after the original drawings of Cooper, this is a worthy successor to the work of the great 19th century ornithological illustrators. The set is rather scarce complete as the volumes appeared over an eleven-year period, and a substantial portion of the final pair were never bound. The contents are as follows: Volumes 1, 2: The Alcedinidae: Ceryle to Cittura, Halcyon to Tanysiptera. Volumes 3, 4: Todidae, Momotidae, Meropidae, Leptosomatidae, Coraciidae, Upupidae, Phoeniculidae. Volumes 5, 6: The Buceroditae. C
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