ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915). A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant-Thrushes. London: Taylor & Francis for Bernard Quaritch Limited, 1893-1895.
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915). A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant-Thrushes. London: Taylor & Francis for Bernard Quaritch Limited, 1893-1895. Folio (575 x 375mm). 51 fine hand-colored lithographic plates after Elliot, William Hart J.G.Keulemans, P. Oudart and Maupert, drawn on stone by C.F.Tholey and W.Hart, printed by Bowen & Co. and Mintern Bros., one folding letterpress table. (Some occasional light spotting.) Contemporary green half morocco, spine gilt-lettered, top edges gilt, others uncut (light rubbing to extremities). A FINE COPY OF THE REVISED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION. The original monograph, Elliot's first major work, was published between 1861 and 1863 with plates and descriptions of just 31 species. For the second edition, Elliot completely rewrote the text and Hart and Keulemans produced 34 new drawings (redrawing 8 of the original species and producing 26 drawings of new species). The result is in effect almost a new work on a species for which Elliot felt a lasting affection: “It is not often that one returns to his first love and finds her, after many years, more beautiful than ever.” The Pittidae described include those native to Borneo, Nepal, Ceylon, Philippines, New Guinea and Cambodia. Ayer/Zimmer p.208; Fine Bird Books p.74; Nissen IVB 292; Wood p.332.
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915). A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant-Thrushes. London: Taylor & Francis for Bernard Quaritch Limited, 1893-1895.
ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915). A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant-Thrushes. London: Taylor & Francis for Bernard Quaritch Limited, 1893-1895. Folio (575 x 375mm). 51 fine hand-colored lithographic plates after Elliot, William Hart J.G.Keulemans, P. Oudart and Maupert, drawn on stone by C.F.Tholey and W.Hart, printed by Bowen & Co. and Mintern Bros., one folding letterpress table. (Some occasional light spotting.) Contemporary green half morocco, spine gilt-lettered, top edges gilt, others uncut (light rubbing to extremities). A FINE COPY OF THE REVISED AND EXPANDED SECOND EDITION. The original monograph, Elliot's first major work, was published between 1861 and 1863 with plates and descriptions of just 31 species. For the second edition, Elliot completely rewrote the text and Hart and Keulemans produced 34 new drawings (redrawing 8 of the original species and producing 26 drawings of new species). The result is in effect almost a new work on a species for which Elliot felt a lasting affection: “It is not often that one returns to his first love and finds her, after many years, more beautiful than ever.” The Pittidae described include those native to Borneo, Nepal, Ceylon, Philippines, New Guinea and Cambodia. Ayer/Zimmer p.208; Fine Bird Books p.74; Nissen IVB 292; Wood p.332.
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