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GRAY (GEORGE ROBERT)
The Genera of Birds: Comprising Their Generic Characters, a Notice of the Habits of Each Genus, and an Extensive List of Species Referred to their Several Genera

22 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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GRAY (GEORGE ROBERT)

The Genera of Birds: Comprising Their Generic Characters, a Notice of the Habits of Each Genus, and an Extensive List of Species Referred to their Several Genera, 185 hand-coloured lithographed plates of birds, 150 uncoloured lithographed plates of anatomical details (26 double-page) by and after D.W. Mitchell and J. Wolf, printed by Hullmandel, list of subscribers and half-title in volume one, titles and some preliminaries detached, blindstamp on titles and margin of coloured plates, contemporary half morocco, worn and scuffed [Nissen IVB 388; Fine Bird Books, p.79; Wood, p.367; Zimmer, p.268], folio (375 x 265mm.), Longman, 1849

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"A very important and beautifully illustrated fundamental work" (Wood), and the first book worked on by Josef Wolf after his move to England in 1848. The list of 8,000 species was the most comprehensive published up to that time. See illustration at page 178.

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