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Lot 180

KRAUSE (GEORG)
Oologia universalis palaearctica, 78 parts bound in 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, Stuttgart, Fritz Lehmann, 1906-1913

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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KRAUSE (GEORG)

Oologia universalis palaearctica, 78 parts bound in 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, text in English and German, 158 chromolithographed plates, all printed on thick card, contemporary half morocco, printed front wrappers of original parts bound in at end [Nissen IVB 527; Wood p.422; Zimmer, pp.360-1], 4to, Stuttgart, Fritz Lehmann, 1906-1913

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An important study of the eggs of Palaearctic birds, illustrated with "a beautiful series of colored plates" (Wood) showing the range in variation of the eggs of each given species.

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