Moore, Frederic [Volume of 7 offprints from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London], 1854, comprising: List of Malayan Birds collected by Theodore Cantor, 29 pp., Descriptions of some New and Little-Known Species of Birds from Northern India contained in the museum of the Hon. East India Company, 5 pp., secretarial presentation inscription 'Lieut. Burgess, with the kindest regards of the author' to p. 1, Notice on the Species of the Genus Orthotomus of Horsfield, with Descriptions of a New Species, and of those Hitherto Known, 5 pp., Notice of some New Species of Birds contained in the Museum of the Hon. East India Company, 3 pp., Notice of a New Indian Swallow, 1 p., Notice of all the Known Species of the Genus Accentor, with the Description of an Uncharacterized Spcies from Nepal, 5 pp., and Descriptions of Two New Species of the Genus Orthotomus, 1 p.; the volume illustrated with 8 hand-coloured lithographic plates by J. Wolf, text spotted, plates slightly toned, some with faint marginal spotting, closed marginal tear to one plate, bookplate of Boughey Burgess (secretary and historian of the Royal United Services Institute), contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo (22 x 15 cm) Volume of rare offprints by the co-author of A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company (1854-8), a 'fundamental work' (Wood p. 391). (Qty: 1)
Moore, Frederic [Volume of 7 offprints from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London], 1854, comprising: List of Malayan Birds collected by Theodore Cantor, 29 pp., Descriptions of some New and Little-Known Species of Birds from Northern India contained in the museum of the Hon. East India Company, 5 pp., secretarial presentation inscription 'Lieut. Burgess, with the kindest regards of the author' to p. 1, Notice on the Species of the Genus Orthotomus of Horsfield, with Descriptions of a New Species, and of those Hitherto Known, 5 pp., Notice of some New Species of Birds contained in the Museum of the Hon. East India Company, 3 pp., Notice of a New Indian Swallow, 1 p., Notice of all the Known Species of the Genus Accentor, with the Description of an Uncharacterized Spcies from Nepal, 5 pp., and Descriptions of Two New Species of the Genus Orthotomus, 1 p.; the volume illustrated with 8 hand-coloured lithographic plates by J. Wolf, text spotted, plates slightly toned, some with faint marginal spotting, closed marginal tear to one plate, bookplate of Boughey Burgess (secretary and historian of the Royal United Services Institute), contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo (22 x 15 cm) Volume of rare offprints by the co-author of A Catalogue of the Birds in the Museum of the East-India Company (1854-8), a 'fundamental work' (Wood p. 391). (Qty: 1)
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