Sclater's Curassows - Volume 9 with 21 Originally Hand-Colored Lithographs

Artist or Author: P. L. Sclater

Work: The Curassows

Date of Publication: 1875

Style: Volume 9 with 21 Originally Hand-Colored Lithographs

Paper Size: ~ 12 1/2 by 9 7/8"

Condition: The work is in good to excellent condition overall. There may be some toned or foxed spots to the work. There may be a few minor imperfections or fox marks to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.

Description of the work: This volume with 21 lithographs is Philip Lutley Sclater’s The Curassows. The work was published in London in 1875 by Longmans, Green, Reader, Dyer.

This is volume 9, part 4 of the series. The book is bound in quarter leather with a gilt text spine and marbled board. There are 21 originally colored lithographs.

Philip Lutley Sclater (1829-1913) was an English ornithologist. The zoogeographic regions that he developed are still in use, albeit expanded upon by later zoologists.

Provenance: Owned by Professor William Gardner Hale, top British authority on wading birds