Skandinaviens Fugle Med Saerlight Hensyn Til Danmark Og De Norldige Bilande Plate Atlas Complete (with) Danmarks Fugle 1852 Text Volume
Kjobenhavn: L.A. Jorgensens Forlag, 1879. F. The atlas with title page, followed by 106 color plates, collated complete; Danish text, atlas volume with fraktur & italicized Latin titles for the birds; atlas with previous owner inscription at top edge of title page and old pencil bookseller notations on front endpaper; approx. 10" x 16" size; atlas with leather spine & corner tips, polished black pebbled-surface paper covered boards, gilt spine titles & gilt ornamentation in bars; edge, tips, spine end erosion wear, to binding, plates darkened a little, mostly clean, occasional foxing, colors still very bright; in good condition (with) Danmarks Fugle, beskrevne, af N. Kjaerbolling 1852 Kjobenhavn Forsatterens Forlag; xxxiv + 422 + ix + (2) pages errata; the text entirely in fraktur; approx. 5 1/4" x 8" size; leather spine and corner tips, black marbled paper covered boards, gilt spine titles and decoration, marbled endpapers to match; edge, tips wear and rubbing to the binding, front inner endpaper hinge strengthened in the past; in good condition; Niels Kjaerbolling (1806 - 1871) prominent Danish ornithological writer and lithographer. Item #23154
Price: $1,200.00