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Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1881, Illustrated by P.L. Sclater
Binding from the Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1881, Sclater, P.L. Title page from the Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1881, Sclater, P.L. Loriculus Panayensis from the Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1881, illustrated by P.L. Sclater Philemon Albitorques from the Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1881, Sclater, P.L.
Carpophaga Rhodinolaema from the Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1881, Sclater, P.L. Thrichoglossus Nigrigularis from the Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1881, Sclater, P.L. Spheniscus Demerus from the Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1881, Sclater, P.L. Ptilopus johannis, Male and Female, from the Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger, 1881, Sclater, P.L.
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Sclater, P.L. Report of the Birds collected during the Voyage of HMS Challenger. HMSO, London. 1881. 4to, size approx 320mm x260mm. p. viii, 166, illustrated by 30 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Joseph Smit, 2 drawings. Neat ink owner inscription and early manuscript index on fep. Bound in with Zoology - Vol IV, Anatomy of Tubinares [Petrels],1882, pp64 with 7 tinted plates, 3 coloured. Contemporary red morocco-backed boards, gilt lettering to spine,  In excellent clean and bright condition throughout.

The complete bird section of the series of 32 volumes which made up the Zoology section of the 'Challenger' voyage. The biggest, largest and most valuable Oceanographic Expedition ever made in mankind.

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Cat. No. 91184                                        £2,400

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