Ash-Coloured or Grey Parrot Hand-Colored Plate lettered and blind-stamped on gilt

lettered and blind-stamped on gilt on the spine and front cover

frontispiece lithograph of nufi man

Text is in Spanish with scientific names in Latin

where he made detailed anatomical and neuromuscular studies of apes and monkeys

One-half black leather over orange marbled boards with matching orange marbled endpapers

Ash-Coloured or Grey Parrot Hand-Colored Plate lettered and blind-stamped on giltHand colored lithographic plate, image size is 6. 25 inches wide and 8 inches long, backing is 8. 75 inches wide and 11 inches long. From Natural history of parrots in the series: The naturalist's library. Ornithology, v. 6. Image depicts a Congo grey parrot, Psittacus erythacus. Publisher W. H. Lizars Publisher Place Edinburgh Date Published Date Published Estimated No Edition Edinburgh Number of Volumes 0 Reprint No Condition Very good Condition