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The expanded second edition of Buller's fine work on the birds of New Zealand

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The expanded second edition of Buller's fine work on the birds of New Zealand
The expanded second edition of Buller's fine work on the birds of New Zealand
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BULLER, WALTER LAWRY

A History of the Birds of New Zealand. London: published by the author at 8 Victoria Chambers, 1888. Stated second edition. Two volumes. Three-quarters morocco over marbled boards, the original wrappers bound in at rear. 15 x 11 1/2 inches (38 x 29 cm); with 48 hand-colored lithographed plates by J. G. Keulemans and 2 plain plates by J. Smit. Bookplates of the Library of the Zoological Society of Philadelphia, F. Monteith Ogilvie, and Charles Bingham Penrose, ink stamp of the library and shelf markers to titles and foot of spines, shelfwear and rubbing to bindings, spotting to edges but internally quite clean; Together with BULLER, WALTER LAWRY. Supplement to the 'Birds of New Zealand'. London: published by the author, 1905. First edition. Publisher's gilt stamped red cloth. 15 x 11 1/2 inches (38 x 29 cm); with portrait frontispiece and 12 hand-colored lithographed plates by J. G. Keulemans. Small repairs to titles, lightly toned, labels removed from foot of spine.

This second and expanded edition of Buller's Birds of New Zealand features new plates drawn by Keulemans and descriptions of 176 species. The scarce 1905 supplement adds several more. Nissen IVB 163; Fine Bird Books, p.64; Anker 85; Wood, p.269; Zimmer, p.144;

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The expanded second edition of Buller's fine work on the birds of New Zealand

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