A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds Parts I and II

Parts I and II

The text is mostly in Chinese but there is a 20 page summary at the end in English

Volume 1 has a few neat underlines on the first few pages only

This gave him access to many recently discovered bird specimens that reached London from the South Seas

From: Meyer

A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds Parts I and IIPp. i cviii, 1 393; 121 hand colored lithographs by Keulemans, each heightened with gum Arabic. Contemporary one half Victorian red morocco over scarlet red cloth boards, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments and with elaborate gilt floral decorations in the other four compartments, the title and author are lettered in gilt on the front board, top page edge in gilt, contemporary red marbled endpapers, lg 4to (13 x 10. 25