Rook (Corvus frugilegus) Hand Colored Plate The only ownership mark is

The only ownership mark is an old oval name stamp of ‘Libreria de Educacion’ on the bottom corner of the title page

” which was the French competitor to the British “Biologia Centrali-Americana” which also documented the plant and animal life of Central America

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

the final page of Part 24 has an old stain to internal gutter and rear wrapper (this occurred before the binding was put on)

Although Bedriaga left Russia in 1873 to live in Germany

Rook (Corvus frugilegus) Hand Colored Plate The only ownership mark isHand colored lithographic plate, approximately 10. 25 inches wide by 14 inches long. From: Meyer, H. L., Illustrations of British Birds, lithographer H. L. Meyer. Image is taken from the Longman and Co. gilt edge folio edition of Meyer's Coloured Illustrations of British Birds and their Eggs which was published 1835 1841, see W. G. Hale. Image is of a rook and egg. Publisher Longman and Co. Publisher Place London Date Published 1835 1841 Date