Sri Lanka.- Legge (Capt. W. Vincent) A History of the Birds of Ceylon, first edition, Published by …

Sri Lanka.- Legge (Capt. W. Vincent) A History of the Birds of Ceylon, first edition, hand-coloured engraved map frontispiece (imprint slightly trimmed), 34 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.G. Keulemans (1 of eggs), wood-engraved anatomical plate and illustrations, peripheral ff. with a few neatly repaired tears and some margins reinforced, affecting frontispiece and anatomical plate but without loss, two small repaired holes causing loss to some text up to p.120, affecting also a few plates but skilfully repaired, plate at p.680 with a few tiny puncture marks to fore-margin, plates with some light spotting and occasional foxing, but generally bright, some very light spotting to text, gutter cracked at a couple points but holding firm, handsomely bound in modern green morocco with old and richly gilt spine laid-down, covers very lightly rubbed, heavier rubbing to spine, g.e., [Anker 284; Fine Bird Books p.89; Nissen IVB 539; Wood p.430], 4to, Published by the Author, [1878-]1880. ⁂ "A complete and important monograph of the 371 birds of Ceylon" (Wood). The work was originally issued in three parts between 1878 and 1880.