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(BIRDS.) Buller, Walter Lawry; Sir. A History of the Birds of New Zealand . . . Second Edition. 48 chromolithographed plates after Keulemans, and 2 lithographed plates after Smit. 2 volumes * Supplement to the 'Birds of New Zealand.' Engraved frontispiece portrait of Buller; 12 hand-colored lithographed plates after Keulemans. 2 volumes. Together, 4 volumes. Folio, 358-369x265-275 mm, first volume of the main work in later cloth, with contents completely loose in binding, the rest in publisher's 1/2 sheep, quite worn, Supplement Volume 2 spine missing top compartment; varying foxing on text leaves, minor marginal spotting or finger soiling on some plates, portrait severely foxed. Nissen IVB 163. London, 1888; 1905-06
