(BIRDS) DOrbigny Alcide Dessalines; and Sagra Ramon de la Hi

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(BIRDS.) D'Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines; and Sagra, Ramon de la. Historia Fisica Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba--Aves. 32 hand-colored engraved plates after Edouard Traviès and Jean-Gabriel Prêtre (1-19, 19bis, 20-25, 27-32), 220 text pages in Spanish. Folio, 14x9 inches, modern green morocco over marbled boards, gilt spine labels; original hand-coloring heightened with gum arabic; plate 11 shaved close affecting edge of image, title-page browned with few repaired tears, plates browned and spotted as commonly found, colors remaining strong. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1839

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Rare ornithological section of Sagra's monumental work on the natural history of Cuba.