SHELLEY GEORGE ERNEST A Monograph of the Nectariniidae or Fa

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SHELLEY, GEORGE ERNEST. A Monograph of the Nectariniidae or Family of Sun-Birds. 121 hand-colored lithographed plates by J.G. Keulemans, heightened with gum arabic. 2 volumes. 4to, 12x9 3/4 inches, half calf over imitation reptile, printed endpapers with an owl motif, lightly rubbed; plates numbered in pencil but clean and bright. London, 1876-1880

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Fine plates of the African species, all of which have "been executed by Mr. Keulemans, whose name is sufficient guarantee for the accuracy of the details and for high artistic skill.... the colouring executed by Mr. Hart, whose work is well known to the public as artist in Mr. Gould's publications" (The author's introduction.) Fine Bird Books, p.108; Nissen IVB 873.