1872-88 Kjaerbölling, Birds of Scandinavia, folio, 107 hand coloured plates, boo

Description: Kjaerbölling, N. Skandinaviens fugle med saerligt hensyn til Danmark og de nordlige bilande. Paany udgivet af J. Collin. Atlas volume. Kopenhagen, Joergensen, (1872-)1879(-88). Folio (38,5:25 cm). Illustrated with 107 fine original hand coloured lithographed plates (600 individual hand coloured plates). Printed title. Original half calf with gilt lettering to spine. References: Nissen, IVB 496; Anker 250; vgl. Zimmer 353. Rare and more attractive edition of Kjaerböllings "Icones ornithologiae Scandinavicae" which had been first published between 1847-56. The plates are numbered 1-53, 22, 33, 40 and 51b, 28 b and c, in addition to 48 supplementary plates. "The subscribers were later to receive gratis a new edition of the text revised by J. Collin, who also undertook the issue of the plates" (Anker). Rare complete example with the extremely scarce last supplement plate that was only issued in 1888. Some age toning and spotting. Minor edge wear here and there. Attractive hand colour on firm card. Skandinaviens fugle med saerligt hensyn til Danmark og de nordlige bilande. Paany udgivet af J. Collin. Atlas volume. Illustrated with 107 fine original hand coloured lithographed plates (600 individual hand coloured plates). Printed title. Original half calf with gilt lettering to spine. Rare and more attractive edition of Kjaerböllings "Icones ornithologiae Scandinavicae" which had been first published between 1847-56. The plates are numbered 1-53, 22, 33, 40 and 51b, 28 b and c, in addition to 48 supplementary plates. "The subscribers were later to receive gratis a new edition of the text revised by J. Collin, who also undertook the issue of the plates" (Anker). Rare complete example with the extremely scarce last supplement plate that was only issued in 1888. Some age toning and spot

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