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A superb copy of the most splendidly illustrated work on the fauna of Italy
BONAPARTE, C.L.J.L. (Prince of Canino). Iconografia della Fauna Italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Mammiferi e Uccelli, Amfibi, Pesci. Roma, Tipografia Salviucci, 1832-1841. 3 volumes. Folio (385 x 275m). pp. (1104), with 180 very fine handcolour... EUR 25,000
The first coloured illustrations of birds in a book which attempted to list and portray all the British species, many of them life-size
PENNANT, T. The British Zoology, Class I. Quadrupeds. II. Birds. Published under the inspection of the Cymmrodion Society, instituted for the Promoting Useful Charities, and the Knowledge of Nature, am... EUR 48,000
