LEGGE (William Vincent): 'A History of the Birds of Cey...

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£1,400

LEGGE (William Vincent): 'A History of the Birds of Ceylon...' London, published by the author, 1880: with coloured map, one uncoloured plate and 34 hand-coloured plates by Keulemans: preliminary and final quire frayed/loose and with crude tape repairs, a few other leaves pulling or with small repairs to edges, contemporary plum half calf gilt, rubbed with inner joints split, for sale with all faults: with 5 others flora/fauna of Ceylon, to include Woodhouse & Henry's 'The Butterfly Fauna of Ceylon', Colombo 1942: Le Messurier's 'Game Shore and Water Birds of India' 4th edition 1904, and a bundle of plates from Trimen's 'Flora of Ceylon', 1894. (6)