Fine Books and Manuscripts

A Monograph of the Paradiseidae, Or Birds of Paradise. New York and Amsterdam: Johnson Reprint Corporation, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1977. 2 volumes, folio, both with numerous facsimile reproductions of Elliot's Monograph of the Paradiseidae. Blue half morocco, maroon gold-stamped boards (some light wear) and cloth portfolio. LIMITED EDITION, number 182 of 250 copies hand-bound, with an additional suite of the plates loose as issued in cloth portfolio.