Birds of the Atlantic Islands [4 Vols. Compl.].

Original publisher’s cloth hardback, gilt title spine and frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, thick 4to: VOL. 1. A History of the Birds of the Canary Islands and of the Salvages: frontispiece, xxxij, 358pp. VOL. 2. A History of the Birds of Madeira, the Deserts, and the Porto Santo Islands: frontispiece, xlviij, 208pp., large folding map at the rear. VOL. 3. A History of the Birds of the Azores. VOL. 4. History of the Birds of the Cape Verde Islands: frontispiece, xxxij, 458pp. Each volume with introduction & historical description, in total 51 coloured page-large plates – 63 half-tone page-large plates – hundreds of text-illustrations – ca. 20 maps, bibliographies – indexes. Complete set with (slightly damaged) dustjackets.