Lot 315: HERMANN SCHLEGEL (1804-1884) & GERARDUS FREDERIK WESTERMANN (1807-1890)

De Toerako's afgebeeld en beschreven, Amsterdam: Natura artis magistra, 1860. Large 2o (721 x 542mm.). 17 lithographed plates by Trap IN TWO STATES, PLAIN AND HAND-COLOURED. (Several plates lightly spotted). Mid-20th century blue morocco-backed cloth. 'An account of the Touracos (fam. Musophagidae). The general text, in Dutch, contains a description of each species with distribution, synonymy and other notes... The plates are excellent and suggest the work of Wolf' (Zimmer). Nissen IVB 833; Sitwell Fine Bird Books p.139; Zimmer II, pp. 555-56.