Richard MEINERTZHAGEN. Birds of Arabia. London, Sotheran, sd (1980). Fort in-4, ivy-green half-maroquin with corners, 5-rib spine, gilt head (Publisher's binding). (9f.)-624. Luxurious reprint of this 1954 work, illustrated with a fold-out hors-texte map, 29 hors-texte plates, including 10 photographic plates and 19 color plates based on paintings by D.M. Henry and George Edward Lodge, and 87 illustrations in the text or on full pages, including 35 maps and 52 drawings. Limited edition of 305 copies, of which this is no. 266.

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