A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds The text is mostly in

The text is mostly in Chinese but there is a 20 page summary at the end in English

One-half maroon-red cloth

From: Meyer

gilt armorial vignette in another compartment

with each entry giving the subject’s name in several languages

A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sunbirds The text is mostly inPp. i cviii, 1 393; 121 hand colored lithographs by Keulemans, each heightened with gum Arabic. Contemporary one half Victorian red morocco over scarlet red cloth boards, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in two compartments and with elaborate gilt floral decorations in the other four compartments, the title and author are lettered in gilt on the front board, top page edge in gilt, contemporary red marbled endpapers, lg 4to (13 x 10. 25