Blueheaded Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides) Hand-Colored Plate This well-illustrated work documents the

This well-illustrated work documents the author's “travels from St

botanist and crustacean expert

Smith with his signature pasted on the front endpaper

He later joined the Faculty of Sciences at Marseille when he began writing a 16 volume encyclopedia on the natural history of southern France

The volume offered here is the first edition in English that was translated directly from the original Greek

Blueheaded Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides) Hand-Colored Plate This well-illustrated work documents theHand colored plate, approximately 11. 25 inches by 15 inches. From H. E. Dresser, A Monograph of the Coraciidae, or Family of the Rollers, lithographer J. G. Keulemans. Image depicts an blueheaded ground roller or pitta like ground roller (Atelornis pittoides). Publisher by the Author Publisher Place Farnborough, Kent Date Published 1893 Date Published Estimated No Edition First Edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near fine Condition