Ornitologia Brasiliense: Catalogo descritivo e ilustrado das Aves do Brasil, primeiro volume -- Parte introdutoria e familias Rheidae a Cuculidae (all published) When this volume first appeared

When this volume first appeared in 1975

Very scarce

lettered and blind-stamped on gilt on the spine and front cover

Small oval name stamp on the front wrapper of part 2

”  The fine color plates in A Monograph of the Coraciidae certainly typify this description of Keulemans’ artistic style

Ornitologia Brasiliense: Catalogo descritivo e ilustrado das Aves do Brasil, primeiro volume -- Parte introdutoria e familias Rheidae a Cuculidae (all published) When this volume first appearedPp. xiv, 181, 24 full page color plates, numerous detailed text figure and halftones, some in full page format. Publishers original one quarter green cloth, lettered in white on the spine, over white cloth covered boards, lettered in black, folio. The text is in Portuguese. A detailed monographic study of the birds of Brazil detailing the families Rheidae and Cuculidae. No other subsequent volumes were ever published. From the library of Ralph Lima