MARSHALL, Captain George Frederick Leycester.
Birds nesting in India. A calendar of the breeding seasons, and a popular guide to the habits and haunts of birds.
Illustrated.
Calcutta, Calcutta Central Press Co., 1877. 8vo. With 13 full-page lithographed plates by Marshall. Original publisher's blind stamped brown buckram, with the title and author lettered in gold on the spine, a double border on both boards. [6], ii, 184 pp.
€ 750
First edition of a guide to the nesting habits and breeding seasons of birds in India. It includes detailed information on various bird species, their habitats, and behaviours, organised by breeding month. The work also features illustrations and maps to aid birdwatchers. These are lithographed after drawings by the author, George Frederick Leycester Marshall (1843-1934), who was a colonel in the Indian army, a Companion in the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire, and a naturalist with a primary interest in birds and butterflies.
The edges and corners of the boards and spine are slightly scuffed. A marginal water stain in the corners of some of plates. Otherwise in good condition. BMC general 16, p. 968, col. 595; WorldCat 488691057, 562551302, 6973760.
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