Brachyurus Gigantipitta Maximus. A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant-Thrushes

by Daniel Giraud Elliot

$600 · Offered by Ursus Books

First edition

Elliot, Daniel Giraud. A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant-Thrushes. New York, D. Appleton & Co., [1861-]1863. This plate: Brachyurus (Gigantipitta) Maximus. Original hand-colored lithograph by Bowen & Co. (Philadelphia). Sheet size approx. 21 x 14 in. First edition. Elliot's first ornithological work with his own illustrations, and quite possibly the scarcest of.....

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