From Antiquariaat Schierenberg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 01 October 2001
About this Item
Genova, Instituto Sordo-Muti, 1884. 8vo (24.5 x 16.1 cm). 268, [i] pp. Later blue buckram with gilt title on the spine. Marbled edges. = Important guide to the birds of Ethiopia and the Gulf of Aden, published as Spedizione Italiana nell' Africa Equatoriale, risultati Zoologici. Complete with an index and errata leaf. Scioa is an area in southern Abyssinia (Ethiopia) now called "Shewa". The book deals with 307 different species of birds, including some that are new. Written by the renowned Italian ornithologist Count Adelardo Tommaso Salvadori Paleotti (1835-1923). "Many species of birds are named after him, for example, Salvadori's fig parrot Psittaculirostris salvadorii, Yellow-capped pygmy parrot (Micropsitta keiensis), Salvadori nightjar (Caprimulgus pulchellus), Salvadori's antwren (Myrmotherula minor), Salvadori's eremomela (Eremomela salvadorii), Salvadori's seedeater (Serinus xantholaemus), Salvadori's teal (Salvadorina waigiuensis) and others" (Wikipedia). Rare; we found no other copies on the internet. A good, clean, unmarked copy. Cat. BM(NH) Supplement, p. 1132. Not in Zimmer. Seller Inventory # 76515
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Title: Uccelli dello Scioa e della regione fra ...
Binding: Hardcover
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