A Monograph of the Coraciidae, or the family of the Rollers 61 numbers are bound individually

61 numbers are bound individually in early uniform brown cloth

There is a scientific flair to Pallas' accounts as the author was trained as a botanist and zoologist

A historically important and scarce title

the first was published in 1794 and the second part in 1795 – both parts have continuous pagination

all text pages and chromolithographs are very bright and clean

A Monograph of the Coraciidae, or the family of the Rollers 61 numbers are bound individuallyPp. xx, 111, with 27 fine hand colored lithographic plates by and after J. G. Keulemans. Contemporary brown three quarter morocco leather, spine has five raised bands lettered in gilt in three compartments, and with gilt decorative devices in four other compartments, richly marble endpapers, top page edges in gilt, folio (15 x 11. 5 inches; 380 x 290 mm). This scarce monograph was issued in a limited edition of 250 copies only. The rollers are an Old