Gould and Hart Fruit Dove Hand-Colored Plate spine with six raised bands

spine with six raised bands and with red leather label in one compartment

From the series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Nishida has written a comprehensive synthesis of his work on the behavior and ecology of the chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains

5 x 27 cm)

This volume is a classic of late Victorian natural history

Gould and Hart Fruit Dove Hand-Colored Plate spine with six raised bandsHand colored lithographic plate, approximately 14. 5 inches wide by 21 inches long. From: Gould, J., and Bowdler Sharpe, R., The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, First edition, 1875 1888, volume 5, plate number 55. Image is of New Guinea Fruit Dove or Wallace's Fruit Pigeon, Ptilopus wallacii. Publisher Henry Sotheran & Co. Publisher Place London Date Published 1875 1888 Date Published Estimated No Edition First Number of Volumes 0