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A Monograph of the Pittidae

Lot 139
26.05.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 752829
Lot 139 | A Monograph of the Pittidae
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$ 12 000 – 18 000
A Monograph of the PittidaeDaniel Giraud Elliot, 1861-63ELLIOT, Daniel Giraud (1835-1915). A Monograph of the Pittidae. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1861-63.First edition in parts. The first of Elliot's celebrated series of monographs. As he states in the preface, his chosen illustrator was Paul Louis Oudart "of Paris." However, Oudart died after completing just three plates, and, left without an illustrator in America with whom he could work, the author undertook the task himself. The resulting plates are "of a delightful, rather primitive character" (Fine Bird Books, p.53). The hand-coloring of the plates by Bowen (praised by Elliot in the preface) have a more pastel-like quality than they do in Elliot's later monographs. The Pittidae (which are principally found in the Indian Archipelago, but are also natives of Australia, Japan and Africa), charmed Elliot by their "beautiful and varied plumage" (p.7). First issued in six parts in 1861-1863 then first published in book form in 1863, Elliot's Pittidae was reprinted in 1867 and revised and enlarged for a second edition in 1895. Part 6 and the supplemental part are inscribed "Presented to New York Historical Society by Frederic De Peyster." De Peyster (1796-1882), a Manhattan attorney and prominent member of the De Peyster family, and N-Y Historical are in the original list of Elliot's sixty subscribers. Fine Bird Books p. 95 (erroneously calling for 32 plates); Nissen IVB 292.Six volumes (575 x 350mm). 31 hand-colored lithographs by Bowen & Co. of Philadelphia. (Last text leaf in part 5 with long repaired tear.) Each part in original printed boards, rebacked in calf (a little soiling and wear to boards). In a morocco and marbled boards slipcase. Provenance: Frederic De Peyster, 1796-1882, subscriber (part 6 inscribed to:) – New-York Historical Society.
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