Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume XXIV. Catalogue of the Limicolae in the Collection of the British Museum

A near fine hardcover in original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume XXIV, 1896. Seven chromolithographic plates by J.G. KEULEMANS. The complete work published in 27 volumes (1874-1898) provided a detailed description of every bird with synonymy and distribution. Each volume included a section of color plates. 'Unquestionably the most important work on systematic ornithology that has ever been published.' -Zimmer. 475 pp.