Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Volume XXV. Catalogue of the Gaviae and Tubinares in the Collection of the British Museum

A near fine hardcover in original brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Volume XXV, 1896. Previous owner's bookplate on fep, Storrs Olson's name stap on ffep. Eight chromolithographic plates by J. Smit. 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.