A monograph of the Hirundinidae or family of swallows.

London : Henry Sotheran, 1885-1894. Two volumes, quarto, contemporary half crushed morocco over pebbled cloth, spine in compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed); bookplate to front pastedowns of Frederick du Cane Godman; with 103 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Wyatt heightened in gum arabic, 26 hand-coloured maps, tables; various paginations; very good throughout.

A fine set of the preferred issue, with all the plates hand-coloured. The set also has an interesting association with its author: the original owner, Frederick DuCane Godman, an English lepidopterist, entomologist and ornithologist, was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists’ Union and collaborated with Bowdler Sharpe on a number of ornithological publications.