Meleagris Ocellata Hand Colored Plate Publisher’s original red cloth lettered

Publisher’s original red cloth lettered in gilt on the spine

This book focuses on species within the genus Homo to investigate the evolutionary origins of characteristic human patterns and rates of craniofacial and postcranial growth and development

27 black-and-white plates (fine lithographs) each with a descriptive leaf of text

Black-Headed and Rosy

In 1915 Valliant died without completing the work

Meleagris Ocellata Hand Colored Plate Publisher’s original red cloth letteredHand colored lithographic plate, 4 inches wide by 6. 75 inches long. From: W. Jardine, The Naturalist's Library, Ornithology, Volume III: The Natural History of Gallinaceous Birds, 1834 plate number 3. Image depicts a Meleagris ocellata. Publisher W. H. Lizars Publisher Place Edinburgh Date Published 1834 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near fine Condition Description A near fine copy. ISBN