Amsterdam, T. van Holkema, 1888. In two volumes. Folio (37.1 x 27.9 cm). Title pages and half-titles to both volumes; 1800 pp. [numbered xlix, 1-834; 837-1751]; 31 mostly tinted lithographed plates, numerous tables. Uniform original quarter cloth over printed boards. printed label on the spines.

A massive basic morphological, systematical, ontological and phylogenetical monograph on birds, by the German comparative zoologist and ornithologist Max Carl Anton Fürbringer (1846-1920). Published in the famous Dutch zoological periodical Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. All the plates are at the end of Volume II. A few leaves with slight foxing, otherwise an excellent, clean, unmarked set. Nissen IVB, 342; Zimmer, p. 234. NB: Very heavy volumes, postage may be more than indicated.