Savi, P.
Ornithologia Italiana. Opera postuma del Prof. Comm. Paolo Savi Senatore del Regno. Volume Primo, Volume Secondo, Volume Terzo. Seconde edizione. [Complete].
Firenze, Successori Le Monier, 1900. Three volumes in three. 8vo (21.2 x 14.0 cm). 1,181pp. ([iv], 478; 485; 214]; several text illustrations. Near contemporary full cloth with gilt title on the spines.
An important contribution on Italian ornithology in the enlarged 2nd edition. Published posthumously. The first edition dates from 1873-1876. Paolo Savi (1798-1871) was a geologist, palaeontologist and ornithologist, and is regarded as one of the foremost Italian naturalists of the 19th century. Pictorial bookplate of Carolus Casolari Doctor chemiae atque naturalis historiae cultor, pasted on front pastedown and a small private owner's stamp, Dott. Lidio Brunetti, in the top margin of the title page. Preliminary leaves of first volume detached; otherwise a very good, well-preserved set. Cat. BM(NH) p. 1815; Zimmer, 548.