The Birds of the Belgian Congo, Parts 1-4 in 4 volumes, complete

Pp. x, 756; vii, 632; vii, 632; ix 846, 73 plates - 3 in color, 328 text-figures and photos, 50 maps including one folding color map at the end of Part 1. Half dark-green leather, spine with four raised bands and gilt-lettered in four of the five compartments, over tan cloth boards, French marbled endpapers, all page edges in fine gilt, lg 8vo. All original printed gray wrappers are bound in place. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History volumes 65, 75, 75A and 75B. An exhaustive monographic treatment of the West African avifauna with a gazetteer of African localities. Mengel (pg. 26) states "one of the most thoroughly prepared and notable faunal works in the literature of ornithology and an indispensable reference for work on African birds." Bookplate of William Todd on the rear (blank) side of the front wrapper. This set has been bound in a magnificent binding by the late William Roberts of Texas.