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Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 1835-1984 is considered to be the most beautifully illustrated zoological journal ever published and of especial interest to ornithologists. The first 10 volumes have 822 lithographs many of which are beautifully hand-coloured by such illustrators as Wolf, Gould, Lear, Smit and Keulemans.
1. Head of Eudyptes sclateri,
2. Head of Eudyptes pachyrhynchus.
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Original hand coloured lithographs from Proceedings of the Zoological Society, (P.Z.S.) 1889, London.
Artist: J. Smit del et lith. Mintern Bros. imp.
Paper Size: 8 5/8 x 6 inches (21.9 x 15 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent. (Please see larger image)
Text: no text included.
Rallus intactus.
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Original hand coloured lithographs from Proceedings of the Zoological Society, (P.Z.S.) 1869, London.
Artist: J. Smit lith. M & N Hanhart imp.
Paper Size: 9 x 6 3/8 inches (23 x 16.3 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent.
Text: no text included.
Ocydromus sylvestris.
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Original hand coloured lithographs from Proceedings of the Zoological Society, (P.Z.S.) 1869, London.
J. Smit, lith. M & N Hanhart imp.
Paper Size: 9 x 6 3/8 inches (23 x 16.3 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent.
Text: no text included.
Dasyrhamphus Hercules.
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Original hand coloured lithographs from Proceedings of the Zoological Society, (P.Z.S.) 1869, London.
J. Smit, lith. M & N Hanhart imp.
Paper Size: 9 x 6 3/8 inches (23 x 16.3 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent.
Text: no text included.
Chroicocephalus saundersi.
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Original hand coloured lithographs from Proceedings of the Zoological Society, (P.Z.S.) 1871, London.
J.G. Keulemans lith. M & N Hanhart imp.
Paper Size: 9 x 6 3/8 inches (23 x 16.3 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent.
Text: no text included.
Cnemiornis calcitrans.
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Original hand coloured lithographs from Proceedings of the Zoological Society, (P.Z.S.) 1871, London.
J. Smit lith. M & N Hanhart imp.
Paper Size: 8 10/16 x 5 11/16 inches (22 x 14.5 cm) approximately — each plate.
Condition: Excellent.
Text: no text included.
Stercorarius chilensis.
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Original hand coloured lithographs from Proceedings of the Zoological Society, (P.Z.S.) 1876, London.
J. Smit lith. M & N Hanhart imp.
Paper Size: 9 x 6 3/8 inches (23 x 16.3 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent.
Text: no text included.
Plectropterus niger.
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Original hand coloured lithographs from Proceedings of the Zoological Society, (P.Z.S.) 1877, London.
J. Smit lith. M & N Hanhart imp.
Paper Size: 9 x 6 3/8 inches (23 x 16.3 cm) approximately.
Condition: Excellent.
Text: no text included.