6 volumes, imperial 4to (366 x 271 mm). 303 chromolithographed plates by Broinowski. (Lacking titles in vols. I and IV, a few short tears with repairs to a few leaves, some minor spotting and offsetting, light marginal toning.) Later half green straight-grained morocco gilt by Jarrold & Sons, Ltd., Booksellers, Norwich (labels to front pastedowns) (spines sunned, slight wear to extremities); original upper pictorial printed wrappers bound neatly in at the end of each volume (light marginal toning or slight soiling, a few with some tears repaired verso). Provenance: unidentified armorial bookplate with motto "Mediocria Firma;" Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (armorial bookplates, sold his sale, Sotheby's London, Part I, Lot 30, 18 May 2022).

FIRST EDITION of Broinowski's exhaustive monograph on over 700 species of birds found in Australia. Ferguson 7458 (303 plates); Fine Bird Books p. 82 (300 plates); Nissen IVB 148 (302 plates); McGill/Wood p. 262 (305 plates).