African Cormorant (Phalacracorax africanus) Dresser Hand Colored Plate There is an armorial book

There is an armorial book plate of William Newall on the front pastedown

the volume is divided into three parts - Part I: Anatomy and physiology

the first was published in 1794 and the second part in 1795 – both parts have continuous pagination

The very rare first edition was published in two volumes from 1588-1591

met for the first and last time the inconspicuous academic who would eventually succeed him as the dean of American ornithologists - John Cassin” (Peck

African Cormorant (Phalacracorax africanus) Dresser Hand Colored Plate There is an armorial bookHand colored lithographic plate, approximately 9. 75 inches wide by 12. 5 inches long. From: Dresser, H. E., A History of the Birds of Europe, volume 6, plate 390. Image is of two African cormorants or reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus). Publisher published by the author Publisher Place London Date Published 1871 1881 Date Published Estimated No Edition First Number of Volumes 0 Reprint No Condition Near Fine Condition Description Near fine. ISBN