Elephant folio. 18" x 12". 1x Large hardcover with dust jacket, 1x softcover with exact reproduction of the 1835 first edition in French. Both housed in a slipcase. Illustrated with 60 plates of Tropical American Birds; 32 color plates by offset lithography and 28 by photolithography. All plates faithfully reproduced from the originals which today can be found for sale, for as much as $14k each! 

Slipcase has book reinforcement tape on top and bottom, printed sticker with title and a oversize sticker. Dust jacket is losing its protective plastic layer. Ex college library bookplate and treatments to the pastedown pages and page edge, plates free of marks, writing, damage or wear.