Handbook of the Birds of the World complete

(17). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Ed. Joseph del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - Jordi Sargatal and others. I-XVI + Special Volume. Barcelona (Lynx Editions) 1992-2013.

4:o (310x240 mm.). Coloured plates, coloured and other illustrations, maps.
Publishers original cloth with original dustwrappers. 17 volumes.

Very good condition, most of the books still preserved in the original packet, but they have been opened for control.
Very richly illustrated work, the first ever to illustrate all the species of birds in the world. The Special Volume is a Supplement and an Index to the whole work.