Cambridge, England: At the University Press, 1903. Tall octavo. Olive ribbed cloth, spine stamped in gilt. pp (xx), 223, indexed. Minor rubbing to tips of very lightly darkened spine, else a VG clean & tight copy, no owner names. Evans translated from the original Latin, and added his Notes and the Appendix. Main text in Latin with English version on facing page. Originally published in 1544, this was the first bird book to contain clear descriptions of individual species based on the author's own observations. Turner is considered the father of British ornithology and botany. Garrison-Morton 277.