Birds.- [Cetti (Francesco)] Gli Uccelli di Sardegna, engraved title, 6 engraved plates, trimmed, with some loss to caption, wormholes at margins, slightly touching a few plates, contemporary calf, gilt, [Wood p.283], Sassari, Giuseppe Piattoli, 1776 § Heerkens (Ger. Nicolai) Aves Frisicæ, engraved title, contemporary boards, rebacked, edges uncut, [Wood p.381], Rotterdam, C.R. Hake, 1788 § Finsch (O.) and G. Hartlaub. Beitrag zur Fauna Centralpolynesiens. Ornithologie, 14 hand-coloured lithograph plates by Finsch, 2 or 3 a little foxed, a few with small stain at fore-margin), ink-stamp to title, modern cloth, modern slip-case, [Anker 141; Nissen IVB 315; Wood p.341; Zimmer p.219], Halle, 1867; and an original watercolour by R.P. Nodder of a duck, 8vo (4)

⁂ The first mentioned, a charming and nicely illustrated early monograph of the birds of Sardinia, is divided into land and water birds. Francesco Cetti (1726-1778) was a Jesuit priest; he was sent to Sardinia to help improve the standard of education on the island. In 1766, he was appointed to the Chair of Mathematics at the University of Sassari. Cetti is commemorated in the name of the Cetti's Warbler 'Cettia cetti'.