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A Monograph of the Turdidae. Or Family of Thrushes. Vol. I-II
de Seebohm, Henry; Sharpe, R. Bowdler (Ed.)
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London: Henry Sotheran & Co., [1898]-1902. xi, [1], 336, [1]; ix, [1], 250, engraved portrait frontis, 149 hand-col lithographic plates. . HB. 2 vols, large-4to (390x295mm), orig. half morocco, raised bands to spine, gilt tooling and titles to compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut. Some scuffing and a little wear to head caps and corners, but an attractive set. Text and plates clean, with just a little occasional limited foxing to tissue guards. Recent book-plates of J.G. van Marle.. First edition. Fine hand-coloured lithographic plates, heightened in gum arabic by and after renowned bird illustrator, J.G. Keulemans, printed by Hanhart, Mintern Brothers or Judd and Co. The work was only partly finished at the time of Seebohm's death in 1895 and was edited and completed by H. Bowdler Sharpe. 'A thorough monograph of a limited section of the family Turdidae ... Several new species are described. The hand-colored plates by Keulemans are excellent.' (Zimmer).Nissen IVB 852; Anker, p. 455; Zimmer, p. 570-1..
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- A Monograph of the Turdidae. Or Family of Thrushes. Vol. I-II
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- Seebohm, Henry; Sharpe, R. Bowdler (Ed.)
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- Henry Sotheran & Co.
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- [1898]-1902
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- ABA12-2023; Hand-coloured plates; Turdidae; Thrushes
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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