BEEBE, William Charles (1877-1962). A Monograph of the Pheasants. London: published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society by Witherby & Co., 1918-1922.
‘Perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the [20th-] century’ (Mengel). Limited to 600 copies. Mengel 203; Nissen IVB 84.
4 volumes, quarto (396 x 295mm). Half-titles. 90 coloured lithographic or collotype plates after Thorburn, Lodge, Grönvald, Fuertes, C.R. Knight, H. Jones and C. Megargee, 88 photogravure plates from photographs by Beebe and others and 20 distribution maps (occasional very faint spotting). Contemporary red half morocco (spines faded, extremities faintly rubbed). Anker 31; Mengel 203; Nissen IVB 84; Wood 228; Zimmer p.49.
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BEEBE, William Charles (1877-1962). A Monograph of the Pheasants. London: published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society by Witherby & Co., 1918-1922.
‘Perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the [20th-] century’ (Mengel). Limited to 600 copies. Mengel 203; Nissen IVB 84.
4 volumes, quarto (396 x 295mm). Half-titles. 90 coloured lithographic or collotype plates after Thorburn, Lodge, Grönvald, Fuertes, C.R. Knight, H. Jones and C. Megargee, 88 photogravure plates from photographs by Beebe and others and 20 distribution maps (occasional very faint spotting). Contemporary red half morocco (spines faded, extremities faintly rubbed). Anker 31; Mengel 203; Nissen IVB 84; Wood 228; Zimmer p.49.
Sold not subject to return.
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