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Arthur de Carle Sowerby (b.1885)
The Naturalist in Manchuria. Tientsin: Tientsin Press Ltd., 1922-1930. 5 volumes in 3, 8° (256 x 193mm). 84 plates (71 half-tone after photographs, 10 after line drawings [one folding], 3 mounted and coloured from watercolours by Sowerby]), one folding map, numerous illustrations. Original green cloth, blocked in black, two later volumes with dust-jackets. Provenance: Frederick M. Gaige (book-labels).
A very fine set, rare at auction. The work comprises vol.I Travel and Exploration; II. Mammals; III. Birds; IV. The Cold-blooded Vertebrates and Tunicates of the Manchurian region; V. The Invertebrates and Flora of the Manchurian region. BM(NH) VIII p.1226. (3)
The Naturalist in Manchuria. Tientsin: Tientsin Press Ltd., 1922-1930. 5 volumes in 3, 8° (256 x 193mm). 84 plates (71 half-tone after photographs, 10 after line drawings [one folding], 3 mounted and coloured from watercolours by Sowerby]), one folding map, numerous illustrations. Original green cloth, blocked in black, two later volumes with dust-jackets. Provenance: Frederick M. Gaige (book-labels).
A very fine set, rare at auction. The work comprises vol.I Travel and Exploration; II. Mammals; III. Birds; IV. The Cold-blooded Vertebrates and Tunicates of the Manchurian region; V. The Invertebrates and Flora of the Manchurian region. BM(NH) VIII p.1226. (3)
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