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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 and Co., 1918-1927.
4 volumes, 2o (405 x 300 mm). Titles in red and black, half-titles. 90 colored lithographic or collotype plates, after A. Thorburn, G.E. Lodge, H. Gronvold, L.A. Fuertes, Chas. R. Knight, H. Jones, and E. Megargee, 88 photogravure plates (many with 2 images) from photographs by Beebe and others, 20 distribution maps printed in red and black by Stanford's, the chromolithographs and photogravures with captioned tissue-guards. Original maroon cloth gilt, top edges gilt.
FIRST EDITION "of perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century, notable not only for its beauty and the wealth of information it contains, but also for the unusual grace of its prose" (Ellis). LIMITED EDITION, number 598 of 600 copies. Beebe's text is based on his own extensive expeditions through Asia, as well as his study of the collections of the leading natural history museums around the world. The illustrations, particularly the portraits of birds, employed the talents of the foremost natural history artists of the time. Anker 31; Ellis 203; Nissen IVB 84; Wood 228; Tate 119; Zimmer 49. (4)
4 volumes, 2
FIRST EDITION "of perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century, notable not only for its beauty and the wealth of information it contains, but also for the unusual grace of its prose" (Ellis). LIMITED EDITION, number 598 of 600 copies. Beebe's text is based on his own extensive expeditions through Asia, as well as his study of the collections of the leading natural history museums around the world. The illustrations, particularly the portraits of birds, employed the talents of the foremost natural history artists of the time. Anker 31; Ellis 203; Nissen IVB 84; Wood 228; Tate 119; Zimmer 49. (4)
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