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SCLATER, Philip Lutley (1829-1913) and Michael Rogers OLDFIELD THOMAS (1858-1929). The Book of Antelopes. London: Taylor and Francis for R.H. Porter, 1894-1900.
4 volumes, 4° (290 x 227mm). Wood-engraved vignette on titles, 100 hand-coloured lithographic plates by and after J. Smit and J. Wolf, printed by M. & N. Hanhart, wood-engraved illustrations. Contemporary cloth, antelope stamped in gilt on front covers, spines ruled and lettered in gilt. Provenance: W. Rushton Parker, M.D. M.R.I. (label on pastedown dated 15 January 1923 presenting the book to the Royal Institution).
FIRST EDITION, A FINE COPY OF A BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK. The plates were prepared under the supervision of Sir Victor Alexander Brooke who died in 1891 without having completed the text. Sclater therefore wrote a new text in partnership with Oldfield Thomas who provided the synonymy and scientific descriptions. BM(NH) IV, p.1883; Mendelssohn II, p. 292; Nissen ZBI 3784; Wood p.558: ‘fine illustrations’.
4 volumes, 4° (290 x 227mm). Wood-engraved vignette on titles, 100 hand-coloured lithographic plates by and after J. Smit and J. Wolf, printed by M. & N. Hanhart, wood-engraved illustrations. Contemporary cloth, antelope stamped in gilt on front covers, spines ruled and lettered in gilt. Provenance: W. Rushton Parker, M.D. M.R.I. (label on pastedown dated 15 January 1923 presenting the book to the Royal Institution).
FIRST EDITION, A FINE COPY OF A BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK. The plates were prepared under the supervision of Sir Victor Alexander Brooke who died in 1891 without having completed the text. Sclater therefore wrote a new text in partnership with Oldfield Thomas who provided the synonymy and scientific descriptions. BM(NH) IV, p.1883; Mendelssohn II, p. 292; Nissen ZBI 3784; Wood p.558: ‘fine illustrations’.
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