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ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter, Baron (1868-1937). The Avifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring Islands; with a complete history to date of the birds of the Hawaiian Possessions, London: R. H. Porter, 1893-1900. 3 parts in 2 volumes, 2° (369 x 269mm). 55 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 8 tinted lithographed and 20 collotype plates by and after J. G. Keulemans and F. W. Frohawk. Modern morocco-backed cloth, original wrappers bound-in (wrappers with one or two repairs).
ONE OF 250 COPIES. "A comprehensive account of the birds of Laysan and nearby islands" (Wood). Based on the collecting activities of Henry Palmer, engaged by Rothschild in the Hawaiian Islands from 1890-1893, this important regional monograph contains extracts from Palmer's diary on Laysan Island, and a summary of his stay in the Sandwich Islands. Palmer procured all the known resident land-birds and most of the sea-birds on Laysan (1,832 specimens), with fifteen species entirely new to science. Anker 429; Fine Bird Books p.135; Nissen IVB 794; Wood p.543; Zimmer p.532. (2)
ONE OF 250 COPIES. "A comprehensive account of the birds of Laysan and nearby islands" (Wood). Based on the collecting activities of Henry Palmer, engaged by Rothschild in the Hawaiian Islands from 1890-1893, this important regional monograph contains extracts from Palmer's diary on Laysan Island, and a summary of his stay in the Sandwich Islands. Palmer procured all the known resident land-birds and most of the sea-birds on Laysan (1,832 specimens), with fifteen species entirely new to science. Anker 429; Fine Bird Books p.135; Nissen IVB 794; Wood p.543; Zimmer p.532. (2)
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