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ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter, Baron (1868-1937). Extinct Birds. An Attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those Birds which have become extinct in historical times -- that is, within the last six or seven hundred years. To which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907.
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ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter, Baron (1868-1937). Extinct Birds. An Attempt to unite in one volume a short account of those Birds which have become extinct in historical times -- that is, within the last six or seven hundred years. To which are added a few which still exist, but are on the verge of extinction. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1907.
2o (374 x 277 mm). 49 plates comprising 45 colored collotype plates after Keulemans, Lodge, H. Grönvold, J. Smit and F. W. Frohawk, and 4 uncolored plates (some very pale marginal browning). Modern red half morocco, spine gilt, top edge gilt.
LIMITED EDITION, number 123 of 300 copies signed by the author, dated 12 November 1907. An early attempt to document the number of extinct birds, and warn against man's man's destructive capacity. The work was limited to 300 copies, Rothschild dividing the extinct species into two distinct categories, "those known externally as well as internally, and those of which we know bones and egg-shells only." A 12-page bibliography precedes the descriptions of the extinct and vanishing species. Ayer/Zimmer p.533 ("the plates are excellent"); Copenhagen/Anker 430; Nissen IVB 795; Wood, p.543 ("the highest authority on the subject").
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LIMITED EDITION, number 123 of 300 copies signed by the author, dated 12 November 1907. An early attempt to document the number of extinct birds, and warn against man's man's destructive capacity. The work was limited to 300 copies, Rothschild dividing the extinct species into two distinct categories, "those known externally as well as internally, and those of which we know bones and egg-shells only." A 12-page bibliography precedes the descriptions of the extinct and vanishing species. Ayer/Zimmer p.533 ("the plates are excellent"); Copenhagen/Anker 430; Nissen IVB 795; Wood, p.543 ("the highest authority on the subject").