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BEEBE, Charles William (1877-1962). A Monograph of the Pheasants, London: Witherby, 1918-22. 4 volumes, 4° (400 x 304mm). 90 coloured lithographed or collotype plates after Thorburn, Lodge, Grvnvald, Fuertes, C. R. Knight, H. Jones and C. Megargee, 88 photogravured plates from photographs by Beebe and others and 20 distribution maps. Original red cloth, top edges gilt (very lightly rubbed).
ONE OF 600 COPIES. Anker 31; Mengel 203: "perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century"; Nissen IVB 84; Wood 228; Zimmer p.49. (4)
ONE OF 600 COPIES. Anker 31; Mengel 203: "perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century"; Nissen IVB 84; Wood 228; Zimmer p.49. (4)
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