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GODMAN, Frederick du Cane (1834-1919). A Monograph of the Petrels. London: Witherby, 1907-1910. 4° (328 x 251mm). Title in red and black half title, 106 hand-coloured lithographic plates, after J.G. Keulemans and H. Grönvold. (Occasional very light spotting, mainly to endpapers.) Contemporary green half morocco, top edge gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Herbrand Arthur Russell, eleventh duke of Bedford (armorial bookplate).
LIMITED TO 225 COPIES ONLY, the present work being number 30. The eleventh duke of Bedford's main interest was zoology, and he worked closely with the Zoological Society, not only developing his own menagerie at Woburn, but also providing funding and assistance to the Society's London zoo in Regent's Park. He also helped found the zoological park at Whipsnade in Bedfordshire for the breeding of wild animals, to celebrate the centenary of the Zoological Society. Anker 163; Nissen IVB 356; Zimmer p. 248.
LIMITED TO 225 COPIES ONLY, the present work being number 30. The eleventh duke of Bedford's main interest was zoology, and he worked closely with the Zoological Society, not only developing his own menagerie at Woburn, but also providing funding and assistance to the Society's London zoo in Regent's Park. He also helped found the zoological park at Whipsnade in Bedfordshire for the breeding of wild animals, to celebrate the centenary of the Zoological Society. Anker 163; Nissen IVB 356; Zimmer p. 248.