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SEEBOHM, Henry (1832-8995). The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes and their Allies. London: Henry Sotheran, [1888].
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SEEBOHM, Henry (1832-8995). The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes and their Allies. London: Henry Sotheran, [1888].
4o (320 x 255 mm). 21 hand-colored lithographed plates by and after J. G. Keulemans, printed by Hanhart or Judd and Co., wood-engraved title vignette after J. E. Millais, wood-engraved figures, vignettes and ornaments after Millais and others. (Some occasional pale spotting.) Original green publisher's cloth, uncut (some minor wear to extremities).
FIRST EDITION. A famous monograph on the shore birds of the world, using the notes of J. E. Harting (who had intended to publish his own monograph on the shore birds). It is principally the distribution and mutual relationship of the groups of birds, rather than their habits, which are the focus of interest. As Seebohm states in the preface (p. vi), "A large part of the book is occupied with details respecting each species or subspecies, the various names by which it has been called, the characters by which it may be recognized, its summer and winter range, and the probable course of the emigration of its ancestors." The hand- colored plates are devoted to those species either figured incorrectly in previous publications or previously unfigured. Anker 455; Fine Bird Books p. 106; Nissen IVB 850; Wood p. 561; Zimmer p. 568.
4o (320 x 255 mm). 21 hand-colored lithographed plates by and after J. G. Keulemans, printed by Hanhart or Judd and Co., wood-engraved title vignette after J. E. Millais, wood-engraved figures, vignettes and ornaments after Millais and others. (Some occasional pale spotting.) Original green publisher's cloth, uncut (some minor wear to extremities).
FIRST EDITION. A famous monograph on the shore birds of the world, using the notes of J. E. Harting (who had intended to publish his own monograph on the shore birds). It is principally the distribution and mutual relationship of the groups of birds, rather than their habits, which are the focus of interest. As Seebohm states in the preface (p. vi), "A large part of the book is occupied with details respecting each species or subspecies, the various names by which it has been called, the characters by which it may be recognized, its summer and winter range, and the probable course of the emigration of its ancestors." The hand- colored plates are devoted to those species either figured incorrectly in previous publications or previously unfigured. Anker 455; Fine Bird Books p. 106; Nissen IVB 850; Wood p. 561; Zimmer p. 568.