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BEEBE, Charles William (1877-1962). A Monograph of the Pheasants. London: Published under the auspices of the New York Zoological Society by H.F. & G. Witherby, 1918-1922.
4 volumes, 4° (393 x 295mm). Titles printed in red and black, half-titles. 90 colored lithographic or collotype plates after Thorburn, Lodge, Grönvald, Fuertes, C.R. Knight, H. Jones and C. Megargee, 88 photogravure plates from photographs by Beebe and others (many with two images) and 20 distribution maps. (Occasional very light spotting, browning, or offsetting.) Modern red three-quarter morocco over red watered-silk, gilt spines, top edges gilt (extremities faintly rubbed).
LIMITED EDITION, number 172 of 600 copies, "of perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century, notable not only for its beauty and the wealth of information it contains, but also for the unusual grace of its prose" (Ellis). Beebe's text is based on his own extensive expeditions through Asia, as well as his study of the collections of the leading natural history museums around the world. The illustrations, particularly the portraits of birds, employed the talents of the foremost natural history artists of the time. Anker 31; Ayer/Zimmer p.49; Mengel 203; Nissen IVB 84; Wood 228.
4 volumes, 4° (393 x 295mm). Titles printed in red and black, half-titles. 90 colored lithographic or collotype plates after Thorburn, Lodge, Grönvald, Fuertes, C.R. Knight, H. Jones and C. Megargee, 88 photogravure plates from photographs by Beebe and others (many with two images) and 20 distribution maps. (Occasional very light spotting, browning, or offsetting.) Modern red three-quarter morocco over red watered-silk, gilt spines, top edges gilt (extremities faintly rubbed).
LIMITED EDITION, number 172 of 600 copies, "of perhaps the greatest ornithological work of the present century, notable not only for its beauty and the wealth of information it contains, but also for the unusual grace of its prose" (Ellis). Beebe's text is based on his own extensive expeditions through Asia, as well as his study of the collections of the leading natural history museums around the world. The illustrations, particularly the portraits of birds, employed the talents of the foremost natural history artists of the time. Anker 31; Ayer/Zimmer p.49; Mengel 203; Nissen IVB 84; Wood 228.