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A Monograph of the Hirundinidae or Family of Swallows. Vol. I-II
by Sharpe, R. Bowdler; Wyatt, Claude W
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: Henry Sotheran, 1885-1894. 6, 103 hand-col plates, 26 partly hand-col maps, 15 double-page tables. . HB. 2 vols, large 4to (322x255mm), cont. red half morocco, gilt, raised bands to spine with gilt titles and gilt ruled decoration to compartments, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Minor rubbing/scuffing to joints and corners. Occasional minor foxing. Original printed part wrappers bound in at rear of Vol. II. Fine set.Provenance: Armorial bookplates of Revd. Charles J.P. Darroch.. First edition. A fine monograph including all the 109 known species of swallows. Fine hand-coloured lithographic plates by Claude W. Wyatt, printed by Mintern Bros. Peter Tate (<i>A Century of Bird Books</i>, p. 20), states that the plates are 'very pleasing in that they depict in many cases a little scene connected with the area in which the species of swallow occurs.' Originally published in 20 parts.Fine Bird Books p. 107 (incorrectly calling for 104 plates); Mullens & Swann p. 529; Nissen IVB 868; Wood p. 565; Zimmer p. 578..
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A58007
- Title
- A Monograph of the Hirundinidae or Family of Swallows. Vol. I-II
- Author
- Sharpe, R. Bowdler; Wyatt, Claude W
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Sotheran
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1885-1894
- Keywords
- ABA02-2024; Birds; Ornithology; Hand-coloured plates; Hirundinidae; Swallows
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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