Author: Seebohm, Henry
Title: A History of British Birds, with coloured Illustrations of their Eggs. Vol. I-III + Plates
Description: R.H. Porter, for the author 1883-1885 xxiii, 614; xxxiii, 600; xxiv, 684; [ii], 18, 68 col plates, wood engravings to text. . HB. 4 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. brown half morocco by R.H. Porter, raised bands and gilt titles to spines, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Minor rubbing/scuffing; endpapers browned. Very good clean set.. First edition. Fine colour plates of eggs lithographed by Hanhart. Henry Seebohm (1832-1895) was a British steel manufacturer, amateur ornithologist and oologist. He travelled widely in Europe in search of rare birds and eggs. He wrote a number of books, and numerous scientific papers. According to Mullens & Swann (1917), '... his reputation as an ornithologist rests largely upon his History of British Birds, a thoroughly original work, being compiled for the most part from the author's personal observations in the field instead of from the writings of others ...'Mullens & Swann p. 517; Nissen IVB 851..
Keywords: Birds Eggs; Oology; Birds; Ornithology; Britain; Coloured plates
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Title: A History of British Birds, with coloured Illustrations of their Eggs. Vol. I-III + Plates
Description: R.H. Porter, for the author 1883-1885 xxiii, 614; xxxiii, 600; xxiv, 684; [ii], 18, 68 col plates, wood engravings to text. . HB. 4 vols, roy. 8vo, orig. brown half morocco by R.H. Porter, raised bands and gilt titles to spines, marbled boards, top edges gilt. Minor rubbing/scuffing; endpapers browned. Very good clean set.. First edition. Fine colour plates of eggs lithographed by Hanhart. Henry Seebohm (1832-1895) was a British steel manufacturer, amateur ornithologist and oologist. He travelled widely in Europe in search of rare birds and eggs. He wrote a number of books, and numerous scientific papers. According to Mullens & Swann (1917), '... his reputation as an ornithologist rests largely upon his History of British Birds, a thoroughly original work, being compiled for the most part from the author's personal observations in the field instead of from the writings of others ...'Mullens & Swann p. 517; Nissen IVB 851..
Keywords: Birds Eggs; Oology; Birds; Ornithology; Britain; Coloured plates
Price: GBP 450.00 = appr. US$ 642.59 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: A59713
- Book number: A59713
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