The Geographical Distribution Of The Family Charadriidae, Or The Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, And Their Allies
London & Manchester: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1887-1888. First edition. Hardcover. xxix, [1], 524 pages. 33 x 25 cm. 21 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after John Gerrard Keulemans, wood-engraved title vignette and numerous illustrations by or after J.G. Millais, G.E. Lodge, Charles Whymper and others. The plates include birds from Africa, South America, New Zealand, and Madagascar, and are the work of John Gerrard Keulemans, "the major bird book illustrator for 30 years at the end of the 19th century" (Jackson, Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World). As Seebohm explains in the preface, the main impetus for the work came from the collection and initial research of James Edmund Harting, with subsequent information coming from the collections of Swinhoe and Shelley, as well as the author's own researches. He also made use of the national collections in the British Museum, Salvin and Godman's collection of South American birds, and the Smithsonian's collection of birds from the Pacific Islands. Classic monograph on the shore birds of the world. Host of black and white text illustrations with color plates printed recto or verso only. Some wear to binding, spine evenly faded to brown, a few leaves with soft creases, generally a solid copy. ANKER. 455. FINE BIRDS BOOKS, p. 106. NISSEN. IVB 850. McGILL/WOOD. p. 561. ZIMMER. p. 568. Raised bands, spine lettered in gilt. Contemporary three quarter green striated calf and green cloth. Very good. Item #24316
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